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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LOTRO Legendarium: Coping with Lord of the Rings Online’s Mount Everest of content
I vividly remember back when Lord of the Rings Online launched its first legendary server, Anor, in 2018. Like many of you, I got...
Global Chat: What makes an ‘MMO’ an MMO?
Pulling back to look at the very big picture of it all, Tipa at Chasing Dings asks a pretty relevant question in this ever-shifting...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 7.3.1 update and Season 5 launch today
After a long and arduous battle, Kai Zykken has been removed from the fleet stations for numerous offenses including writing bad checks, causing issues...
SWTOR creates outfits ‘inspired by’ the new Ahsoka Disney+ series
Just because Star Wars: The Old Republic and the current era of Disney TV series are separated by thousands of years in-universe doesn't mean...
Star Wars: The Old Republic releases patch 7.3.1 on September 6
If you absolutely cannot wait for the next patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic... well, we don't know what to tell you. There's...
Vague Patch Notes: What you leave behind in MMOs
You meant a lot to me when we knew one another. I wonder if you ever really understood that, or if I even communicated...
The Stream Team: Relaxing with Plastic Placid Duck Simulator
Sometimes, you just need a break from things, where you can sit back and truly relax. Massively OP's Larry and MJ are getting away...
Darth Malgus and Tulak Hord are the next Star Wars The Old Republic servers to move to the cloud
The gradual migration of Star Wars: The Old Republic servers from regular tech to similarly regular tech with a fancier label (and ideally better...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at a decade of Final Fantasy XIV
When Final Fantasy XIV was first announced, I was still fairly new in my tenure at Massively, but our editor-in-chief at the time was...
BioWare is restructuring – and that means 50 roles ‘eliminated’ at the studio
Bad news for BioWare today, as General Manager Gary McKay has admitted that the studio's impending reshuffle means a wave of layoffs. McKay says...
Star Wars The Old Republic delves deeper into the changes coming with Galactic Season 5
When Star Wars: The Old Republic offered an initial preview of update 7.3.1, players likely noted how there were quite a few things different...
Vague Patch Notes: The shell game of MMO subscriber numbers and player counts
Here is a very reasonable question: How many subscribers does Star Wars: The Old Republic have? Not how many players, but how many subscribers....
NetEase announces another new MMO studio: Rich Vogel’s T-Minus Zero Entertainment
NetEase has made no secret of its goals for expansion in the west: It managed to snurch Jack Emmert away from Daybreak to build...
The Stream Team: Meat’s back on the menu, SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ seriously underestimated the time it would take for Larry to wrap up SWTOR's Old Wounds story quest. You can't...
Star Wars The Old Republic begins its move to the cloud August 15, previews update 7.3.1 features
Back in March, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced its plans to make the switch to cloud server tech with the aim of modernizing...
Vague Patch Notes: Almost nobody can save struggling mid-to-small MMOs
A week ago, we all sounded off on the best way to save a small-to-mid-size MMO that was struggling, as prompted by a discussion...
First Impressions: Palia is missing the depth MMO life-skillers are hoping for
"Life-sims" are another of those game genres that I like in theory, but less so in practice. Most have graphical styles I find off-putting,...
The Stream Team: Closing up Old Wounds in SWTOR
Believe it or not, Massively OP's Larry hasn't wrapped up the latest content in SWTOR yet! Today, however, he should be able to close...
Global Chat: Is Wurm Online fatally imploding?
I doubt that anyone would've predicted that in 2023, Wurm Online of all MMOs would be embroiled in controversy, developer walkouts, and predictions of...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
