Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.
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Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2024
For our first Massively Overthinking of the year, we're drawing a hard line between what we think will happen, what we mean to make...
Lost Ark brings Inferno difficulty Brelshaza raid and hotly anticipated class balance updates January 10
At the end of December, Lost Ark had to disappoint its players with news that a series of balance updates made to the Korean...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft wraps up Dragonflight’s esports tournaments
The final esports tournaments for World of Warcraft's Dragonflight era are coming in the first part of 2024, with the Arena World Championship taking...
MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards as we present our award for Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
Lost Ark’s updated elixir system and Ivory Tower abyssal dungeon are live in today’s release
As promised, Lost Ark's got one more update for players before the end of the year as the second part of the December patch...
Lost Ark’s early 2024 roadmap includes the Breaker class (male Scrapper) in March
Don't you hate when you're forced to read an entire roadmap for a video game like some kind of animal? Can't someone else do...
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...
