Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.
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Lost Ark announces a launch date of September 23 – in Japan
It doesn't look like it'll be long now before Lost Ark makes its way to Western shores. How do we figure? Because the Korean-built...
Amazon is apparently working on a new unnamed sci-fi MMO
Former SOE and Daybreak boss John Smedley has been a fixture at Amazon Game Studios for the last few years, working on at least...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 285: Exit En Masse
Justin and Bree discuss En Masse's closure, Amazon's Lost Ark, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Wurm Online, Population Zero, and Torchlight III, with adventures in SWTOR, WoW, SWG Legends, and The Sims, plus reader mail on MMO customer service and MMO talent trees.
Did Amazon just sign on to be Lost Ark’s western publisher?
Last night, Amazon announced that it's signed on to an exclusive publishing agreement in North America and Europe with Smilegate, specifically to publish a...
Lost Ark KR launches its second season, teases a new class and future updates
While we're still kind of watching and waiting for the game to arrive to our shores, Korean players of Lost Ark are already deep...
Lost Ark kills the gender lock, adds the Scouter, and preps for global release
Momentum is picking up for the long-long-awaited Lost Ark, which just began its closed beta (in Japan). A Redditor reported that the beta patch...
Battle Bards Episode 172: Lost Ark
Although Lost Ark is still making its slow journey to the west, the music arrived ahead — on a songbird, of course! It’s a...
Lost Ark KR introduces the Scouter class arriving with the game’s second season
We all know and love the bow and arrow, but sometimes you want a bit more high tech in your fantasy ranged archetype. Lost...
Last Oasis introduces new map and walker with this week’s Volcanic Update
Last Oasis is treating its early access players to a hefty - and free - update this week, just in time for the Steam...
Lost Ark’s Russian version completes its move to the My.Games platform
Another MMO has been enfolded into the My.Games launcher/storefront. This time it's the Russian edition of Lost Ark, which completed the move as of...
Lost Ark announces a registration date for Japanese closed beta, shows off a guild territory feature for Season 2
The outward expansion of MMOARPG Lost Ark has taken another big step forward. The game's official Japanese Twitter account has announced that Thursday, June...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 255: Girls, elementals, and other things that ruin MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Magic Legends, Tarkov, World of Warcraft, Crowfall, Lost Ark, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, with mailbag topics on how MMOs can avoid murderhobo gameplay and how to escape MMOs that suck you back in.
Lost Ark Korea announces personal housing, genderlock removal, and battle royale as part of Season 2
The Korean version of Lost Ark is already gearing up for its next content in Season 2, and there sure is a lot coming....
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020
With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
Lost Ark appears to be ramping up for its western release and console release according to job postings
There certainly feels like a fair level of excitement for Lost Ark's western launch, especially since folks are already working their way into the...
Massively Overthinking: What MMO were you hoping to hear much more about this year?
Going through our coverage of 2019's MMOs, I realized there are a bunch of games that have previously been on our "anticipated" lists that...
Yet another Diablo 4 leak suggests Blizzard’s going back to its gothic Diablo roots
It seems as if we've had no end to the leaks for games supposedly being revealed at tomorrow's BlizzCon kickoff, especially for Diablo 4....
Why Fight lets players enter an open battlefield to duke it out for rewards in short game sessions
We'd like to introduce you to Why Fight by the three-person team of Build on Barren Studios (yes, those are actual titles thought up...
Lost Ark open beta kicks off in Russia and there’s already ways for English-speaking players to hop in
We wholly expect Lost Ark to make its way to our shores soon enough, but that certainly hasn't stopped many from getting ahead of...
Vague Patch Notes: Copies, blatant copies, and plagiarism in MMOs
So... this was honestly not the story that I had expected to have wound up coming out of Eternal Magic. I'd been expecting that "beauty...
