Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.
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Choose My Adventure: The quest for big punchy gloves in Albion Online
I don’t know whether I was just hungry for a positive experience after last month’s series, I came to this game with a newfound...
Lost in Lost Ark’s item-leveling endgame? Amazon has a new guide for that
Amazon has a new dev blog up this week all about Lost Ark's progression, specifically aimed at new players who've made it to level...
Interview: Lost Ark’s regional parity, genderlocking, and the Amazon-Smilegate collaboration
A few days before the western release of Lost Ark, we posed questions to the Amazon Games team, and franchise lead Soomin Park was...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMO suffers from the most useless housing system?
A few weeks ago, I was showing my seven-year-old around Villagers and Heroes, and she wanted to get herself a house. I warned her...
Lost Ark fixes that fun chat exploit, says the Feiton Powerpass won’t cost real money
Amazon popped in a small patch for Lost Ark players overnight. The studio says it's fixed busted loading into Ancient Elveria during the Time...
Lost Ark teases the Glaivier and Destroyer advanced classes, might hold back some spring raid content
Amazon and Smilegate dished out more details for its roadmap entry for Lost Ark last night, telling players the studios want to "keep the...
Global Chat: Why is Guild Wars 2 so addictive?
I am always a huge fan of both writing and reading essays about why people simply love an MMORPG. Over at Tales from the...
Lost Ark promises a two-month roadmap soon, acknowledges ongoing issues
Amazon has its hands full with Lost Ark these days, not only dealing with a myriad of post-launch issues on its plate but trying...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMO NPCs as muffins
You’ve all seen those memes or Twitter threads that try to link celebrities or people to food items or other inanimate objects, but I’m...
Lost Ark’s new patch addresses Proving Grounds MMR and other PvP issues
No, it's not a balance patch of any kind, but the latest patch for Lost Ark does have a PvP focus all the same,...
Prime Gaming teams up with Blizzard to offer freebies for Overwatch, Hearthstone, WoW, and StarCraft
Amazon Prime members are likely already very familiar with all of the free stuff they can claim for a wide variety of games, but...
The Stream Team: Sailing the seas in search of island adventure in Lost Ark
Yes, it's time for another Lost Ark endgame stream! This time, however, it's going to be solely focused on the variety of islands that...
One Shots: It’s thriller night!
There are no shortages of bizarre and arresting sights in Lost Ark, it seems. Zulika Mi-Nam recorded this strange encounter with a whole host...
Amazon Games’ Mike Frazzini has stepped down following multiple rocky MMO launches
The head of Amazon Games, Mike Frazzini, has apparently stepped down from his role, announcing the move internally in a Friday announcement, as first...
Lost Ark continues its crackdown on bots and cheaters in this week’s update
This morning's Lost Ark patch has more than the kickoff to season one of the game's competitive proving grounds; it's also got content for...
Lost Ark launches Competitive Proving Grounds season one tonight, won’t say never to console
Amazon's trucking out an update for Lost Ark tonight - specifically, the release of season one of the MMO's Competitive Proving Grounds. Essentially, this...
One Shots: Castle Redskull
As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...
Lost Ark says it’s slowing content rollout to bolster economy and avoid rushing players to endgame
Amazon and Smilegate delivered a joint address to the Lost Ark playerbase late last night, though whether it sufficiently assuages the core community concerns...
Four Winds: The good, the bad, and the weird of Lost Ark’s endgame
So here I am, at the top of the mountain of Lost Ark, but then another rise greets me. I've been moving at a...
Lost Ark addresses bugs, unleashes ‘Fever Time Weekend’, and reminds us to hate Daylight Saving Time
Overnight, Amazon and Smilegate patched up Lost Ark with a mismatchy hotfix that isn't just a hotfix. The patch does include a list of...
