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Studios working on Battlefield would like players to stop harassing its developers, please and thanks
The gaming community can often be described as "passionate" primarily because "frothingly and needlessly acidic about things that ultimately do not matter" is too...
Electronic Arts ends 2023 fiscal year with $7.4B in revenue, talks up investment in ‘games as a platform’
The numbers are in for Electronic Arts' fourth quarter and its overall 2023 fiscal year, and by all accounts, the behemoth is still behemoth-sized....
Electronic Arts lays off hundreds of employees as part of a ‘restructuring’ plan
Pink Easter eggs may be in season, but over at Electronic Arts, employees are filling up their baskets with pink slips instead. The video...
Canadian court rules lockboxes aren’t illegal gambling, ‘deceptive acts’ suit continues
Back in October 2020, we reported on a class action lawsuit filed in Canada against EA that covered over 70 different titles that used...
EA lays off hundreds of Apex Legends QA testers
Over 200 quality assurance testers for Apex Legends were abruptly fired by Electronic Arts this week, Kotaku reports. The pink slips were handed out...
The Stream Team: Heading into the new hunting grounds of Wild Hearts
MOP's Chris hasn't really met a giant monster hunting game he didn't like, and just last week saw a new one arrive in the...
Battlefield 2042 plans limited-time free-to-play periods in December and talks up its next two seasons
Earlier this week we had worried aloud that Battlefield 2042 might not make it to a third season owing to the fact that fans...
Six year-old Battlefield 1 sees a surge of players after Battlefield 2042 flops and work starts on next game
We've noted before that Battlefield 2042 has not been in the best shape. The shooter launched last year and almost immediately struggled to gain...
The Daily Grind: What would you say is the best item rarity system in MMOs?
Let's talk about rarity systems in MMOs! The first one I remember was Ultima Online's, and it was text-based without colors and hardly counts....
EA Q2 FY23: Live service titles are 73% of EA’s business, sports lootboxes sell big
The second quarter earnings call from Electronic Arts has pretty much confirmed what most people were probably assuming: 73% of the company's business is...
Apex Legends launches its Eclipse season with a new character, new map, and the ability to send gifts
Presumably, most of what people gift one another in Apex Legends is headshots, but as of the game's newest season, actual gifts can be...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer realistic MMO mounts or pocket mounts?
On the MOP podcast back in September, we answered a question from listener Sergio about neat MMO features with a long-running history in the...
Need for Speed Unbound promises street style and underground multiplayer racing December 2
The latest entry in the Need for Speed franchise has just been revealed, and if you like graffiti art, hip hop style, and a...
Overwatch 2’s launch is plagued by multiple DDOS attacks and connection issues
Blizzard brought Overwatch 2 online last night as planned, but what didn't go quite as plan was the technical mess that plagued the team...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios ditch forums for an official Discord server?
With Discord becoming so prominent in the gaming industry over the past half-decade, it's no surprise that some studios are abandoning forums entirely to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 391: Shuffling around dragons, pirates, and embers
Justin and Bree discuss Embers Adrift, WoW Dragonflight, Skull and Bones, Lost Ark, and LOTRO, with adventures in WoW Classic, Tower of Fantasy, SWG Legends, and Ultima Online, plus mailbag discussions on licensing for game streaming and MOP guilds, forums, and Discord.
Ultima Online dev reminisces on chasing cheaters and combusting castles
If you're a longtime Ultima Online player, you surely know the name Tim "Draconi" Cotten, even if only from seeing his name on holiday...
Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot observe birthdays, Halloween, and player memorials
Celebrations for Ultima Online's 25th birthday are in full swing, and just to make the birthday month extra special, it'll have Halloween layered on...
The Stream Team: The SWTOR Vodcast of random subjects
When you've got to pick a new day for your SWTOR adventures, you've also got to pick new topics to talk about! Well, Massively...
