Major Korean studio famed in the west for Mabinogi and Maplestory, among many other MMOs.
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MapleStory brings new area, guild castle feature, and preparations for its sixth Job in next update
MapleStory's Savior update continues to unfurl through this month as its v.243 update looms on the horizon, bringing with it a new area, the...
Loftia is yet another ‘cozy solarpunk’ life sim MMO in the making
You know what's a recent trend we can get behind here at Massively OP? The rise of so-called "cozy" multiplayer life sims that prioritize...
The Stream Team: Lining up for some first fights in the demo version of Warhaven
MOP's Chris is continuing his brief tour of the Steam Next Fest's offerings in today's stream! This time around, he'll be taking his first...
Mabinogi is switching to Unreal Engine 5: ‘It is a necessary improvement’
Hey, do we have any Mabinogi veterans in the house? Considering that this sandbox MMO has been around for 15 years in the West,...
MapleStory opens Shangri-La and guild castles for all — and has a new class on the way
Nexon's 2-D MMO is jump-starting summer with a vibrant content update that includes a new class, leveling path, and luxurious restaurant in which to...
Not So Massively Roundup: Among Us’ 5th birthday, GTAO Mercs, & betas for The Finals and The First Descendant
Welcome back to a quick Not So Massively roundup of MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles with new info this week!
First, Grand Theft Auto Online reared its...
MapleStory brings a new class, improved leveling, and a new event in its Savior update
MapleStory is once again getting another big content drop on Wednesday, June 14th, in the form of the Savior update, which will introduce a...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that ghosted us after talking a big game
There's nothing worse as a fan of games to buy into all of the hype and previews of a promising-looking project only to see...
Sci-fi shooter ARC Raiders expands its scope and genre to include survival-style PvPvE
If you heard the initial announcement of ARC Raiders back in 2021 and quickly dismissed the game for being nothing more than a PvP...
MMO Business Roundup: Krafton and Nexon break records in Q1 2023, Ubisoft lays off 60 workers
We're continuing our May roundup of MMO and gaming business news, which means it's time for Business Kitty to make her comeback as well...
Valofe shuts down free-to-play econ and politics-focused MMO Luminary Rise of the GoonZu
This past week saw another MMORPG go quietly in to that good night. Luminary Online: Rise of the GoonZu announced in April that it...
MapleStory celebrates 18 years of operation with a host of new activities
It's a happy 18th birthday to MapleStory, which means its time for players to hope Nexon won't decide to delete another character or a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 420: The New, Mad World of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's content cadence, the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout, Blizzard's messy financials, WoW's 10.1 patch, the end of forums for New World and Lost Ark, the death of a whole class in MapleStory, the messy launch of Mad World, and the surprise return of Fractured, plus adventures in LOTRO and Star Trek Online.
The Daily Grind: Would you keep playing an MMO if it deleted your favorite class?
Last week, Nexon announced the unthinkable: It told players it was immediately locking creation of one of the game's playable character classes, Jett, and...
MapleStory is deleting a whole character – Jett – after 11 years in the global version
I'm having a hard time remembering the last time an MMO developer deleted an entire class from an MMO. The NGE, maybe? Regardless, it's...
Cliff Bleszinski is apparently interested in a LawBreakers revival
For three blissful years now, no one has had to give any thought to LawBreakers outside of those of us who remember this bizarre...
Mabinogi adds new signets for high-tier weapons and gives away sparkly scooters for its 15th anniversary
You would think an MMO hitting the 15-year mark would be cause for a bigger celebration, but Mabinogi elected to go low-key for its...
Dark and Darker’s alpha playtest slammed by ‘sophisticated’ DDoS attack
Remember how, just last month, Ironmace studios urged fans "not to worry" about Dark and Darker's future? So... it might be time to start...
Nexon formally files a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dark and Darker studio Ironmace
Considering the very public back-and-forth between Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace, this development seems like a foregone conclusion, but it is now...
Dungeon crawler Dark and Darker goes to ‘Plan Z’ by releasing its playtest via torrent
The incredibly odd and unfortunate saga of multiplayer dungeon crawler Dark and Darker continues to vie for weirdest story of 2023. After getting the...
