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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.

The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes

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The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...

Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs

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Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
Really studying the heck out of a skull.

World of Warcraft’s 7.3.5 begins testing as allied race, environment, and zone scaling spoilers abound

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So the latest raid for World of Warcraft is out now, but perhaps you don't have a regular raid group. What will you do...

EA caught in lie over Star Wars Battlefront II customization, brings lootbox madness to UFC 3

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Among the controversy of EA's pay-to-win lockboxes in Star Wars Battlefront II emerges a rather reasonable question: Why didn't the studio create and use...

Are rank-and-file devs benefiting from MMO publisher ‘money-grabs’? Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs weighs in

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Last week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote a (fantastic) Soapbox editorial arguing that Star Wars Battlefront II (and its concomitant monetization dust-up) is merely...
Kick it down the road.

Red Dead Redemption publisher president defends lockboxes

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Not everyone in the video game industry is shying away from lockboxes or denouncing them outright. Take-Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff took the side...

Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s Chiss flashpoint

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Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched update 5.6, which gave us many new quality-of-life changes to the game as well as our first...

The Stream Team: The final KOTFE chapter in SWTOR

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It has been quite the journey through SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire for Massively OP's MJ and Larry, and they couldn't have done...
Proud?

EA lockbox debacle wipes out billions in stock as SuperData forecasts regulation

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It looks as though the rebels may have defeated the empire -- or at least struck a mighty blow to give the latter pause. CNBC...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.

Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas state-of-the-game dev diary

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It's been a hot minute since we heard from El Somni Quas, the indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut its teeth on Ultima Online...
Very dynamic.

SWTOR’s double event won’t make today’s 5.6 patch (but the trailer is now live!)

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The bad news is that the Star Wars: The Old Republic double event has been pushed back slightly. It was supposed to start today,...

The Daily Grind: Did EA do gamers a big favor with its monetization overreach?

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Over the last couple of weeks as players fought EA and Disney turned on its own in the Star Wars Battlefront II mess, I've...
Yeah, there's no version of this that ends well.

Saga of Lucimia dev argues that minimaps destroy MMORPG immersion

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Saga of Lucimia has made a name for itself during its long development as a hardcore old-school indie MMO with a focus on grouping...

Raph Koster takes Rolling Stone to task over vanilla World of Warcraft

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Don't ever test Raph Koster on MMORPG history, because you'll probably lose. The Star Wars Galaxies and Crowfall designer challenged a recent Rolling Stone article and...

One Shots: The rat race

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At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...

The Stream Team: SWTOR KOTFE Chapter XV, take 2

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Down with the Eternal Empire, and up with... internet connection! Massively OP's Larry couldn't slay the connection beast last week, so he and MJ...

Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR

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Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
Have a free sword! Wait.

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new character boost advances through levels — not story

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Not all character level boosts were created equal. Star Wars: The Old Republic is experimenting with a new type of boost that will offer...

Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in

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Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...

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