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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Ultima Online preps 25-year vet rewards, Valentine’s gifts, and castle designs
Ultima Online is readying another patch as of this week, but don't get overly excited: This one's mostly focused on rewards. Actually, do get...
EA’s Q3 earnings call notes Battlefield 2042 sales ‘did not meet expectations,’ walks back crypto aspirations
Electronic Arts has had its Q3 2022 earnings call with investors this week, and it features some points of interest for our pocket of...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMO healers
It's time for yet another column in Perfect Ten wherein we talk about a given player archetype, but this one's going to be a...
The Stream Team: Return to SWTOR’s The Spirit of Vengeance
With new story on the horizon, Massively OP’s MJ wants to wrap up the previous arc. That means she has to return to the...
Not So Massively: Hearthstone’s Lunar New Year, Apex Legend’s Defiance, LoL’s Renata
Welcome back to a quick roundup of news and events in the Not-So-Massively multiplayer realm!
Hearthstone - Lunar New Year begins in Blizzard's OTCG as...
Dark Age of Camelot plans a new server with bigger content and ‘new and very exciting objectives’
Just ahead of the weekend, Broadsword producer Talal "Eldariian" Saad penned a letter for Dark Age of Camelot players, looking back at the MMORPG's...
Star Wars The Old Republic collects Legacy of the Sith PTS info threads, promises post-launch changes
Star Wars: The Old Republic is rumbling forward towards the February 15th release of the Legacy of the Sith expansion after a lengthy period...
PSA: Star Wars Squadrons is free-to-play on Steam until tomorrow
If you've been wondering how the multiplayer dogfighting title Star Wars Squadrons is shaping up after all this time but aren't eager to drop...
SWTOR drops new Legacy of the Sith trailer, outlines unwelcome gearing changes
With very little time until Star Wars: The Old Republic launches its next expansion, Legacy of the Sith, the developers appear to be engaging in a...
Ship of Heroes bumps beta to spring, reveals City of Heroes- and SWTOR-inspired base building system
Well, you probably noticed that our indie MMO of 2021, Ship of Heroes, did not make it to its December beta as planned, seeing...
Electronic Arts announces multiple Star Wars games, including a new shooter
EA and Respawn aren't letting that ol' Star Wars license go to waste: The companies just announced that their partnership with Lucasfilm Games will...
Battlefield 2042 eyes F2P in desperation while rascally zombies break the game
Whether it be from the living or the dead, Battlefield 2042 can't seem to catch a break these days.
The latest iteration of this long-running...
The Stream Team: Tracking down the Rakghoul SWTOR flashpoint
Terrible infestation that turns others into vicious creatures? Of course Massively OP's Larry and MJ will head right into the heart of it! The...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning has another Land of the Dead public test this Sunday
Are you ready to war in the Necropolis of Zandr? Then you've got another chance to hop into the ongoing Land of the Dead...
Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?
Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...
Reddit’s co-founder thinks crypto gaming and players ‘being properly valued’ for game time will be the norm in five years
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, has peered into his crystal ball to look at the future of gaming, and that future sounds like...
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning fixes key open RvR issues, continues to work on Land of the Dead
Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning busted out its first patch of 2022, bringing an Unforgiving Seas weekend warfront along with it.
Two small...
The Game Archaeologist: Talking 25-year-old Tibia with CipSoft
It's not every MMORPG that can boast that it started back in the late '90s and is still going strong even today. However, Tibia...
World of Warcraft esports prep 15th year with $1.8M prize pool, hope for summer live events
Given that the default MMORPG community reaction toward esports in MMORPGs tends to be a collective eye-roll, you might be surprised to learn that...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022
One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...
