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Spun out of EA as one of the last remnants of Mythic Entertainment, Broadsword now runs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

Star Wars: The Old Republic touts 2024’s modernization efforts, updates, and Mac beta

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Compared to some of the cadence of the big dogs in the MMO genre, Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be producing the...

The Stream Team: On the 13th anniversary, SWTOR gave to me…

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...A stream full of Life Day memories! And Wookiee hugs. And tossing snowballs at overheated droids. Today marks 13 years of SWTOR, and Massively...

Vague Patch Notes: MMORPG accelerationism is a stupid sucker’s game

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The most recent Warframe update starts with a solid chunk of story, and the story that it tells is that of a time loop....

Ultima Online has released its first patch for New Legacy

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There's a lot going on for Ultima Online players right now, regardless of which version of the game you play! We say that because...
hands across whatever this fantasy world is called

Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play

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Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.

Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions

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Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024

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You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2

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Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
My old wounds are acting up and stuff.

Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 7.6 goes live today with Dynamic Encounters and new PvP season

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Finally, Star Wars: The Old Republic will give players the content they've been craving since the game launched: the chance to herd Banthas on...

The MOP Up: World War II Online bids farewell to the fishbowl

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World War II Online aviators will be pleased to hear that a disliked visual is about to be killed: "The long-awaited, long-hated fishbowl effect...

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Update 7.6 arrives December 10 with name releasing, improved visuals

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's last big patch of 2024 now has a release date: Tuesday, December 10th. Broadsword confirmed that Update 7.6 will be...

Here’s how Dark Age of Camelot’s latest Caledonia catch-up works

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The Caledonia event is running right now in Dark Age of Camelot and it's letting all players start right off at level 30 and...

MMORPG vet Rich Vogel says the games industry is recovering more slowly than he expected

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Rich Vogel may not have a huge profile with MMO players, but he probably should: He's been involved with the business end of MMORPGs...
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End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025

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One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 496: Go ahead Corepunk, make our day

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Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk's early access, Ubisoft's cozy MMO, and Throne and Liberty's spear, with adventures in WoW Retail and Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs we bounce off of and the allure of lifetime subs.
I tricked you!

Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you think

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Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular...

The MOP Up: Hawkeye joins the Marvel Rivals roster

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Marvel Rivals is getting a good dose of the Hawkeye on December 6th along with plenty of other additions to the PvP shooter. The...

Massively Overthinking: Breaking the load-bearing mechanics in MMORPGs

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The parable of Chesterton's Fence has been making the rounds on social media this week in a political context, but I want to talk...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 494: WoW opens the door to player housing

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Justin and Bree discuss Warcraft Direct, World of Warcraft's player housing and Undermine(d) patch, WoW Classic Classic, Guild Wars 2's Godspawn, SWTOR 7.6, and quarterly financials for a bunch of studios (Pearl Abyss, NCsoft, EG7/Daybreak, Embracer, and Nexon), plus adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.

Star Wars The Old Republic confirms GU 7.6 for early December but delays its story launch for quality reasons

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Remember back in September when Star Wars: The Old Republic developer Broadsword said it would share more about Game Update 7.6 in November? Well...

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