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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SWTOR launches 5.1 Defend the Throne with new trailer
Landing in Star Wars: The Old Republic today is the 5.1 update, Defend the Throne, the headlining feature of which is a set of...
World of Warcraft monkeys around with trinket stats
When players next log into World of Warcraft, they may find a pleasant surprise waiting for them: a beefed-up trinket. Oh, and the release...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Creative Director on Uprisings and Update 5.1
We are a couple days early with the Hyperspace Beacon this week for a reason you're going to love: We had an exclusive conversation...
LOTRO starts testing player housing improvements
One of the most requested and most delayed requests by the Lord of the Rings Online community over the years is a revamp to...
Quantic Foundry’s findings on WoW, SWTOR, and gender
Quantic Foundry, the gaming analytics consulting firm we've been following since late 2015 thanks to its Gamer Motivation Model, has a new blog post...
Massively OP Interview: Standing Stone on LOTRO, DDO, and Daybreak
It's been quite a month since Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online announced that they were breaking off from Turbine as part...
Dark Age of Camelot continues to adjust pet classes
Beware Dark Age of Camelot pet classes: You may be merely slightly less omnipotent than before, thanks to this week's patch.
The team continues to...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Creative director discusses a ‘new adversary’
For the last five years and more, Star War: The Old Republic told the story of Tenebrae, a Sith of humble origins who rose...
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online renaissance
As I peruse a hundred or so community blog posts every day, it's fascinating to me to see what games the MMO blogosphere as...
SWTOR bug drives enemy boss to commit suicide
Any MMO dungeon boss knows that it is only a matter of time before he, she, or it will be slaughtered by a pack...
One Shots: Tabula Rasa’s 21-gun salute
Ralph the Wonder Llama kicks off today's community screenshot gallery with a salute to the late, great Tabula Rasa.
"Yes, Tabula Rasa ended up being...
Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs
Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs.
"Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...
Ultima Online preps wedding content, suffers two-day Oceania rollback
It's wedding bells for Ultima Online. The classic fantasy MMO is putting together a housing package for its relatively new in-game cash shope that...
The Stream Team: At SWTOR’s Gravestone
Last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ stumbled across the Gravestone, an impressive ship from SWTOR's past. While MJ 's Chiss helped Lana get...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
The struggles and successes of SWTOR
There's a new op-ed piece over at Gamasutra in which the author -- an occasional MMO player -- takes a critical look at Star...
New Sims Online emulator shifts from open to closed beta following excessive player demand
'Tis the season for emulators! Think back to 2002 MMORPG The Sims Online, what our own Justin Olivetti once called "an interesting failed experiment"...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most intellectual MMORPG?
We got a wonderful "deep thoughts" email from reader James earlier this week that serves as the backdrop for this morning's Daily Grind.
"It could...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey
Fiction writers know well of Joseph Campbell's identification and outline of the monomyth, or "hero's journey," in many stories. The 12-step process starts with...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)
Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...
