Megacorp known to MMO gamers primarily for its ownership of BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA has previously been the steward of Mythic Entertainment (which in turn once controlled Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot) as well as The Sims Online, Warhammer Online, and Dawngate.
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Star Wars The Old Republic fixes a plethora of issues in its newest patch
The latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic does not deliver a big chunk of content to players or a whole bunch of...
Ultima Online just released a roadmap for updates 119 and 120 and for New Legacy’s next stage too
You know, I've been watching Ultima Online for over 27 years now, and I literally cannot remember any studio putting out a roadmap for...
MMO Hype Train: Why it’s hard to hold on to hope for Star Citizen
My very first PC was a 386 Pentium that I purchased with my own money in the early '90s. And I dearly loved that...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks
There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...
Interview: Notorious’ Chris Kaleiki on the ‘MMO bones’ in extraction RPG Legacy Steel and Sorcery
If you’re a fan of extraction shooters but want more high-fantasy RPG elements then I’ve got something in store for you: Legacy: Steel and...
Star Wars: The Old Republic wields the Force (and a patch) against bad loot luck
If you've been there -- and chances are good you have -- you know that aggravating feeling of hitting a streak of bad loot...
The MOP Up: RIFT gets some surprising API improvements
Already we're checking off the "something positive happens for RIFT" square in our 2025 bingo card, as Gamigo's team invested some time improving the...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Working As Intended: Stars Reach could be the demographic revolution MMORPGs need
When Raph Koster started talking in Discord on Saturday night, I was super annoyed because I knew I was going to lose my whole...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online surprises fans with Spacedock revamp
Star Trek Online delivered a small surprise this past week with visual improvements to its iconic Spacedock: "In essence, we’re replacing the exterior System...
Star Wars The Old Republic prepares for bounties and pirates in January
You would possibly think that if Star Wars The Old Republic is planning for some bounty hunting fun and some pirate-related fun in January,...
Damion Schubert shares the untold story of Shadowbane’s ‘perfect storm of a horrific live service nightmare’
Sit down, criss-cross applesauce, and pay attention to Damion Schubert's latest MMO storytime hour! In this edition, the ex-Star Wars: The Old Republic developer...
The great and majestic One Shots Awards of 2024
Forget all of those other Massively OP awards you've seen cross your desktop for the past few weeks -- we all know that there's only...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Victory is Life and wrapping my head around a new ship in Star Trek Online
Well, this final Choose My Adventure for this year has certainly been a journey. For a couple of reasons. First, I've gotten through the...
Star Wars: The Old Republic touts 2024’s modernization efforts, updates, and Mac beta
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…
...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
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
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...
