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Massively Overthinking: If you could delete one class or skill from your favorite MMORPG…

This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired by a tweet I saw from SMITE, of all games, where the Hi-Rez devs asked players to propose one god to delete from the game. Obviously, this is not a serious proposition, but in the aggregate, the answers can kinda show a trend in what people are tired of, […]
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NCsoft’s ‘time survival’ shooter Time Takers opens NA and SA signups for March 12 beta

Hey, remember Time Takers? Probably not, so here’s a recap: NCsoft announced it’d be publishing a “time survival” shooter back at the end of 2024, and last summer at Gamescom, it revealed the game as Time Takers. It sort of got overshadowed because NCsoft announced Cinder City (an actual MMO shooter) at the same show, […]
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Lawful Neutral: The biggest MMO and multiplayer legal dramas of 2025

The last few years have been quiet on the legal issues in games, but in true 2025 fashion, this year was a legal drama-llama. Granted, maybe a little bit more on the “Ally McBeal” side of legal drama than the “Matlock.” But hey, I’m here for it. From corporate-facepalm shenanigans to Roblox spending another year […]
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January brings updated dungeons for Blade & Soul and new class for Blade & Soul NEO

Yesterday was the official start of 10th anniversary celebrations for Blade & Soul here in our corner of the world, and NCsoft marked the occasion with a celebratory livestream that primarily focused on looking back at the game’s decade of operation with various devs and its players but also looked forward to a couple of […]
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Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2026?

So here we are, at the top of a new year, 12 whole months of screwing around in video games laid out before us. In tonight’s Massively Overthinking, we have but one question: What are you gonna do with those 12 months?! I’m asking our writers and readers to rattle off what they think will […]
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Japanese servers for Blade & Soul and Blade & Soul NEO will officially shut down in March

We have some unfortunate news to share for any Japanese fans of NCsoft’s MMORPG Blade & Soul: The studio has officially confirmed that both Blade & Soul and its Blade & Soul NEO server are sunsetting in Japan this March. “[W]e have come to the conclusion that it has become difficult to provide a stable […]
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End-of-Year Eleven: The most surprising MMO news stories of 2025

Welcome to the end of the year, everyone! Somehow we all got here, seriously, and that means it’s time for our annual roundup of stories and events over the last year. I’m sure that some of these will have people saying that they were not surprised by anything that happened over the course of 2025, in […]
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Guild Wars Reforged is officially launching today to modernize the 20-year-old MMO

Classic Guild Wars fans divide neatly into two groups. No, not Kurzick vs. Luxon. No, not heroes or no heroes. No, not runners and runnees. It’s simple: Are you a Spamadan person floating in a sea of trade deals, or are you a kid hanging out in Great Temple of Balthazar international, complaining about your […]
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The Stream Team: Roller beetle racing in Guild Wars 2

Plans. Massively OP’s MJ had plans. But those went right out the window when she discovered that Guild Wars 2 has a roller beetle racing event that started today. At first, she could resist; after all, she doesn’t even have a roller beetle yet let alone any masteries completed for it. Then she saw the […]
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City of Heroes Homecoming has begun its annual winter event and themed trial

Oh sure, it’s only been a week since City of Heroes Homecoming’s issue 28, page 3, went live with a big ol’ revamp for Masterminds and the new sonic set for melee toons, but in case that update wasn’t your vibe, you can gear up for the game’s winter events instead. “The snow has started […]
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MMO Hype Train: Guild Wars Reforged’s glow-up couldn’t happen to a nicer game

Where were you when you first heard about the original Guild Wars? For me, it was late 2004 when the online gaming world was entranced with World of Warcraft. I was reading through a games magazine that posted a whole spread on this new project that some outfit called ArenaNet was making. What caught my […]
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What we've been playing - "I can't stop thinking about balls"

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Kelsey discovers the joys and stresses of managing border control in Papers, Please; Tom holds off his Kojima dislike and plays Death Stranding; Victoria looks for anyone she can to talk to about Dispatch; Ed can't stop thinking about balls; Connor finds himself back in Guild Wars 2; and Bertie finds himself back in Dungeons & Dragons, getting everyone in trouble again.

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Aion 2 To Launch Globally in the Second Half of 2026; Monetization To Be Less Aggressive Than Throne and Liberty

A character from Aion 2 with long white hair and ornate armor is displayed with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX logo in the corner.

During its Q3 2025 quarterly report (as spotted by MassivelyOP), NCSoft announced that Aion 2 will debut on the global stage in the second half of 2026. The MMORPG is set to launch in exactly a week from today in South Korea and Taiwan for PC and mobile devices. Aion 2 is a direct sequel to the 2009 classic MMORPG. It's set roughly 200 years after the events seen in that game. Its massive game world is estimated to be around 1,200 square kilometers and features distinct biomes like dusty frontier towns, icy peaks, flowing rivers, and hidden labs. Just […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/aion-2-launch-globally-second-half-2026-monetization-less-aggressive/

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