A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 346: Endwalker, ArcheAge, Lost Ark, and New World
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Endwalker delay, WoW's financials and player council, ArcheAge's new publisher, Gamigo's new MMORPG, Lost Ark's beta, New World's state, DDO update 51, Elder Scrolls Online's Deadlands, Harry Potter Wizard Unite's sunset, and Crowfall's freemium update, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, City of Heroes, and Star Wars Galaxies, plus a mailbag topic on worry about the future of the genre.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Should Guild Wars 2 delete leveling?
Leveling is one of those things that you just have to have to count as an RPG, right? It’s expected. At this point, the...
Guild Wars 2 adds the ability to hide visual effects for certain legendary trinkets in today’s patch
I don't know about you, but when I get a powerful piece of equipment, nothing cools down my excitement at the new shiny faster...
The Stream Team: Taking a peek at the new Seismic Blast powerset in City of Heroes Homecoming’s beta
Isn't it wild that we're talking about a beta test for City of Heroes content in 2021? Here we are doing just that as...
One Shots: Double double the firepower
As we all know, while one weapon is good, it's never as good as two. Preferably you'd want to have three or four going,...
The Stream Team: More Mad King in Guild Wars 2
It's November you say? Well the Mad King cares not about your calendar! He's still on hand for the seasonal fun in GW2. That...
Guild Wars 2 is running a ‘no downed state’ WvW event
"Bigger risk, bigger rewards" is the angle Guild Wars 2 is going for with its latest world vs. world event. This is because the...
The Daily Grind: Should ArenaNet continue Guild Wars 2 expansions or make Guild Wars 3?
While I personally am not completely sold on Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons (I was never a Cantha Baby, if I can coin...
City of Heroes Homecoming’s Issue 27: Second Chances, Page 3 hits the test server
On Wednesday, we noted in our big roundup of MMORPG studios running Extra Life 2021 charity streams this weekend that City of Heroes rogue...
Massively Overthinking: What are your most on-brand MMORPG class archetypes?
A while back in MOP's work chat, we were chatting about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons and how its elite specs line up...
Blade and Soul Revolution to merge its global servers together
Even revolutions have to take a breather and consolidate now and then. And so it is for Blade and Soul Revolution. The mobile title,...
Lineage W hires actor Kit Harington to promote the mobile MMO’s launch
Using real-world actors and celebrities to promote an MMO is definitely nothing new, since it can bring a lot of attention or even a...
How to support Extra Life 2021, from Guild Wars 2 and EverQuest to LOTRO and City of Heroes
If you caught MJ's latest Massively Uplifting, you probably noticed that Extra Life is ramping up across the gaming industry, and particularly among MMORPG...
PSA: Log in to Guild Wars 2 to get your free unlock for the second chapter of the Icebrood Saga
Let's be honest here, "free" is a pretty great entry point for pretty much anything in the MMO sphere. The next part of Guild Wars...
Perfect Ten: 10 enemies we need to fight more in MMORPGs
When I wrote up the contents of every MMORPG bestiary, I stuck mostly with concepts rather than specifics, aside from dragons and slimes. There...
Lineage 2M kicks off its beta worldwide through November 7
Wait, didn't we already have this? Isn't there already a version of Lineage II playable on mobile devices? I can't keep up with this...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 345: The rise of Fallen Earth
Justin and Bree discuss Fallen Earth Classic, New World's messes, Blizzard's outlook, Magic Legends, Riders Republic, and Pikmin Bloom, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on how forum comments affect our opinions of MMOs.
Blade and Soul adds its next epic quest, a new dungeon, and a new Demonsbane system on November 10
Blade and Soul players had already known that the MMO's next story update would be coming sometime this month, but now they have a...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s Untamed, Specter, and Mechanist in PvP
This edition of Fight or Kite is our third and likely final installment in the Guild Wars 2 elite specialization PvP beta series. This...
The Daily Grind: If your favorite MMO announced maintenance mode tomorrow, would you keep playing?
If you'll permit me to butcher the old phrase about getting older vs. dying... maintenance mode sucks, but it's better than the alternative.
Maintenance mode,...
