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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The Game Archaeologist: The tale of Infinite Crisis, Turbine’s extremely short-lived DC Comics MOBA
Sharp minds will recall that back in 2012, EA Mythic attempted to turn its declining MMO fortunes by repackaging Warhammer Online into a MOBA...
Jukebox Heroes: Six great EverQuest II expansion tunes
When's the last time you stepped back and realized just how big and expansive some of your MMORPGs have become over the decades of...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
WoW Factor: Does World of Warcraft need more classes?
So how many classes are there in World of Warcraft? There are wrong answers, but there's more than one right answer.
If your answer was...
The Daily Grind: Do you like zerg vs. zerg PvP in MMOs?
Early on in 2023, Sandbox Interactive sent Albion Online players a detailed survey asking about their game preferences, and included within was a question...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming remembers Sanju in SWTOR
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The Stream Team: Heading into the new hunting grounds of Wild Hearts
MOP's Chris hasn't really met a giant monster hunting game he didn't like, and just last week saw a new one arrive in the...
One Shots: Flash, flash, hundred-yard dash
Rumor is, if you can run fast enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Go back in time? Sure. Quick dry jeans? Definitely. Continually...
The Stream Team: The Imp side of SWTOR’s Corellia
After finally making it through the Republic side of the Corellia story in SWTOR, Massively OP's Larry is giddy to be back on the...
Crossplatform multiplayer monster-hunting game Wild Hearts is live today
Electronic Arts officially leaps into the beast-hunting genre today with the release of KOEI TECMO's and Omega Force's Wild Hearts, live now on Steam,...
Vague Patch Notes: The three kinds of sunset in the MMO space
Not all sunsets are the same, no matter how much you may like a given game. This is one of the things that tends...
Tamriel Infinium: How Elder Scrolls Online’s quests go above and beyond the MMO norm
There are some MMOs you play because of and some you play in spite of, if you catch my drift. These titles have great...
Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best
When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...
The Daily Grind: How should player thievery work in a modern MMO?
We just ran a Daily Grind a few days ago in which I used the word "snooping" to refer to checking out characters' attire,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic readies 64-bit client, inflation correction, and Galactic Season 4
Are you ready for the ultimate power in the galaxy? No? How about a new Star Wars: The Old Republic patch then? BioWare's cranking...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Warhammer Online Return of Reckoning grants extra PvP rewards during the Night of Murder event
The Return of Reckoning rogue server for Warhammer Online is already full of PvP, but tomorrow, February 10th, heralds the return of the Night...
Vague Patch Notes: Diversions are what makes the MMO
I am going to put forth a theory today in the Vague Patch Notes column. It is potentially an odd theory, and as sometimes...
Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2 communities erupt over GShade malware mod drama
We're back in the thick of the games modding controversy this week, this time over what was meant to be a benign mod -...
The Sims 5 will be multiplayer – but not an MMO
To those holding a torch of hope that The Sims 5 might be The Sims Online incarnate, Maxis has some bad news for you...
