Major MMO studio owned by EA, famous for its RPG franchises and particularly to MMO players for Star Wars: The Old Republic
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The Stream Team: SWTOR’s Tatooine balloon ride
Datacrons and balloon rides: The two are inexorably linked in SWTOR. Massively OP's Larry and MJ must fly over the Tatooine sand dunes in...
Perfect Ten: MMO celebrations that didn’t rip off real-world holidays
Does it ever slightly bother you that in these alternate fantasy and science fiction worlds that we explore there just so happens to have...
Kotaku’s Anthem exposé unmasks a studio in ‘crisis’ – and BioWare’s response is alarming
Kotaku has another lengthy expose up today, this one homing in on Anthem. Author Jason Schreier interviewed 19 Anthem (and Anthem-adjacent) developers to paint...
The Daily Grind: Do you still get excited about upcoming MMORPGs?
It was the late aughts. My husband and I had scraped together money to fly to London for a meet-up with our Europe-based guildies....
Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2
It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You...
Global Chat: Looking back at 20 years of EverQuest
EverQuest's 20th anniversary isn't going unnoticed and unobserved in the gaming community this month. In fact, several MMO bloggers have raised a glass to...
Perfect Ten: How to determine whether an IP would make a good MMO
A few weeks back, fellow writer Justin talked about cartoons from the '80s that would make for good MMOs. In some cases I agree;...
Hyperspace Beacon: This is the toughest choice in Star Wars Galaxies Legends
I'm Larry, and I'm an altoholic. (Pauses for everyone to say "Hi, Larry.") The toughest part of any game for me is which class...
Anthem’s loot-system struggle continues as update brings legendary missions
Anthem's been having a bit of a rough go of it lately, with a significant portion of the game's community expressing disappointment about the...
Anthem misses the mark again: No armor loot in Elysian Stronghold caches
The number of posts and threads about Anthem's loot issues are too numerous to count without a calculator. Now, we can add a misdirect...
Here’s a quick glimpse of Star Wars The Old Republic’s new guild heraldry and character preview tools
When 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory launches in Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, it'll drop some quality-of-life tweaks that were originally promised in...
One Shots: Selfish selfies
Hey! Hey man, what do you think you're doing? You're a bleeding Division agent, all right? You're the thin line that holds back anarchistic...
Anthem promises more loot changes and no more Forge loading screen in next week’s update
If you missed Anthem's developer livestream yesterday, you'll be forgiven; it's hard to find in between every dang site's constant barrage of Stadia news....
Vague Patch Notes: Finding motivation within MMOs
Here's a fun question to ask yourself when you're doing basically anything in an MMO: Why am I doing this? It's usually at once...
MMO Business Roundup: Lucasfilm Games, Anthem sales, MapleStory Fest, and Oculus
Welcome back to another round of the MMO Business Roundup. It's GDC week, so it's no surprise that we've had so many business posts...
The Stream Team: SWTOR spring datacron picking
Ahhh, the first day of spring. The SWTOR datacrons are in full bloom, and it's high time Massively OP's Larry and MJ take the...
Star Wars: The Old Republic talks up under-the-hood changes for previews and objects
If you've ever wondered why any sort of visual effects on gear in Star Wars: The Old Republic would show up as blobs and messes...
BioWare discusses Anthem post-launch: ‘This is all a learning experience for us’
So, did you agree with our assessment of Anthem as a fun game with a lot of issues? It seems BioWare itself agrees with that...
Not So Massively: Welcoming a new era of online games and gaming
Hello, Massively Overpowered readers! Not So Massively is back, with a new captain at the helm.
My name's Tyler. If you're active in the MMO...
BioWare patches Anthem to buff loot quality at higher difficulties
If you're following the loot saga of Anthem, you might have begun to suspect that nothing BioWare could do would actually make everyone happy....
