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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Hyperspace Beacon: Carving up the new SWTOR Conquests
The original Lead Systems Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic was a man named Damion Schubert. A friend of mine used to call...
Perfect Ten: A dozen MOBAs that didn’t make it
With the insane success -- both in terms of popularity and finances -- that Dota and League of Legends spawned, you can easily understand...
The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online’s disguised gameplay
It seems as though some players' attention has shifted back to Elder Scrolls Online this spring, especially with the recent Dragon Bones DLC drop. Telwyn...
Star Wars: The Old Republic overhauls the Conquest system with patch 5.8
The Conquest system is getting some pretty big changes with the next patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it all came about...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?
Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....
Ultima Online’s 99th update preps free-to-play conversion, adds new official forums
Before the free-to-play conversion for Ultima Online launches this spring, Broadsword is hard at work updating the early game experience for the newbies and...
Hyperspace Beacon: What was not said in the SWTOR 2018 Roadmap
Star Wars: The Old Republic players leaped for joy when Producer Keith Kanneg finally released the winter and spring 2018 roadmap last week. It was...
Raph Koster on the ESA’s DMCA battle: ‘Preservation matters’
Remember last week when we covered how the Entertainment Software Association is fighting a proposal to amend the DMCA that would help preserve online...
MMO Business Roundup: EA Spouse 14 years later, PUBG poaching from Riot, and Funcom financials
Welcome back to another edition of our informal business roundup, where we wedge all the fun MMO industry tidbits that pile up in our...
The Stream Team: Where Dreams Die in SWTOR
Well then! The title of KOTET’s Chapter IV in SWTOR is not ominous at all! We don't know about dreams, but Massively OP's Larry...
Colony sim Seed aims to simulate life whether you’re logged in or not
What do you get when you mash up Rimworld, The Sims, and EVE Online? Probably a big mess, but adjacent to that mess somewhere...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s new outfit system is close to perfect
I can spend hours with an outfit designer in an MMORPG. When APB was a new thing, I literally spent whole game sessions in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 158: We are all heroes
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Closers, Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on lockboxes without gambling and sunsetting working MMORPGs.
The ESA is fighting proposed DMCA exemptions that would preserve sunsetted MMORPGs because of course it is
Over the last couple of years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been petitioning for changes to the DMCA to help preserve old video games...
Catching up with the Ultima Nostalgia project that’s rebuilding Ultima Online in Wurm
If you found last week's community discussion on whether (good) bots could help save dying MMORPGs fascinating, then the video hereunder will suit you...
Dark Age of Camelot lays out the groundwork for new and more frequent RvR events
Another week, another grab bag community Q&A with the Dark Age of Camelot development team. This edition's pressing issue was the promise of more...
SWTOR’s spring content: Cash shop overhaul, conquest revamp, new flashpoint – but probably not a ‘traditional expansion’
Star Wars: The Old Republic's had a couple of rocky months with the greater MMO community, following ominous rumors reportedly from inside BioWare that EA...
Rumor: Disney eyes Ubisoft and Activision to take over Star Wars video game IP
Raise your hand if you're a little tired of Electronic Arts' handling of the Star Wars video game franchise since its acquisition in 2013....
Want to try World of Warcraft’s PvE e-sports? Join season 2 of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational
World of Warcraft and e-sports go together like coffee and donuts! Macaroni and cheese! Bubblegum and walking! Yeah maybe more like that last one....
