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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

The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you unexpectedly loved?

Eliot Lefebvre - May 24, 2015 93

I made my Crab Spider in City of Heroes primarily because I wanted to have someone as a spider. My character concept for her...

BioWare posts update on SWTOR’s Season 5 win-trading

Jef Reahard - May 22, 2015 20

BioWare community manager Eric Musco posted a brief update on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums yesterday concerning trolling and win-trading in Season...

The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event is coming back to SWTOR in June

Jef Reahard - May 20, 2015 17

How do you pronounce Nar Shaddaa? When I was devouring Star Wars books in the 1990s and playing the crap out of the Dark Forces...

The Stream Team: More SWTOR story mission XP and prizes

MJ Guthrie - May 16, 2015 5

Earlier this week, Massively OP's MJ and Larry jumped into Star Wars: The Old Republic on the Republic side to take advantage of the 12x...

Massively Opinionated: EVE vs SWTOR vs The Plunderbund

Larry Everett - May 13, 2015 27

In this episode, Larry, Cosmic Engine, Brendan, and Redna debate MMORPG community platforms, guilds, and building strong communities.

Ask Mo: The trouble with roleplaying in MMORPGs

Bree Royce - May 13, 2015 148

Long ago on Massively-that-was, a reader named Avaera sent in a long list of fabulous questions worth addressing. I'm tackling another in today's edition...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 13

Justin Olivetti - May 12, 2015 28

Justin and Bree discuss WoW's sub decline, EQ Next, GW2's Dragonhunter, EQ progression servers, SWTOR harassment, and adventures in Marvel Heroes, Secret World, and Guild Wars, plus mailbag questions on SWG's PvP and pay-to-win.

The Stream team: Soaking up SWTOR’s story XP bonus

MJ Guthrie - May 12, 2015 18

Star Wars: The Old Republic is tossing out story XP willy-nilly right now, and Massively OP's Larry has talked MJ into diving back in...

Star Wars: The Old Republic brings back the Relics of the Gree

Eliot Lefebvre - May 12, 2015 10

Greetings, black bisector! Or blue acute or yellow nonagon or argyle sinewave; we're not actually very good at the whole Gree dialogue thing. What...

One Shots: Bugs Bunny 2099

Justin Olivetti - May 10, 2015 63

What would Bugs Bunny look like if he were a futuristic space mercenary who chomped on freeze-dried carrots and spat out, "What's UP, doc?"...

SWTOR players harass a BioWare dev and his family

Jef Reahard - May 7, 2015 288

What do you do when MMO devs mess with your favorite class? If you're a handful of Star Wars: The Old Republic players,...

Star Wars: The Old Republic cracks down on RMT ring

Eliot Lefebvre - May 7, 2015 26

In the MMO community, shady websites selling game currency for real currency are considered especially heinous. In Star Wars: The Old Republic, these operations...

Yay, SWTOR is less of a grind (again)

Jef Reahard - May 6, 2015 58

BioWare has outlined its approach to the latest Star Wars: The Old Republic 12x experience event which is now active. The boost enables subscribers to...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 12

Justin Olivetti - May 5, 2015 42

Justin, Bree, and Eliot from Cards Against Humanity discuss SWTOR's Ziost update, Daybreak's emu deal, the Guild Wars saga, ArcheAge's patch, and Darkfall's retcon, plus mail on MMO mistakes and replacing CoH. Bonus: Justin's Kickstarter tribute song!