Megacorp known to MMO gamers primarily for its ownership of BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA has previously been the steward of Mythic Entertainment (which in turn once controlled Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot) as well as The Sims Online, Warhammer Online, and Dawngate.
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The first of Ultima Online’s planned 2019 high seas updates has hit the test server
At the start of the new year, Ultima Online did its level best to disrupt my plans to take a break from subbing it...
MMO Business Roundup: The Fair Play Alliance, Warface splits from Crytek, ESA expansions, and WoW esports
We're back with another quick roundup of MMO industry news!
Remember the Fair Play Alliance? It was supposed to be a group of major and...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s creative director talks about the characters of Jedi Under Siege
The latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic brought a lot of characters around. It brought major characters back, it brought new characters into...
Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
The Stream Team: Jedi and jumping puzzles in SWTOR
What do you do when you finish all the main storyline of SWTOR? If you thought celebrate, you'd be wrong. Massively OP's Larry has...
Star Wars: The Old Republic battles the mother of all bugs next week
Even in a galaxy far, far away, pest control is an issue. Of course, this being Star Wars: The Old Republic, those pests are...
Hyperspace Beacon: The tale of Ood Bnar and his place in SWTOR
If you've not watched the "Choose My Alignment" livestreams that MJ and I have been doing over the last couple of years, then you've...
Perfect Ten: Hit franchises that were almost made into MMORPGs
For my money, there are few more tantalizing and agonizing thoughts than the great "What Ifs?" of the MMO genre. What if one title...
Apex Legends passed 600,000 concurrent players in 24 hours
Amidst the bad news for Electronic Arts yesterday, there was a note of positivity when it comes to Apex Legends. You may remember the battle...
EA is focusing on Anthem and Apex Legends following disappointing quarter
Things haven't been going as well as planned for Electronic Arts lately, if its latest earnings report is anything to go by. The company...
SWTOR avoids a formal 2019 roadmap but gives a peek at what’s to come
Star Wars: The Old Republic fans eager to hear a detailed roadmap for the game's 2019 run are bound to be disappointed by BioWare's...
Titanfall dev’s new Apex Legends battle royale title snagged 1M players on day one
We don't really cover Titanfall around here, but you might be interested all the same in Respawn's new battle royale set in the same...
Anthem explains its Alliance and Guild systems following its second demo, with hints about something more in the sky
While Anthem is not a game that will force you to play with others, it certainly wants you to, and part of that is down to the...
Legends of Aria pulls controversial item from in-game store as dungeon patch and anti-gank spell go live
This week we've been covering the unfolding concern over Legends of Aria's newly instituted in-game store, specifically the release of a power hour potion...
Storyboard: Can you diverge from lore in MMORPG roleplaying?
All right, this is new for me because most of my titles do not contain dirty lies right in the question used to kick...
Vague Patch Notes: How to recognize MMO lies from quite a long way away
One of the most consistently weird elements of covering MMOs is that there's a very simple and yet incredibly odd metric of knowing if...
Legends of Aria players grumble over perceived pay-to-win items in new cash shop
Yesterday, Legends of Aria players were startled to see the new cash-shop in the early access version of the game. Upsetting players even more...
Kakao is apparently considering a bid for Nexon as sale process heats up
Over January, we've been covering the future of Nexon, whose controlling owner, Kim Jung-ju, is aiming to sell his nearly 99% stake in the...
EA cuts sale of FIFA currency in Belgium in ongoing lootbox legal conflict
Remember back in 2018 when Belgium cracked down on gambleboxes in video games, zeroing in on Overwatch, FIFA 18, and CSGO and ordering them...
Anthem recaps lessons learned from VIP demo in preparation for next weekend’s public demo
As you may have heard, Anthem's VIP demo this past weekend was a bit turbulent, to say the least. Shocking, we know. BioWare's Head...
