A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.
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City of Heroes Rebirth celebrates its sixth birthday this month with XP events and Nemesis invasions
It's hard for me to believe it, but it's been over six years since the City of Heroes community whirred back to life with...
Kakao Q1 2025: Chrono Odyssey is finally aiming for closed beta in May
Kakao had a rough Q4 - and now it's having a rough Q1 too, at least in terms of its revenues. While the multimedia...
Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are made up
All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game...
Throne and Liberty shows off the process of designing the Wilds of Talandre areas
A gigantic wind wheel lift in the center of the city. The most Castlevania-looking house possible in a game without actually holding that license....
Blade & Soul NEO will launch on Steam ‘soon’ as NCsoft confirms summer updates
NC America is really going all-in on its revitalization of its western MMORPG catalogue: Today, it's announced that it's putting Blade & Soul Neo...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake
Massively OP's MJ has certainly taken her sweet time playing through Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3. After all, it did release nearly...
The MOP Up: Marvel Rivals players go on strike over under-supported role
Marvel Rivals players are on strike until the Strategist role is improved -- and they may get their way according to a new blog...
The Soapbox: Could an official WildStar revival succeed in 2025?
WildStar: Carbine's ambitious, flashy, and flawed MMO that launched in June 2014. A little over a year later, it shifted to a hybrid free-to-play...
NCSoft invests in indie studio emptyvessel for its multiplayer cyberpunk squad FPS Defect
It looks as if NCsoft is making sure it's got its fingers in another pie in the world of western games development, as the...
Lineage II marks 21 years, counts over 19M characters, and opens celebratory events
Despite the past and future attempts to make a third entry in the franchise, Lineage II is still standing and has been for 21...
The Daily Grind: Do you play the same MMOs as your significant other?
One of the things I love about having a dedicated room in my house with all the computers is that my family games together...
Throne and Liberty’s latest update brings trait resonance, gear illusions, and the Mystic Portal event
The past several dispatches for Throne and Liberty have talked up the game's Illusion Workshop feature, which like wardrobes and tmog systems in many...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 adventure hodgepodge
Now that the latest bit of Guild Wars 2 main story is done, Massively OP's MJ has multiple different things she can focus on....
The Daily Grind: Do you feel bad about skipping new MMORPG launches?
Last week, when Microsoft and Bethsoft had the nerve to re-release The Elder Scrolls Oblivion for 50 smackaroos along with paid horse armor DLC...
City of Heroes Homecoming marks the original MMO’s 21st anniversary with a badge and event
Badgers of City of Heroes: Homecoming, rise up! Today marks the 21st anniversary of the original MMORPG's release, which is reason enough for the...
Storyboard: Dealing with the things your MMOs characters can’t do (but still can)
In the middle of Final Fantasy XIV's post-Stormblood patches, there's a scene where the characters need to purchase a specific katana. An exact price...
One Shots: Bananarama!
As we gather together to appreciate this gallery of video game art captured by our auteurs, we can be assured that there is absolutely...
The Daily Grind: What are the tipoffs that mark gamers out as veteran MMORPG players?
Back during the first weekend of the Lord of the Rings Online transfer mess, I spent an inordinate amount of time in the game's...
Massively Overthinking: The eternal granular squabbles in our pet MMORPGs
So if you don't play a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server - and chances are that you don't - you probably have no idea...
Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
