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: Coca-Cola’s crazy virtual hangout
Part of the sheer joy and fun of the early online world of the late '90s and early 2000s was the experimentation that took...
The Daily Grind: What do you hope Amazon’s LOTR MMO does differently from LOTRO?
In the comments of our pieces on Amazon's second go-round with the Lord of the Rings IP in the MMO space, multiple MMO gamers...
Massively Overthinking: Are we in an ‘MMO hype vacuum’?
James "MMO Folklorist" Crosby recently penned a piece using a term that seems so apt I feel we should all adopt it: the MMO...
The Stream Team: Liberating Makeb for SWTOR lore
Now that the Hutt Cartel has taken over Makeb in SWTOR, Massively OP's Larry and MJ must help liberate it! OK, so they are...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Star Wars The Old Republic players hold in-game vigil to commemorate the passing of actor Ray Stevenson
This past weekend saw an all-too-soon passing of actor Ray Stevenson, which prompted fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic to honor his work...
Classic MMO Dark Age of Camelot keeps tanks from climbing all over the walls in its latest patch
A new patch is up on Dark Age of Camelot's Pendragon test realm, and this one may spell the end of some shenanigans by...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning celebrates Sigmartag events with nice crispy bacon
Rogue server Warhammer: Return of Reckoning is not running an event about sausages, but also it kind of is! Happy Friday: It's Sigmartag.
"Bells toll...
Jack Emmert’s NetEase-owned studio rebrands as Jackalyptic Games, teases Warhammer 40K title
The studio is named Jackalyptic Games, it's owned by Netease, and it's headed by Jack Emmert. You might think that you wouldn't want to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 422: Two Lord of the Rings MMOs to rule them all
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's new LOTR MMO (again), LOTRO's King's Gondor, WoW's Fractured in Time, official WoW Classic hardcore, Diablo IV, FFXIV, and financials for NCsoft, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and SWG Legends.
Studios working on Battlefield would like players to stop harassing its developers, please and thanks
The gaming community can often be described as "passionate" primarily because "frothingly and needlessly acidic about things that ultimately do not matter" is too...
The Stream Team: Another round of Republic for finishing SWTOR’s Galactic Loremaster
Although at the end of the last adventure Massively OP's MJ discovered she might be bugged from obtaining SWTOR's Galactic Loremaster achievement, she's willing...
Electronic Arts ends 2023 fiscal year with $7.4B in revenue, talks up investment in ‘games as a platform’
The numbers are in for Electronic Arts' fourth quarter and its overall 2023 fiscal year, and by all accounts, the behemoth is still behemoth-sized....
The Daily Grind: What can SWTOR do to improve its future?
I can't help but feel that Star Wars: The Old Republic's been treading water (at best) or slipping away (at worst) in recent years....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 421: Beyond time and space
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Unraveled, SWTOR Old Wounds, Gamigo's move out of MMOs, Chrono Odyssey's reveal, EVE's 20th anniversary, LOTRO's new raid, and Villagers and Heroes' housing patch, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on WoW's wild lore.
Bungie’s Carrie Gouskos shares the sad story of Warhammer Online’s odd MOBA spin-off
Those faithful Warhammer Online veterans in our audience will no doubt recall the name Carrie Gouskos. Gouskos, who's currently working as an executive producer...
Star Wars The Old Republic puts Update 7.3 on the public test server
Now is the time for players of Star Wars: The Old Republic players to get their first peek at the MMORPG's next update and...
Star Wars Day around the MMO galaxy: SWTOR, SWG, and more
It's May the Fourth, the modern celebration of Star Wars when the internet erupts with memes and the MMOs run events and nobody's madder...
Star Wars The Old Republic unveils GU 7.3 Old Wounds in time for Star Wars Day
Star Wars fans readying their sabers for May the Fourth have something tangible to look forward to thanks to Star Wars The Old Republic....
Perfect Ten: What FFA PvP has to offer the MMO space
Before any of you look at the title, the author, and then at your screen again in disbelief, let me disabuse you of any...
