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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Hyperspace Beacon: Five things Star Wars The Old Republic still does well
I have been harping on so many things that BioWare is doing wrong with Star Wars: The Old Republic that some have wondered why...
BioWare: Anthem will be ‘unlike anything you’ve played’
While not going into any details about the progress of Anthem's development and testing dates, BioWare nevertheless attempted to prime the pump for fans'...
One Shots: How to go blind in one easy step
As someone who only has one functioning eye, I find that my vision is paramount to my quality of life and personal enjoyment. Plus,...
The Stream Team: Solving SWTOR’s Chapter VI story puzzles
Last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ infiltrated Vaylin's party and got just as far as the kitchen in the puzzles of KOTET’s Chapter...
Here are all of the class nerfs and buffs coming with SWTOR’s 5.9
Just like a certain farmboy looking wistfully up at twin suns and thinking of his future, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are looking...
Former BioWare boss expounds on EA’s role in substudios and business models
Everybody loves to dump on EA for wrecking companies like BioWare and escalating microtransactions and lockboxes to ludicrous heights, but is it warranted? Kotaku...
SWTOR teases its new expansion, Cartel Market updates, and more coming by year’s end
With all the April Fool's updates and misinformation that were flying around this weekend, it was a little difficult to tell what was a...
Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR prank that revealed so much about the hungry fanbase
With April Fool's Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn't actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 164: Shroud of the Heroes
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day across the MMO world, RIFT, DDO, Trove, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Sea of Thieves, Shroud of the Avatar, SWTOR, and FFXIV, with mailbag questions on MMO tourist modes and character customization.
GDC 2018: Depictions of violence and war in video games and Destiny’s Sword
I love stories. Maybe it's the teacher in me, but I love stories not just for their raw entertainment value, but for their ability...
Star Wars: The Old Republic gives all its subscribers two companions
Do you enjoy having companions who are primarily interested in following the money? Because that's what Star Wars: The Old Republic is offering subscribers...
The MMO Book Club introduces the good kind of lootboxes
Not quite a year ago, we covered a brand-new MMO community called the MMO Book Club, whose goal was to bring MMO players together...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 163: Expansions ‘Я’ Us
Justin and Bree talk expansions for Elder Scrolls Online, Star Trek Online, and Skyforge, with news on Bless, GDC, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, a new Star Wars title, Project Gorgon, RIFT, WoW, and Trove, with mailbag questions on whether Gorgon vs EverQuest and our Steam Team.
SWTOR course corrects for patch 5.8a, overhauls the cash shop with direct-purchase items
Star Wars The Old Republic's 5.8a patch is live today with a bunch of tweaks to last week's far bigger update. In fact, many...
Star Wars: The Old Republic seeks more feedback on conquest changes
There are lots of moving parts with the conquest system for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so it was almost inevitable that multiple passes...
Ship of Heroes’ map is ‘larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes’
If you're a City of Heroes fan - or any kind of superhero fan - then you're gonna want to check out the brand-new...
The Stream Team: Checking out Chapter VI in SWTOR’s KOTET
Massively OP's Larry and MJ made it off of Iokath, but the adventure is far from over; just because they survived doesn't mean they...
Hyperspace Beacon: So SWTOR’s Update 5.8 happened
Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched the delayed Update 5.8: Command Authority to the servers. BioWare now offers its first complete operation since...
Today’s SWTOR Update 5.8 brings Izax boss, conquest revamp, and returning companions
Hope you brought your industrial-sized ion cannon, fly boy, because that is one mother of a droid that's trying to stomp on your face....
