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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Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World
The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with vehicle avatars
When you take a step back and look at the broad MMO genre, you see some common threads that run through most games. One...
Watch 16 more seconds of the SWTOR expansion Blur trailer
If you can't wait for tomorrow's full reveal of the Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the (deep breath) Eternal Throne, you can...
Hyperspace Beacon vs. Tamriel Infinium: An unpopular opinion on SWTOR and ESO lockboxes
I expect to come under fire for the opinion I'm expressing today for a couple of reasons.
Hyperspace Beacon and Tamriel Infinium are our biweekly columns...
Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part two
On Monday, I delivered to you the first part of my impressions of the newly launched Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, laying out both the basics...
BioWare strikes hard against SWTOR credit sellers and spammers
According to BioWare, the studio has moved hard against Star Wars: The Old Republic credit sellers and spammers this week, banning "thousands" of accounts...
Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part one
In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war. That may be unfortunate for the inhabitants of the planet Arkhona and the...
The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 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...
Dark Age of Camelot welcomes old players back for its 15th birthday
Classic RvR MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot is unleashing a come-back-to-Camelot campaign in honor of its 15th birthday.
"Come back during the month of October...
SWTOR teases Blur trailer for Knights of the Eternal Throne
Does it drive you crazy when MMO studios make an announcement that they're going to make an announcement? What about when they post a...
The Daily Grind: How long should the MMORPG genre’s hardest raids take to beat?
This week, after World of Warcraft: Legion's mythic Emerald Nightmare raid launched, a Russian hardcore guild called Exorsus had the raid cleared within 18...
Dark Age of Camelot has presents in store for returning players
Dark Age of Camelot is making a bid at winning back the hearts and game time of previous players with a new initiative that doles...
The Stream Team: Zooming through SWTOR’s Ziost
Last time, MassivelyOP's Larry found himself locked out of Ziost, leaving MJ to fend for herself. This time, he's ready to join her on...
Hyperspace Beacon: Five things BioWare needs to do to keep SWTOR players around
I write a lot of words about Star Wars: The Old Republic. And over this last year, the Knights of the Fallen Empire has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 84: Rise of Irony
Justin, Eliot, and MJ discuss World of Fishing, WoW, RIFT, ARK, TSW, SWTOR, H&G, FFXIV, Destiny, TERA, DDO, LOTRO, Icarus, and GW2, with mailbag letters on MMO swag and art styles.
UK law enforcement agency claims game modding can lead to crime
If you've ever installed an auction hall mod in World of Warcraft or added a mood hack to your Sims 4 install, put down...
The Daily Grind: Is there an old MMO trend that’s never coming back?
Massively OP commenter BalsBigBrother made a joke the other day about wanting me to stream Ultima Online, and I replied that the game is...
Marvel Heroes’ newest board member admits he’s a F2P whale
There are two things you need to know about the newest member of Gazillion's board of directors. Mark Rubin is an avid MMORPG player...
Ultima Online turns 19 years old this weekend, grants cash shop currency to veteran players
Nineteen years ago this weekend, Ultima Online launched into the world, a creaky sandbox that even its own developers did not fully realize would...
Eternal Crusade launch-day roundup and trailer
Following the deployment of patch #24 yesterday, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is finally prepared to launch today. Players who jumped in last night found...
