star wars the old republic

Official Site: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Studio: BioWare/Electronic Arts
Launch Date: December 20, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

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Star Wars: The Old Republic designers discuss the creation of the Alderaan stronghold

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If you like to build something to last in Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't build on Alderaan. Sure, it looks pretty right now, but...
Bork.

Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating MMORPG exit barriers

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In episode 13 of season 9 of The Simpsons, after having spent far more time than she wants in the Movementarian cult, Marge angrily...

One Shots: Imitation and flattery

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then MMO players are the biggest flatterers in the world. When we're not making avatars to...

The Stream Team: A smidgen of SWTOR story

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It's SWTORy time! Well, a smidgen of story at least. Not that long ago, Massively OP's Larry and MJ completed the latest arc, ending...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best voice acting?

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Because I love a good story in an MMO -- I know, I'm rebelling against the cool crowd here -- I particularly enjoy it...

Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?

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The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?

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No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
Library?

SWTOR’s 6.1 Pinnacles of Power goes live today with new story beat and stronghold

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's Pinnacles of Power was meant to go live this past Tuesday. It didn't. It was delayed, according to BioWare,...
Party down.

Star Wars: The Old Republic delays Update 6.1, but you can read the patch notes

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Hope you didn't build your time off around Update 6.1: Pinnacles of Power's release to Star Wars: The Old Republic because the devs have...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sci-fi MMO?

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Generally, but not always, I like to have a science fiction (or science fantasy, if we're being pedantic) MMORPG in my gaming rotation for...

The Stream Team: Oh (no) is for Ossus and Onderon datacrons in SWTOR

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The SWTOR story is over now (for now), so it is time for Massively OP's Larry and MJ to continue with their datacron grind....
It's just silly.

The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside

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For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...

MMO Business Roundup: Stadia, Coronavirus, E3, VR, EVE Fanfest, Discord, and WOTC’s BioWare devs

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news! Stadia: Google has responded to the uproar over its poor communication with the Stadia...

The Daily Grind: Do you think all space MMOs should have spacelegs?

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A few of my guildies have been deep into Elite Dangerous lately, and one of them recently pointed me to some of the rumors...
Ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas

Rumor has it that Electronic Arts is doing something with Knights of the Old Republic

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Attention all hands; this is not a drill. Or maybe it is because, well... rumors are what they are. But the current rumor is...

MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news! Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...

The Stream Team: Playing with the Emperor’s Hand in SWTOR

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At the end of the last SWTOR adventure, Massively OP's Larry and MJ saw a very disgruntled Darth Malgus. Apparently, Corellia wasn't as fun...

Star Wars: The Old Republic brings the Alderaan Stronghold back to the test server

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The opportunity to test out the fanciest new house in Star Wars: The Old Republic is back once again as the devs have brought...
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...

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