electronic arts

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.

Battle Bards Episode 130: Oddballs 2

Justin Olivetti - October 10, 2018 0

While every Battle Bards episode is a cavalcade of strangeness, this week the team is ratcheting it up with the return of “Oddball” MMORPG...

I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts

Eliot Lefebvre - October 10, 2018 25

Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...

The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO user interface?

Justin Olivetti - October 10, 2018 24

The other day I logged into Star Wars: The Old Republic for the first time in a while, and I once again felt jarred...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 190: SWTOR Unite!

Justin Olivetti - October 9, 2018 11

Justin and Bree discuss Mike Morhaime's exit from Blizzard, the launches of Lineage 2 Classic and MapleStory 2, Legends of Aria's early access, and Bless Online's F2P plans, plus MMO guilds, how WoW might someday end, what the #SWTORunite community effort is all about.

The MOP Up: Sony’s PlayStation 3 sunset apocalypse

Justin Olivetti - October 7, 2018 2

Sony's decision to shut down several online servers for some past PlayStation 3 games on October 25th is shaping up to be a sunset...

Global Chat: Does Guild Wars 2’s newest episode reach for the stars?

Justin Olivetti - October 6, 2018 9

Guild Wars 2's newest living world episode seems to be grabbing the MMO community's attention in a way that the season so far hasn't....

Happy 17th birthday, Dark Age of Camelot

Bree Royce - October 5, 2018 10

Has it been 17 years since Dark Age of Camelot launched? Broadsword has counted up the days since 2001, and here we are on...

MassivelyOP’s first impressions of MapleStory 2, Nexon’s latest MMORPG

Justin Olivetti - October 5, 2018 19

It's fair to say that MapleStory always did appeal to an audience that was into a very specific look and feel. If chibi anime...

Legends of Aria plans Steam early access launch on December 4, preorders are live

Bree Royce - October 4, 2018 8

Legends of Aria is headed to Steam early access, Citadel Studios announced this morning. The launch is set for December 4th. Preorders are live...

The Stream Team: After the SWTOR betrayal

MJ Guthrie - October 3, 2018 0

As much as she wanted it to be someone -- almost anyone -- else, Massively OP's MJ had to face that the betrayer in...

Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s new Huttball map

Larry Everett - October 3, 2018 2

Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic released its latest update called Fame and Fortune. I'm not exactly sure why BioWare called it "Fame and...

Perfect Ten: Failed MMOs that could have succeeded with more love

Justin Olivetti - October 3, 2018 77

Hindsight is 20/20. Unless you're blind in one eye from nostalgia, in which case hindsight is 0/20. In any case, you understand that it's...

If you look to your left, you will see a sad person.

Massively OP Podcast episode 189: Time traveling to 2004

Justin Olivetti - October 2, 2018 18

Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Maplestory 2, Age of Conan, Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars Galaxies, and Trove, with mailbag questions on SWTOR, starting as a true newbie in WoW, and power imbalances in MMOs.