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 proceeds with its United Forces server merge
Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of many Star Wars: The Old Republic servers and will soon see...
Ultima Online suspends ‘advisor’ program ahead of F2P conversion
Back in 2014, Ultima Online revived its classic "counselor" program as a new "advisor" program -- essentially, it roped in community-minded, expert players to...
WoW Factor: Understanding World of Warcraft’s upcoming Heart of Azeroth system
The release of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is going to bring with it a lot of core system changes. This is neither...
The MOP Up: Eden Falling brings the turn-based apocalypse (November 5, 2017)
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...
One Shots: The drinks are on us
Last week's (last) call for tavern and inn images seemed to bring out the nostalgic in all of our readers. It certainly didn't take...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has a free minipet and companion for you
Free expansions, free mounts, and free character slots. Star Wars: The Old Republic has been buttering its players up lately, and that trend is...
That EA and Nexon announcement is a FIFA-sized kick in the you-know-where
Well. Talk about an intentional foul.
That "mystery MMO" that EA and Nexon were teasing? It turns out that it was merely for FIFA Online...
The Stream Team: Blowing up that blasted SWTOR Star Fortress
Just as the Star Wars movies come in threes, Massively OP's Larry and MJ's Star Fortress adventures come in threes. Today will be the...
Hyperspace Beacon: Datamining suggests big changes for SWTOR’s companions
It might be a little hypocritical of me to read into the datamined information from Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming patch 5.6, but...
EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II and Phoenix Labs’ Dauntless walk back lockbox plans
Hey, you folks who say complaining about lockboxes never changes anything? You're demonstrably wrong.
It turns out that EA, which increased its revenues last quarter...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?
We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...
Nexon and EA to announce mystery MMO this week
Don't let the anticipation of a certain convention cause you to overlook some other big online gaming news this week. This Thursday, Nexon and...
SWTOR has a round of ‘utility changes’ coming to classes in Update 5.6
Those who thought that all of the big class changes that have been rocking Star Wars: The Old Republic over the past few months...
Star Wars: The Old Republic gives more character slots to everybody
It's been a weird and woolly week for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with fans enjoying free expansions and mounts while gritting their teeth...
Star Wars: The Old Republic responds to fan concerns about the unexpected server move
Earlier this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic moved all of its game servers to the same location on the east coast. This made...
Writer Drew Karpyshyn reminisces about SWTOR’s Revan
Legendary BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is joining the celebration for this month's release of the classic Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox One. In...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track
Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane
We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
Star Wars: The Old Republic moves its servers to a location far, far away (from the west coast)
Ahead of the game's large-scale server merge, the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers have had their physical locations merged into one. It turns...
