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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Ultima Online’s next patch lands this March
Ultima Online latest newsletter, part of a new initiative to insert itself into your inbox, reveals the Broadsword team is hard at work on...
The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 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...
Why isometric sandbox Wild Terra is switching to 3-D models
Hardcore sandbox Wild Terra's latest dev diary digs into the guts of how it came to the decision to switch the sprite-based character animation...
One Shots: Kneel before Zod
As if MMOs didn't already give us big enough heads, what with everyone treating us as if we were the saviors of the world...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s story stream talks about resuming romance and future story developments
The next chapter of Knights of the Fallen Empire is coming out in early February, and it's reintroducing a major character to players of...
EA says SWTOR’s sub numbers were way up last quarter
Good news for MMORPG players coming from the preliminary EA quarterly financial results:
"In Q3, STAR WARS™: The Old Republic grew to its highest subscriber...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
SWTOR is putting lockboxes inside of other lockboxes
Star Wars: The Old Republic apparently couldn't stand to see RIFT hogging the business model drama spotlight today and has issued a new proclamation...
SWTOR shakes up crafting and instant-60 gear for Update 4.1
We anticipate some very mixed emotions from the announced changes to gear and crafting in the next big update for Star Wars: The Old...
Eternal Crusade is now live on Steam early access with a new publisher
As promised, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has closed down its founders program and gone live on Steam's early access platform.
Now labeled a "massively multiplayer...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Dark Age of Camelot is coming down hard on cheating
If you're going to play Dark Age of Camelot, here's a bit of friendly advice: Don't cheat. We're not talking about relationships (you shouldn't...
Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR losing its MMORPG cred?
One of the recurring gamer complaints about Star Wars: The Old Republic is that it's becoming less and less an MMORPG over time. With Knights of the...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them...
SWTOR is plotting new companions and solo arena fights
There's a lot of stuff coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2016. Not all of it was ready to be discussed during...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Ultima Online is looking for fresh staff to run live events
Ever wanted to try your hand at writing content for a production MMO on the fly? Appreciate old games that still maintain staff to create...
The Stream Team: Show me the SWTOR money!
Are you tired of only pulling lint from your SWTOR pockets when you need copious amounts of credits to buy those swanky mounts, cool...
Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions
Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
