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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.

Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 5.5 ‘United Forces Foundation’ is live

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Hey, Star Wars fans. I know you're kinda busy with that trailer for Episode VIII and all, but if you actually want to play...

The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble?

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MOP reader Tobasco da Gama pointed us to a recent Reddit thread about why EVE Online persists, even in a weakened state, where other...

The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Taiwan meet-and-greet (October 8, 2017)

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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...

The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin

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While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...

From New York Comic Con, SWTOR and Timothy Zahn welcome you to Copero

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The developers for Star Wars: The Old Republic held their Cantina Tour event just outside New York Comic Con last night. To help promote the SWTOR content...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a hard time connecting with isometric MMOs?

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Let's talk perspective today. No, not your general outlook on life -- which I'm sure is cheery and as non-cynical as can be --...

The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?

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In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...

Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs

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Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...

Star Wars: The Old Republic renames ‘Hot Prospect’ merged server

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Aside from all of the other name issues surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming server merges, there was the reality that one of...

The Stream Team: Taking a story break with SWTOR’s Star Fortresses

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It's not story time! Massively OP's Larry and MJ have been running through SWTOR's story for a long, long time. Today, however, they are...

Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges

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First, if you're hoping this is going to be an article hating on server merges and declaring them the ruination of an MMO community,...

Star Wars: The Old Republic offers more details about ‘United Forces’ server merges

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If you're not subscribed to Star Wars: The Old Republic, you can forget about keeping your name. Subscribers will always win over non-subscribers. It's...

Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions

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It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...

Dark Age of Camelot welcomes players back with a free month for its birthday

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Happy birthday Dark Age of Camelot! This month, Mythic's (now Broadsword's) classic realm-vs.-realm MMORPG celebrates its 16th birthday following its 2001 launch. The team raised...

SWTOR’s United Forces update includes a massive server merge

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BioWare has just announced Star Wars: The Old Republic's United Forces update, a massive merge of the game's 17 servers down to five in...

The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)

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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: Starlight, starbright

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As someone very much on the outside of this whole Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire thing, my observations is that this is some...
Cramping!

Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward

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Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...

SWTOR wheels in its healing classes for invasive surgery

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For better or for worse, BioWare's class designers are hewing through builds for Star Wars: The Old Republic's Update 5.5 -- and they are...

Legends of Aria begins final alpha

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Rest time's over, boys and girls, so dust yourself off and get back into the thick of the alpha. In this case, it's Legends...

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