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Major MMO studio owned by EA, famous for its RPG franchises and particularly to MMO players for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Multi-digit division.

Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters

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The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
Not the chess maneuver.

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever

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This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
Attract mode.

The MOP Up: Vietnam gets Closers Online

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There's one new country for Closers Online to conquer in 2020: Vietnam. The Southeast Asian nation just went into open beta and has a...
Not so close.

Global Chat: How fast should combat be in MMOs?

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The speed of combat engagements in MMORPGs -- as rare as they may be -- was the topic du jour on a couple of...

One Shots: Worse homes and gardens

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Probably the only thing that is holding me back from embracing a career as a lifelong mega-villain is that I can't conform to the...
Paws for impact.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

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A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...

The Stream Team: ‘Come to Corellia,’ SWTOR’s Darth Malgus said, ‘it’ll be fun’

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Last week, Massively OP's Larry had the shock of his SWTOR life. (If you missed it, we highly recommend watching!) Now MJ is dying...

Anthem offers a look at updates for week five of Icetide and additional lore stories

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Have you been enjoying the Icetide season in Anthem? Good for you. Love what you love no matter what. Also, you'll be happy to...

The Stream Team: A new year of SWTOR Choose My Alignment adventures

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Are you ready for a new year, and a new decade, of Choose My Alignment adventures in SWTOR? Massively OP's Larry and MJ are!...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019

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The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...

The best Massively OP community polls of 2019

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Time for another annual tradition here on Massively OP: the counting of the polls! Yes, we run a bunch of polls in our irregular...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019

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When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...

Not So Massively: A wishlist for MMO-adjacent online games in 2020

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With the year drawing to a close, my thoughts turn ahead to 2020 and what new gaming experiences it may bring. I am an...

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s progression server

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Dark Age of Camelot recently put up a huge end-of-year Q&A grab bag for you to enjoy, including plans for next year -- and...

The Stream Team: Fraternizing with factions on SWTOR’s Mek-Sha for its anniversary

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Happy Anniversary SWTOR! Massively OP's Larry and MJ ran into some old friends while visiting Mek-Sha to "help" Darth Shaar in her plans to...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020

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With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
All right, let's ignore that this game is functionally abandoned.

Vague Patch Notes: Why don’t we have more MMO psionics?

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Seized by what I can only describe as an incomprehensible fit of pique, I've spent a decent chunk of my free time over the...
Ho, then when I say so, ho again.

The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup

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The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...

SWTOR kicks off Life Day and its eight year anniversary, shows off the Alderaan Stronghold

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Star Wars: The Old Republic has had an event-loaded December on tap, with the Relics of the Gree event already here and gone but...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends plans Life Day, new heroics, and a contest judged by George Lucas’ son

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SWTOR and Fortnite aren't the only games in our wheelhouse that are jumping on the Star Wars Rise of Skywalker hype train. According to...

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