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Global Chat: ARK invents new types of griefing
Just when you thought you've seen every type of online griefing known to man, here comes another. In An Age grouses about how ARK:...
Hyperspace Beacon: Should you resub for SWTOR: Disavowed?
Hello, friends. I hope you don’t mind my calling you that. I do respect my readers. Thankfully, most of you are rational and thoughtful....
SWTOR posts storyline trailer for KOTFE: Disavowed
Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest Knights of the Fallen Empire chapter, Disavowed, went live for regular players this week, and now BioWare has...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild DLC is that ex you keep coming back to
Dang it, Elder Scrolls Online, just when I’m about to give up on you again, you pull me back in.
I really didn’t mind your...
Star Wars: The Old Republic developers expound on Eternal Championship and companion delays
Another month has arrived, another story chapter has gone live for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and another producer's livestream has happened. You can...
SWTOR Chapter 11: Disavowed is here, and Aric Jorgan has returned
Players' companion rosters in Star Wars: The Old Republic will be getting one stronger tomorrow, as Trooper companion Aric Jorgan joins the alliance for Chapter...
One Shots: Hook, line, and sinker
Personally, I don't get the appeal of fishing in MMOs, mostly because I get super-fidgety if I have to stand still in-game for long...
Hyperspace Beacon: How to run a roleplay event in spite of SWTOR’s mechanics
I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...
The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?
Last week, Justin and IÂ answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
The Game Archaeologist: Meridian 59
A colony founded through a magical nexus, Meridian 59 had it all going on -- until, that is, the portal to the colony collapsed...
Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to the creators of the SWTOR Cartel Packs
Dear BioWare,
First off, it might be unfair that I’m addressing this open letter to the whole staff of BioWare when I really should center...
Rumor: SWTOR datamining leads to megaserver speculation
According to the Star Wars: The Old Republic player-run datamining site TOR Community, the current "PvE and PvP servers are being replaced with PvE and PvP...
One Shots: Taking a breather
While one might get a sense that MMOs are nonstop adventures, with players shuttling to and fro on various important (and not-so-important) tasks, every...
Crowfall loses game designer Tully Ackland
Crowfall is losing a key game designer in the form of Tully Ackland, who told Twitter about his last day earlier this week.
https://twitter.com/TullyAckland/status/700072169661857796
Ackland didn't...
Trooper companion headlines SWTOR’s Chapter 11: Disavowed, due March 10th
BioWare has announced that since the launch of Knights of the Fallen Empire, players have logged over 900 million minutes of Star Wars: The Old...
The Stream Team: Moving past Makeb in SWTOR’s story
SWTOR keeps adding new chapters to the story, but MassivelyOP's MJ can't experience them yet because she still hasn't made it to the KOTFE...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 51: Unsavory deeds
Justin and Bree discuss V-Day, MMO finances, Blade & Soul, The Division, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, The Secret World, Ultima Online, and Devilian, with mailbag questions on IP blocking frustrations and MMO innovation.
Hyperspace Beacon: What SWTOR’s latest chapter, Anarchy in Paradise, is really about
If you think that SWTOR’s chapter 10 Anarchy in Paradise is about Kaliyo Djannis, you’re wrong. Kaliyo stars in the chapter, and she can...
The mystery of BioWare’s new online IP
The studio behind Star Wars: The Old Republic is working on a brand-new IP -- and everyone is dying to know what it is.
A...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic’s class stories were made
The Knights of the Fallen Empire storyline means that the player characters of Star Wars: The Old Republic have come a long way from...
