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 is running an in-game lottery for hopeful New Legacy alpha testers
Let me set expectations right upfront: Ultima Online's latest newsletter mentions New Legacy and even includes some pics from the game's legacy system, but...
Star Wars The Old Republic begins its move to the cloud August 15, previews update 7.3.1 features
Back in March, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced its plans to make the switch to cloud server tech with the aim of modernizing...
Electronic Arts announces online server shutdowns for three more of its games
It's really hard to know how many people were using online multiplayer or accessing online servers for Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, or Dante's...
The Daily Grind: Which deeply held MMO belief have you totally changed your mind about?
Let's normalize changing our minds in the face of better evidence and data, eh?
I grew up in MMOs when it was fine and sometimes...
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning’s three-year-long ability rework is ‘nearing a release-ready phase’
It's taken the player developers of Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning rogue server three years to rework the MMORPG's massive number of abilities, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Almost nobody can save struggling mid-to-small MMOs
A week ago, we all sounded off on the best way to save a small-to-mid-size MMO that was struggling, as prompted by a discussion...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?
I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...
The Stream Team: Closing up Old Wounds in SWTOR
Believe it or not, Massively OP's Larry hasn't wrapped up the latest content in SWTOR yet! Today, however, he should be able to close...
Jagex survival MMO SCUM is making male toons Smokin’ Hot in today’s patch
Jagex-published survival MMO SCUM is a game we haven't talked about literally in years, but I bet you remember it. It hit early access...
The Daily Grind: Have your opinions on MMO PvP changed over the years?
One of the first columns I penned for MOP after we went indie was a column about what I wanted from serious MMO PvP....
Global Chat: Is Wurm Online fatally imploding?
I doubt that anyone would've predicted that in 2023, Wurm Online of all MMOs would be embroiled in controversy, developer walkouts, and predictions of...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating the origin of the Big Five in the MMO space
A few weeks back, I talked about the various tiers of MMORPGs, and that included a discussion of what we call the Big Five...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
War of Dragnorox pivots to Eternal Tombs moniker with new combat style and beta signups
If you ever missed the days of classic MMOs like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call when live gamemasters put on events for the...
Star Wars The Old Republic reruns Rakghoul Resurgence and Relics of the Gree for August
As Star Wars: The Old Republic continues its shuffle over to Broadsword's stewardship, the event beat goes on for the MMORPG in the month...
One Shots: Dance like no one’s watching
Let's kick off this week with period-appropriate disco music, fancy threads, and the coolest Orc you peons ever saw. Minimalistway is tearing up the...
Massively Overthinking: What’s Blizzard’s next move?
Gamers and pundits talked a big talk about Blizzard's prospects over the last few years. Don't worry about the weak revenues and plunging MAUs,...
Choose My Adventure: What Warhammer Return of Reckoning taught me about my competitive nature
I used to believe that I wasn't a very competitive person. Sure, I could consider myself stubborn and driven to excel, and I most...
Star Wars The Old Republic gets another canon nod, this time from an official comic issue
The canonical status of Star Wars: The Old Republic in the Disney era is a sensitive one, as initially the game was expected to...
