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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

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019

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Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...

Anthem rings in the holiday season with the arrival of Icetide

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The place that Anthem takes place in looks damn near tropical, or at least tepid, so the idea of celebrating a snowy season would...
Set sail, etc.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019

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Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
I'm not sure which set of CGI looks better. That's not good.

The Daily Grind: What MMO deserves its own movie or TV show?

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In going through our annual posts ahead of our December awards and whatnot, I noticed a bunch of stories about movies and TV shows...
stuff

Global Chat: Crafting is just the worst, Britta!

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Advance warning: If you like crafting in MMOs, then you best not read the latest post from Contains Moderate Peril, who is not quite...

One Shots: Rubbing shoulders with greatness

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It is hard not to feel a little awestruck when you encounter a famous face, even if it takes place inside of a game....

The Stream Team: Friday night fun mocking the king in SWTOR

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Mock the king! Mock the king! If ever there were a motto for Massively OP's Larry and MJ's Onslaught adventures in SWTOR, this is...
Everything old is... well, it's actually still old.

Star Wars: The Old Republic plans eighth anniversary and Life Day festivities

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It is perhaps mildly ironic that Star Wars: The Old Republic is now getting rather old in and of itself, since the game is passing...
Here we go.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019

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After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...

One Shots: We are all bullies

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Let us face the sad, sobering truth of our MMORPG experiences today. While we may like to think that we are noble heroes saving...
Full of sound and fury. Sadly.

Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen

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A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...
Be better.

Vague Patch Notes: Sub-optimal play vs. just plain bad play in MMORPGs

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Something we need to start reckoning with when it comes to MMOs is the fact that it really is a problem when you're playing...
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

Perfect Ten: When MMO lore is at odds with the game

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Lore is made up. We all know that. People who write the lore for games are not doing research into the real story and...
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MMO Burnout: Exploring EA’s new Star Wars title, Jedi Fallen Order

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It’s impossible to understate how much cultural influence Star Wars had on kids born in the ’70s. One of my first movie-going memories includes...
zzzzap

BioWare’s former general manager discusses the performance and limitations of the Frostbite engine

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You may or may not blame the woes of Anthem on the engine it's built upon, and odds are that's probably not the cause of...
Yes, this is one of the few cases wherein EA kinda gets to be the good guys.

The last week of Anthem’s Season of Skulls has arrived

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It's not just the sixth week of the Season of Skulls over in Anthem; it's also the last one. Yes, the season is coming to...

Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow

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For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...
...huh.

Rumor: A complete overhaul is in the works for Anthem

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So, you know how Anthem scaled back its content updates and seems to have started moving into quiet acceptance of being at a dead...

Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)

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Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands. My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...

PSA: Star Wars The Old Republic hands out a free pet in honor of Jedi Fallen Order’s launch

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What does a single-player Star Wars game have to do with an MMORPG like Star Wars: The Old Republic? Free pets, that's what! In...

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