Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.
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Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024
It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...
Lost Ark’s Voldis continent and winter holiday events are live in today’s patch
Amazon's going two for two on the holiday events in its MMOs today - first for New World, and now for Lost Ark, where...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Lost Ark previews not one but two patches for December, with a new continent and elixir system
December's destined to be a strange month for Lost Ark, as it's due for two major updates, not just one. The first update is slated...
Lost Ark talks about December’s new Voldis region, new story, and new content in video
The latest update to Lost Ark not only added an edgy new class and a host of quality-of-life updates but also began a series...
Lost Ark’s Korean class balance updates won’t land in the west until January 2024
Last week saw a bit of bad news for western fans of Lost Ark when Amazon Games confirmed that class adjustments made to the...
Smilegate unveiled a playable version of Lost Ark Mobile at G-Star 2023
Remember back in 2019 when we were all still waiting on Lost Ark's arrival to the west? Then you perhaps also remember that we...
Lost Ark launches the Souleater and jump-start server reconnections in today’s Soul Harvest update
This week has been a bit of bad news/good news for Lost Ark, as Amazon and Smilegate admitted earlier this week that the balance...
Lost Ark confirms its Soul Harvest update will not feature KR version’s latest class balancing
There will always be some gulfs between the Korean version and western version of Lost Ark no matter how much Amazon Games wants that...
Amazon Games is hit with another round of layoffs, but the MMORPGs are not affected
Amazon Games is queueing up its second layoff of the year: According to Aftermath, the company has laid off another 180 games workers, adding...
Lost Ark shows off the Souleater arriving on November 15
The latest player option for Lost Ark arrives in the game on November 15th, the Souleater. And she's a very original class the likes...
Massively Overthinking: The ‘elements’ of MMOs
MOP reader Nibbana recently posed us a fun question: "As I play my Scrapper in Guild Wars 2, I thought to myself, man, I...
Lost Ark shows off how it designs horror bosses with a look at Akkan
There are lots of enemies in Lost Ark because if you don't have hordes of foes to chew through like snack chips, what are...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
Lost Ark’s weekly update overhauls chaos gates, ghost ships, and treasure hunting into a new chaos gate system
Lost Ark fans hungry for the promised revamp to the Chaos Gate system are in for a feast today as Amazon has officially patched...
Lost Ark’s Monster Bash October update launches the continent of Pleccia today
It's called the Monster Bash, and it was meant to go live this morning in Lost Ark's October update. Don't get too excited at...
Lost Ark’s next update arrives October 11 with the romantic continent of Pleccia
If it seems as if the September update for Lost Ark just landed yesterday, well that's because this fall is moving along at a...
Massively Overthinking: The impact of jump start servers in MMOs
With Chris' Choose My Adventure run on Lost Ark - specifically, on its jump-start servers - coming to a close, I thought it would...
Choose My Adventure: Wrestling with disappointment, boredom, and comfort in Lost Ark’s jump start server
It was probably asking a lot of myself to cut through Lost Ark as quickly as possible so that I could get to the...
Lost Ark hands out free gifts, accelerates jump start server timeline
The new jump start servers are the talk of Lost Ark's town this month, as new and returning players can experience an accelerated leveling...
