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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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...
Star Wars The Old Republic reruns Rakghoul Resurgence and Relics of the Gree for August
As Star Wars: The Old Republic continues its shuffle over to Broadsword's stewardship, the event beat goes on for the MMORPG in the month...
One Shots: Dance like no one’s watching
Let's kick off this week with period-appropriate disco music, fancy threads, and the coolest Orc you peons ever saw. Minimalistway is tearing up the...
Star Wars The Old Republic gets another canon nod, this time from an official comic issue
The canonical status of Star Wars: The Old Republic in the Disney era is a sensitive one, as initially the game was expected to...
The Stream Team: Movie night with SWTOR
What's this you say? SWTOR's latest content release was meaty enough to last more than one stream? Massively OP's Larry and MJ are shocked....
Star Wars: The Old Republic summons PvP Season 3 today
Don't get complacent in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: The Old Republic is calling all bloodthirsty PvPers to engage in another season...
Massively Overthinking: Old zones vs. new zones in MMORPGs
I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online lately, in both very old zones from Moria and earlier and some of...
Perfect Ten: 10 things I really dislike about Star Wars The Old Republic
So we're all talking about Star Wars The Old Republic lately, and hey, that's understandable. We have not come to the end of the...
Hyperspace Beacon: What can SWTOR do to reassure a shaken fanbase?
In my column last week, I gave my honest reaction to Star Wars: The Old Republic's ongoing move from BioWare to Broadsword. If you...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 429: Push button, receive bacon
Justin and Bree discuss New World, World of Warcraft, WildStar, EverQuest 3, and EverQuest 2, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on MMO systems we want simplified vs. complexified, which is too a word!
