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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World of Warcraft plans new currency and stipend for monthly ‘Trading Post’ cosmetic shop
The concept of cosmetics seasons, cosmetic shops, and monthly stipends aren't remotely new in MMOs, but Blizzard is blending elements of all three in...
The MOP Up: ArcheAge attempts to end the year on a high note
This past week, ArcheAge's devs talked about the game's December plans and how the sandbox fantasy MMO is going to close out the year.
"We...
The Stream Team: Slogging through Labor Valley in SWTOR
Boy, getting those lore bits spread all over the galaxy has been quite the job for Massively OP's Larry and MJ; SWTOR is really...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews its 7.2 PvP changes with season objectives, reward tracks, and no more ranked queue
The nature of PvP in Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing when patch 7.2 arrives. No, not the part where you fight people...
New report on crunch at Diablo IV’s Blizzard Albany casts doubt on June 6, 2023, early access date
The Washington Post released a new expose of Diablo IV's Blizzard Albany yesterday afternoon, in which workers are skeptical about the June 6th early...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2022
You might not know this about me, but I literally spend all year jotting down in my little notepad file all the quirky stuff...
World of Warcraft kicks off Dragonflight Season 1 next week with a new raid and world bosses
For all of those World of Warcraft players who gunned to the endgame in the first couple weeks of Dragonflight, they won't be left...
Blizzard addresses World of Warcraft Dragonflight bugs and raid release timing
Now that World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is out in the wild, it might be helpful for players to have a collated pile of informational...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Mythical Wishes season needs to win players back
Without a doubt, Pokemon Go's Season of Light has been the roughest season yet, plagued with not only miscommunications the company is practically known...
The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
Global Chat: Turkeys terrorize New World
While y'all eat turkeys this week, in New World, the turkeys terrorize you! Heartless Gamer navigated the gobble massacre in excruciating detail.
"Over all the...
Dark Age of Camelot is hosting in-game harvest celebrations until December 1st
It's time to celebrate the harvest in Dark Age of Camelot and that means there's some seasonal event goodness to enjoy, with some harvest...
The Stream Team: Coming for Corellia lore in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ managed to cross a couple of planets off their SWTOR Galactic Loremaster to-do list, but it wasn't the two...
Standing Stone Games’ executive producer says he’s ‘low-key angry’ he couldn’t save Asheron’s Call
Some former Asheron's Call fans might find wan solace in the fact that a former Turbine exec regrets the cult MMO's closure just as...
Global Chat: Do SWTOR’s companions carry the player?
Due to issues of pride and fear of snarky comments, most of us might not admit to ever being carried through MMO content. But...
Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs
When I first started MMOs, the idea of mains and alts was bizarre to me. Why would I spend time on a second character...
Why I Play: World of Warcraft, 2022 edition
Have you ever watched The Good Place? If you haven't, I suggest you stop reading right now and go watch. Your life will be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 396: Crowfalling
Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Blue Protocol, SWTOR, New World, Q3 2022 financials (for Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, NCsoft), and new patches (for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE Online, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online), with a mailbag topic covering Shadowbane, Second Live, Secret World, and Ultima Online.
Star Wars The Old Republic revives the Feast of Prosperity event for November
Last month, Star Wars: The Old Republic released its latest game update, which primarily was all about Galactic Season 3 as one might expect....
Star Wars: The Old Republic puts its new planet of Ruhnuk through testing
What could bring the deeply opposed forces of the Republic and Empire together in harmony? Only the news of a chunky game update for...
