Major Korean studio famed in the west for Mabinogi and Maplestory, among many other MMOs.
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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...
Nexon’s open world PC and mobile MMO Wars of Prasia opens its doors to South Korean players
Last week saw another new MMORPG make its debut for South Korea: Wars of Prasia, a mobile and PC title from Nexon that didn't...
Dark and Darker studio claims Nexon is trying to ‘bleed [it] dry in court fees’
Readers who were following the brewing legal drama between Korean publisher Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace might have suspected it would be...
Vague Patch Notes: Can anyone really cover games objectively when there’s suffering built-in to them?
In July of 2021, we started a roundup tag in our tag cloud that most of us probably didn't expect to still be using...
Mabinogi rolls out a massive 15th birthday celebration
The number of MMOs reaching 15 years old is starting to stack up, and we're not at all sad about it. Nexon's anime sandbox...
PvPvE dungeon crawler Dark and Darker was booted off Steam over stolen code allegations
Back in February during the Steam Next Fest demo event, we cast a light on Dark and Darker, a first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler from...
Nexon dives further into NFT and blockchain games with MapleStory N and a MapleStory Universe ecosystem
Readers might remember that Nexon's push into crypto has gone as one might expect, with $40M disappearing into the void in 2021 and continued...
MapleStory brings back playable Yeti and Pink Bean classes for a limited time in latest update
Over the past week,MapleStory has been talking up its Double Trouble Recharge update, particularly as it features the return of limited-time opportunities to play...
Perfect Ten: 10 franchises that deserve another shot at an MMO
Some experiments are attempted once and fail, and it's not hard to figure out why that didn't work. We don't really need to take...
The MOP Up: SWTOR gets swoopy and plaguey in March
Star Wars: The Old Republic may not have a big patch coming out this month, but the MMO does have a couple of events...
The MOP Up: World of Tanks expands its garage to include tournament access
World of Tanks players are being treated to another round of feature ammo in the near future, as Wargaming is expanding the functionality of...
Warhaven discusses maps and modes, cross-platform aspirations, and its PvP focus in interview
Warhaven is continuing to make its interview rounds - including one with us - and Nexon game director Eunseok Yi has once more offered...
Nexon’s The Finals opens signups for two-week closed beta in March
Nexon-owned Embark Studios is gearing up for the next phase of testing for its team shooter The Finals in early March. "Starting March 7,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 409: All aboard the Tyria train
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new roadmap, Blizzard's financials, the latest Microsoft ABK drama, and earthquake relief, with adventures in LOTRO and GW2, plus mailbag topics on Gloria Victis and our failed MMO character concepts.
