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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.

That's the blade, I guess.

Blade & Soul delivers a solo dungeon and chocolate hearts with its Eternal Blade update on February 17

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The next update for Blade & Soul arrives on February 17th, and it's placing you in a difficult situation of fighting on your own. The...
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Blade & Soul II begins pre-registration in Korea as a showcase video shares gameplay details

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We know that the MMO Blade & Soul II is on our horizon here in the west sometime this year, but that horizon has...
Girl.

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about wings on MMO characters?

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I know that we get into some pretty esoteric topics here in The Daily Grind, but this may take the cake. Wings. Wings on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 308: FFXIV’s endings and beginnings

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Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker, Skyforge, Blizzard and NCosft financials, Stadia, and PSO2, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, ESO, SWG Legends, plus mailbag questions on MMO dungeons and juggling MMOs.

Choose My Adventure: Battleground PvP in Warhammer Return of Reckoning is unexpectedly fun

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I was not anticipating this. I came to this week’s assignment with not an inconsiderable level of dread. My previous experiences in PvPing were coloring...

Mobile MMORPG Lineage 2: Revolution introduces the territory of Rune in its latest update

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I don't know about you, but when I'm told that a place called Rune is available to explore, my mind immediately leaps to either...

NCsoft Q4 2020: Aion Classic was a huge success, Guild Wars 2 improves on 2019

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NCsoft's Q4 2020 financials are up, and while it was a solid year for the company on the whole, some of its games have...

Battle Bards Episode 186: Lineage

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While Lineage II is one of the absolute favorite soundtracks of the Battle Bards, the first game in this series has been shamefully overlooked...

One Shots: Giant envy

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Last week's call for screenshots of MMO giants brought out some big responses. Hefty contributions, if you get my drift. And we'll kick off...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMO players secretly just want ‘another WoW’?

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Last week, there was a provocative discussion on the MMORPG subreddit about the genre. I don't want to get tangled up in the whole...
So here's the deal.

Vague Patch Notes: If this MMO was so good, why didn’t it succeed?

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Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to participate in an experiment. I want you to write up a nice long...

The Stream Team: Jackal vs. the Ox as Lunar New Year launches in Guild Wars 2

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Massively OP's MJ was all set to throw herself into getting the rest of Guild Wars 2's mounts, but then Lunar New Year had...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 307: Blackwood barges into town

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood, Fallout 76, Star Trek Online, Magic Legends, the GameStop stock thing, and Amazon Game Studios' mess, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on questing vs. grinding.
Questioning.

Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year events are set to go live today

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So we've got some good news and bad news. The good news is that Guild Wars 2 is going live with its Lunar New...

Guild Wars 2 proclaims ‘significant reduction in lag’ after patch

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ArenaNet is claiming at least partial victory over some latency issues that plagued Guild Wars 2 in 2020. The studio announced that the patch...
You played yourself.

Aion asks players to defend the Garden of Growth with its new auto-hunting mechanics

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Darn, hunting things in the Garden of Growth in Aion is going to take a while. Seriously, the whole thing that players are doing...

Blade and Soul Revolution starts taking mobile pre-registrations

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Fans of Blade and Soul are just a short time away from having that experience in the palm of their hands. Blade and Soul...

Massively Overthinking: Are you susceptible to second-hand MMO hype?

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So there's a thing going around the MOP virtual offices lately: Elite Dangerous hype. Between Chris and Ben especially, the excitement for Odyssey is...
Y'shjtola might be mad.

Vague Patch Notes: The difficult value of MMOs

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If given the option, I would probably get a lifetime subscription to Final Fantasy XIV. But the key word there is probably, and this is a...

NCsoft Korea’s office literally turns away employees who have worked too many hours

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It's not too terribly often we get the opportunity to report on gaming companies doing the right thing by its employees (even if it...

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