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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Global Chat: Saying goodbye to The Secret World
With the move to put The Secret World in maintenance mode and shift focus to the rebooted Secret World Legends, one MMO blogger decided...
Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs
Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...
Ultima Online fires employee over cheating scandal
You don't need to be a brand-new and modern MMORPG to suffer major cheating scandals, something the nearly 20-year-old Ultima Online has reminded us...
Tamriel Infinium: Five things to do while waiting for Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind early access
I have always found this part of the development cycle to be the worst part. Right now, we are sitting at the point in...
E3 is completely sold out to the public
If for whatever reason you had a burning desire to attend this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, here's hoping you already purchased a ticket or...
The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
The Daily Grind: Was The Sims Online a good idea done badly?
As a gamer, I have many regrets that certain projects never came to fruition or the ones that did ended up not being quite...
RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy name change was provoked by a trademark lawsuit
If you were a little bit puzzled by Trion's announcement this week that it was changing the name of RIFT's latest expansion from Starfall Prophecy...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most painful bug you’ve ever encountered in an MMORPG?
I've been playing a bit of Ultima Online lately, and the other night as I was working on my skills, I remembered a horrible...
The Stream Team: Charging into KOTFE’s Chapter IX in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ wrapped up KOTFE's Chapter VIII and are charging right into Chapter IX as their Choose My Alignment adventure continues...
The Daily Grind: What do you want out of a space sim MMO?
Watching the whole development and phenomenon of Star Citizen from a slightly detached perspective, I've often wondered (as I'm sure you have) what this...
Dark and Light previews dwarves, launches early access ‘later this year’
Does it seem as if Dark and Light is just creeping along with a tiny trickle of updates? We've got another one this week...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.
Leaderboard: What do you do with your stuff when you quit an MMORPG?
On today's podcast, Justin teased me for running a virtual yard sale as I attempt to clean out my house in Ultima Online. I'm...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 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...
Exploring TellTale’s Guardians of the Galaxy ‘crowd play’: A dual group dynamic
I have sort of an odd relationship with "story" in gaming. JRPGs really got me into gaming and inspired me to focus on my...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Dragon’s Curse campaign moves into its second chapter
Evil rumors and foul deeds continue to ramp up in Dark Age of Camelot. The RvR MMOÂ moved into the second chapter of its A...
Global Chat: Happy 10th birthday, LOTRO!
With Lord of the Rings Online hitting its 10th anniversary this past week, plenty of bloggers are enjoying the festivities and recalling some of...
Hyperspace Beacon: The three key problems with SWTOR’s War for Iokath
Unlike some gamers, I actually like Star Wars: The Old Republic's Trooper storyline. In fact, one of the most meaningful choices in the whole game is made...
