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Major Korean studio famed in the west for Mabinogi and Maplestory, among many other MMOs.

The First Descendant’s April patch has arrived with Ultimate Blair and a revamped newbie experience

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As promised, Dynamic Motion Online - that is, The First Descendant - has launched episode 2 of its second season in its April update...

Global MapleStory is bringing back its OG lead dev for Classic MapleStory

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From our vantage point, the splitting of Global MapleStory from its Korean version a year ago has been more than a success, with multiple...

Multiplayer extraction shooter ARC Raiders schedules a multi-platform technical test for April 30

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Back in 2019, Nexon bought out Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios, which then started work on a then free-to-play PvP shooter known as ARC Raiders....

Nexon’s Vindictus Defying Fate online ARPG plans a June alpha – with multiplayer

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Nexon's Vindictus Defying Fate is preparing for a big June alpha - and it's one MMO fans will actually want to pay attention to...

The First Descendant previews new content arriving April 17, jiggle physics coming in May

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Season 2 Episode 2 for The First Descendant is already well underway, but next week will be bringing more to the looter shooter when...

Game company stock values in multiple markets start to tumble in the wake of US tariffs

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With US President Donald Trump's imposed trade tariffs throwing the global economy into turmoil and stoking fears of another Great Depression in the US,...

The First Descendant releases sweeping balance hotfix with massive character buffs

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This week, The First Descendant has released a hotfix with sweeping character tuning changes to attempt to begin addressing the severe balance issues that...

Mabinogi Mobile makes its debut to Korean fans, Mabinogi outlines update plans for the summer

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It's new game time for South Korean fans of Mabinogi as the newly released Mabinogi Mobile made its debut for gamers in the country...

The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks

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When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...

The First Descendant celebrates surviving a bad Metacritic score by teasing season 3: The Breakthrough

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At GDC this week, Nexon ran a session on what it's characterizing as the redemption arc of The First Descendant, the MMO-ish looter-shooter that...

Mabinogi celebrates its 17th anniversary with gifts and a roadmap sneak peek

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A very happy birthday goes out to Nexon's Mabinogi, the surprisingly full-featured anime MMORPG sandbox that's been operating for an impressive 17 years now!...

Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia recaps worldbuilding and MMO-inspired social systems

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Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia is back with another development blog this week, this time recapping the last month of effort over at indie studio...
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The First Descendant’s Season 2 Episode 2 update is live

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There's a certain irony in having a character named "Serena" added to a game when her whole routine is hosing down enemies with automatic...

Not So Massively: Comparing the grinds of World of Warcraft and The First Descendant

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Lately most of my gaming time has gone into two games: World of Warcraft and The First Descendant. They're both very grindy games, but...

The First Descendant previews next week’s update, confirms the end of older console support in June

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The First Descendant is continuing to hype up its earlier previewed March update as this week brought another developer livestream for the Season 2...

The Stream Team: Starting over with a different character in Blade & Soul NEO

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The voting public spoke and MOP's Chris is listening: He'll be starting afresh in Blade & Soul NEO with a new character that's a...

Dark and Darker was yeeted from the Epic Games Store following Nexon lawsuit

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Last month, we covered what appeared to be the messy middle of the ongoing legal saga between Nexon and Ironmace over the Dark and...

The Soapbox: Difficulty is a means to an end in MMORPGs

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A few weeks back, I took a peak into Corepunk's early access build, and I promptly got my ass kicked by even the most...

MapleStory opens a new region, improves skills, and launches multiple events in latest patch

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We're not going to tell the MapleStory fans among our readership their business, but we do have to say that visiting a place known...
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The First Descendant readies new content for March and opens an in-game hot tub

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The characters that make up the playable roster in looter shooter The First Descendant face a lot in their day-to-day, so the fact that...

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