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: 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...
The Stream Team: Completing SWTOR’s Republic Corellia story before becoming Imperial
Massively OP's Larry and MJ are happy to finally be completing SWTOR's Corellia story arc on the Republic side in their quest to collect...
Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance
I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
EA is sunsetting Apex Legends Mobile, canceling Battlefield mobile game
Electronic Arts delivered its Q3FY23Â investor report this afternoon, and it wasn't a bad one; the company saw net revenues up for the quarter and...
E3 2023: Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony will all apparently skip the first in-person E3 since 2019
As first reported last night by IGN, E3 will apparently be a low-key affair, thanks to the absence of Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox. The...
The MOP Up: Meet Starfall, a new indie Minecraft MMO
So many amazing projects have been birthed from Minecraft over the past decade-plus, including fully formed games. One of the newer of these is...
Global Chat: Is Dragonflight living up to expectations?
While first impressions are all well and good, the mark of a solid MMO release is whether or not it can sustain interest and...
Co-op shooter Warhammer 40K Darktide delays Xbox launch, having fallen ‘short of meeting expectations’
Following a holiday season launch late last year, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide should be riding high on the strengths of its popular IP and gritty...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy should finally hit alpha by summer
The delay of Ultima Online's New Legacy last fall was unfortunately not a huge surprise, though it was a disappointment as it didn't make...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends revamps its matchmaking system
Ever wonder how a competitive online game pairs you up with other people for skirmishes? In a new dev blog, Apex Legends' team went...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s 64-bit client test tries to contend with stubborn crashing problems
It would appear that the public test for Star Wars: The Old Republic's new 64-bit client is going exactly as it's intended. In that...
The Stream Team: Corellian adventures continue in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ are in the middle of the Corellian storyline on their Republic characters. Last time they slogged through Labor Valley,...
Global Chat: The MMO blogs you should be reading in 2023
Welcome to a new year of Global Chat -- and with it, the anticipation of a great assortment of MMO blog essays, questions, guides,...
Chronicles of Elyria boss insists Kingdoms of Elyria: Settlements will ship in 2023 in spite of lawsuit appeal
Chronicles of Elyria made our list of the biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2022, but unfortunately not for good reasons. The lawsuit that the game's...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2023
Years ago, I did the first version of this yearly column in a one-off format in the middle of the year just because I...
Star Wars The Old Republic outlines this month’s objectives for the current galactic season
Players of Star Wars: The Old Republic who are deep in the game's Galactic Season 3, listen up: The season's newest series of objectives...
