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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Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning unleashes Land of the Dead remake and Twitch drops tomorrow
Warhammer Online fans, your home of the last few years has some a big March in store for you! Rogue server Return of Reckoning...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 363: Cruising through Cantha
Colin, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons launch, how the MMO industry has responded to Ukraine, SWTOR's botched LOTS rollout, Conan Chop Chop, and Swords of Legends Online's free to play rollout, with a mailbag topic on when MMO studios should pull the plug on a failed game.
EA and Microsoft announce end of sales to Russia, Hi-Rez reroutes Russian profits to Ukrainian aid
Three more major games publishers are joining the ever-growing list of names cutting off Russia from the world over its naked war against Ukraine....
Battle Bards Episode 210: Warframe
We heard your many requests, and we delivered! The Battle Bards crew is back to explore the final frontier of music in the Warframe...
SWTOR admits that Legacy of the Sith ‘was not a smooth transition’
For the first time since Legacy of the Sith's release, BioWare is speaking out about some -- but not all -- of the problems...
Star Wars: The Old Republic lays out its March events while testing new bosses for the next operation
All right, so the latest Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion launched and you already finished the content it added in the time it took...
Vague Patch Notes: So why do MMO developers gender lock?
Last week's Vague Patch Notes on MMO lore and its impact on design decisions produced a lot of good comments along with a smattering...
The Stream Team: Exorcising SWTOR’s The Spirit of Vengeance
Since Massively OP's MJ is stuck behind the bugged Spirit of Vengeance quest (and she's boycotting re-entering), it's up to Larry to show off...
Neverwinter parent company donates $2M in aid to Ukraine, IGDA calls on industry to condemn invasion
Since last week, we've been covering the game industry's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as game studios and esports teams divert launches, raise...
The Daily Grind: Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons launches today – are you coming to Cantha?
After years and years of joking about and begging for Cantha, Guild Wars 2 players are finally getting it with the launch of End...
One Shots: So far from the jungle right now
Jared the Tiger grew up in the lush jungles of Tyria -- up to the day that he stepped into that trapped and found...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands season 3 kicks off in March with some big changes
With Patch 9.2: Eternity's End out the door, World of Warcraft gradually is turning on the rest of the features from the update. Namely,...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
SeedInvest tells Shroud of the Avatar investors that Portalarium eluded its accountability efforts
Shroud of the Avatar has been a black mark on the MMORPG genre, Kickstarted MMOs, and genre founding father Richard Garriott for years, and...
How video game player data collection processes have expanded outside of gaming
The EULA - aka the wall o' text that we all blitz past in order to get to play the MMORPG or multiplayer title...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force
Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.
Nightingale studio Inflexion has been sold to Tencent – and it’s still launching this year
Tencent is apparently continuing its gobbling-up of all the games and studios you're interested in: Improbable just announced it's sold Inflexion Games to Tencent...
One Shots: Stepping back from the brink
A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...
Hyperspace Beacon: A measured response to SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith backlash
So Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are exploding on the internet about the franchise's latest expansion, Legacy of the Sith. As a player...
