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Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.

The Lost Ark Destroyer’s weapon isn’t a warhammer – it’s a minivan on a stick

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If you're angling to Hulk out to Beethoven's 5th in Lost Ark, look no further than the game's new Destroyer advanced class for the...

The Stream Team: Finding out the fate of the feral turtle boy in Lost Ark

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When MOP's Chris last streamed Lost Ark, he wandered into an island that was home to a helpful turtle who raised a young boy...

Lost Ark admits it’s been ‘fighting a war against bots’ since launch, banning millions of accounts

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Have you spotted a bot or two in Lost Ark over the past few months? If so, you're definitely not alone. Amazon admitted on...

Lost Ark KR’s director is reportedly stepping down because of health concerns

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According to myriad unofficial reports from fans across Lost Ark's official forums and subreddit, the director for the Korean version of the game, Keum...
Well that's cute.

Lost Ark previews May’s upcoming new raids, quests, and Destroyer advanced class

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We're just entering the month of May and that means that Lost Ark players are going to have some new content to face, most...

Massively Overthinking: The minimum requirements for MMO player housing

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We've got housing on the brain lately, thanks to Ship of Heroes' housing beta, Final Fantasy XIV's botched housing lottos, Warframe's new housing, and...

Lost Ark times its May content update for third week of the month, details a bug-fixing patch today

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Launching your May update near the latter part of the month still technically counts as a launch in May, and that's just what Lost...

Lost Ark begins blocking VPNs to help servers struggling with bot-laden queues

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If you're on certain Lost Ark servers, you might have noticed that the queues aren't really going away, even in the middle of the...

Global Chat: Who gets to decide what is ‘fun’ in MMORPGs?

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In a thought-provoking essay, MMO blog Parallel Context wrestled with the question, "Who gets to decide what is fun in multiplayer games?" This is...

Lost Ark’s latest update fixes express mission toons, targets mid-May for May update

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As promised, Lost Ark's weekly update has arrived to fix all the annoyances with the express mission event. The patch allows players to change their...
Why do we even have that lever?

Lost Ark tweaks Express Mission Event rewards, sees concurrency upturn

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So you started doing the Express Mission Event on Lost Ark but then realized that you had another character who could benefit way more...

Lost Ark KR gets new continent and new abyss dungeon on April 27

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For those who follow the content updates of the Korean version of Lost Ark in order to keep abreast of what's eventually headed to...

Lost Ark’s April update release was marred by item issues and server woes

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While the Battle for the Throne of Chaos went underway in Lost Ark earlier in the week, another battle was being fought by Amazon...

First impressions of Lost Ark’s new Battle for the Throne of Chaos update

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While I have to admit that my playtime in Lost Ark has waned a bit in light of a bunch of other games capturing...

Lost Ark’s Battle for the Throne of Chaos goes live this afternoon as planned

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The release of Lost Ark's Battle for the Throne of Chaos narrowly escaped a delay last night as Amazon discovered some "critical issues" that...

Lost Ark deep-dives the Glaivier, addresses lost bonuses and content lockout issues

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With just one day to go before the release of Lost Ark's April update, Amazon has deep-dived the new Glaivier advanced class for the...

Lost Ark’s Battle for the Throne of Chaos arrives April 21 – here’s the new trailer

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Amazon dropped a new trailer for Lost Ark this afternoon, and you might have missed it since your eyes were likely glued to a...

The MOP Up: Star Citizen tests in-flight refueling

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Star Citizen's nigh-endless list of things to accomplish before launch may be crossing off one of these with this month's alpha build. The "Fueling...

Massively Overthinking: The ideal MMO server setup

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Over the last year, we've seen multiple major MMO and expansion launches, and most of them went awry in some way or another. Final...

Lost Ark’s recent Proving Grounds PvP video appears to show off a battle pass feature

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With Lost Ark going in on its PvP gameplay by way of a PvP invitational esports event and its current Proving Grounds mode, it's...

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