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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Worlds Adrift’s emblem creator tool is now online
When MMORPGs first got rolling, we were lucky to have guildtags at all, let alone emblem creators, but Dark Age of Camelot's guild sigils...
BioWare to close all game forums except SWTOR’s
BioWare is shutting down its game forums... except those for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The studio told fans of its Dragon Age, Mass...
Mark Kern to Ember followers: ‘I feel a profound sense of responsibility for what happened to Firefall’
In the wake of the apparent complete emptying of the Red 5 Studios offices this week, former Firefall founder Mark Kern is forging ahead...
The Daily Grind: How important are MMORPG playerbase metrics to you?
While playing Overwatch with guildies the other night, my husband turned to me with a hypothetical. The guys were speculating on World of Warcraft's...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
Dark Age of Camelot rolls out ‘most ambitious’ patch to date
Hold on to the reins of your war charger: Dark Age of Camelot charged onto the battlefield with it's "most ambitious" patch to date...
The Battle of Odessen, the final chapter of SWTOR’s KOTFE, arrives August 11
It was always going to come down to this. It's time to bring an end to Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest expansion story, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 75: Future oracles
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Guild Wars 2, Shards Online, LOTRO & DDO, FFXIV, Black Desert, and more, with a mailbag question on boosting GW2 characters.
The Daily Grind: Do you think of yourself as an MMO PvPer?
Whether I've consciously realized it or not, I've been a PvPer since my first FFA PvP sandbox, Ultima Online, in 1997. Since then, I've...
Ultima Online newsletter addresses Publish 94, special moves, and armor enhancing
Ultima Online's latest newsletter is short and sweet: Broadsword Producer Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong confirms that the team is still working on Publish 94, shooting...
The Game Archaeologist: Sega’s 10six MMO
If you were to think of Sega and MMOs, chances are the only thing that would come to mind is the Phantasy Star Online franchise....
Star Wars: The Old Republic devs get cagey on the subject of new ops and classes
Will Star Wars: The Old Republic ever get new operations instead of just more episodic story releases? According to a private Q&A session with...
Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs
Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
Global Chat: Pokemon GO mania sweeps the world
What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO!
To Game for Life...
The Stream Team: Chasing Revan in SWTOR
Have you hung out in a Rishii village? MassivelyOP's Larry and MJ are going to hobnob with the locals as they follow the next...
Shards Online AMA covers permadeath, community servers, and the Steam launch
Citadel Studios' Derek Brinkmann hopped on Reddit yesterday for an AMA revolving around Shards Online. Among the highlights:
The game does have hunger, but...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 74: Go Pokémon Go!
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Pokemon Go, Trove, SWTOR's KOTET, and GW2 season 3, with mailbag questions on depression and ESO advice, plus an epic ad rant.
Hyperspace Beacon: Wild speculation about SWTOR’s Knights of the Eternal Throne
Who else was disappointed by the Star Wars: The Old Republic presentation at Star Wars Celebration over the weekend? I had really hoped that...
The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 2016)
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...
SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne confirmed for this fall
Move over Fallen Empire, Knights of the Eternal Throne is about to become the newest expansion on the Star Wars: The Old Republic block.
BioWare...
