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A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.

We were the kings and queens of promise.

Guild Wars 2’s PvP community is aflame over win-trading [Update: ANet banned 83 perps]

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This past week, the Guild Wars 2 PvP community (don't laugh, there is one, as you know since you read our own Fight or...

Guild Wars 2 teases End of Dragons’ lush Shing Jea zone in new trailer

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Shing Jea: If you played Classic Guild Wars: Factions, it's the island you grew up on, literally. And of course, it's coming with the...

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King is live – as is the bonus XP event

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Happy Halloween, Tyrians: It's time to pay homage to the Mad King Thorn in Guild Wars 2 once again, and you've got until November...

Today’s Guild Wars 2 update includes quality-of-life updates to the dye system

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If using ALL the colors is your jam, you'll want to scope out today's Guild Wars 2 update, as it includes changes to the...
Not the point.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gatherers?

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My husband is usually not the kind of person who gets obsessed with crafter-centric MMORPGs, but New World has turned him into a gatherer:...

Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s Bladesworn, Catalyst, and Vindicator walk into an arena…

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No, there’s no joke there. I just wanted to know if anyone actually saw this happen during the Guild Wars 2 beta test a...

Guild Wars 2 teases what looks like the Thief’s End of Dragons elite spec

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Alright everyone, got your guessing hats on? Because Guild Wars 2 is at it again with the start of another set of elite specialization...

The Daily Grind: How many ‘mains’ can you juggle in MMOs?

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I've been thinking about the concept of alts and mains a bit lately, inspired by Guild Wars 2. I've got 10 characters there, and...

The MOP Up: Ashes of Creation won’t date Alpha 2 testing – at least, not yet

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Ashes of Creation has yet another chunky batch of question-absent answers to the community that it posted on the forums. Intrepid said that it...
COOKING'S DONE

Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!

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Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...

One Shots: Looking down on the world

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Do you ever get that feeling like someone else is looking down on you, but then you're like, nah, that's all in my head?...
A straight line.

Lineage II Aden adds castle sieges with its latest update

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Castles! Everyone likes castles when they own the castles in question, and if not then everyone hates castles and wants to be in charge...

The Daily Grind: When are ‘microtransactions’ too much in MMOs?

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Two money-related topics crossed my desk the last couple of weeks. The first was a Reddit topic complaining about microtransactions in MMOs - not the...

Blade and Soul prepares for the Halloween season with the return of Blade and Ghoul on October 6

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The spooky season is fast approaching Blade and Soul as the game prepares for its annual Blade and Ghoul Halloween event. This year, players...

Aion NA celebrates its twelfth anniversary by opening up the Dream World

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Come with me, and you'll be In a world of annual celebration Aion's twelve, take a delve In to a new Dream World destination. There will be no...

Why I Play: Returning to Guild Wars 2 and exploring elite specs after nine years

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I have a strange history with Guild Wars 2. I fell hard for the pre-launch hype, and when it finally arrived, I loved it...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 340: New World cometh

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Justin and Bree discuss New World's launch, Diablo II Resurrected, LOTRO's Gundabad, Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning, Book of Travels, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on New World's infrastructure and LOTRO's closed servers.

Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King returns next week with a bonus XP event

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You know, if you suffer from karamelokalampokiphobia - or more colloquially, candycornphobia - you're not going to enjoy a lot of MMO Halloween events,...

Choose My Adventure: DC Universe Online just ended up making me love City of Heroes more

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Third verse same as the first. If nothing else, DC Universe Online is consistent in how its leveling game works, though there were a...

Lineage II Aden raises the drawbridge for castle sieges this week

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It's time for Lineage II Aden players to batten down the hatches, heat up the boiling oil, and prepare the diseased cattle for catapulting,...

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