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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Star Wars The Old Republic brings back returning events and continues marking 10 years in January event calendar
We've just entered into the month of January but already seeing events for Star Wars: The Old Republic hit their stride. The devs have...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning plans new scenarios, new quests, and Necropolis of Zandr public tests
The Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning has lots of big plans in 2022. Fresh announcements from the operators of the emulator outline...
BioWare boss talks up SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith, new remote hiring policy
BioWare did not have the best 2021. It lost Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah at the end of 2020, followed by Jonathan Warner in...
The Stream Team: SWTOR flashpoint fever
"What shall we do to bring in the new year of SWTOR streams?" Massively OP's MJ asked.
"Flashpoints," Larry replied.
"Which flashpoints?" she queried, seeking clarification.
"Flashpoints..."...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 354: Catch-up roundtable and state of the site
Justin, Bree, Tyler, and MJ discuss the 2021 MOP awards, Cryptic and PWE, Magic the Gathering Online, Fractured, Legends of Aria, Crowfall, and Book of Travels, with adventures in New World, Astroneer, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, Albion Online, Star Wars Galaxies, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, finishing it off with a state of the site recap.
Global Chat: How do you deal with FOMO in MMOs?
FOMO -- or the fear of missing out -- is quite prevalent in the MMO gaming community. It's hard to resist that siren's song...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021
It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
Harry Potter MMO ‘almost happened’ before EA scrapped it
There's a whole raft of "could've been" MMORPG projects that litter the past couple of decades, titles that went through some development but ultimately...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0
It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2021
Every year, we give a nod to the biggest MMO story, but in 365 days, a whole lot more happened than just one narrative....
The Stream Team: Huggy Wookin’ for SWTOR Life Day
There's plenty to celebrate this week: It's Life Day again and SWTOR's anniversary. As such, Massively OP's Larry and MJ are forgoing adventures to...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Midwinter Festival brings realm bonuses, Christmas cosmetics, and seasonal quests
As of last week, Dark Age of Camelot got deep in to the holiday spirit with the start of its Midwinter Festival, bringing plenty...
SWTOR celebrates Life Day, heralds 10th birthday, and teases post 7.0 updates
Have you gone caroling with your favorite Wookiee yet? You better, lest your arms get ripped off for not displaying the right holiday spirit!
Life...
The MOP Up: Fiesta Online adds new servers
Anime MMO Fiesta Online's heart grew two sizes bigger this past week thanks to the addition of a pair of servers -- one for...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2022
OK folks, it's that time of the year again: the time when we cast our eyes ahead and try to pinpoint what's going to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 351: There are no bad Star Wars jokes in this show
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR's delay, Lost Ark's launch date, the Nightingale reveal, unionization efforts at Activision-Blizzard, the new Warhammer MMO, and the future of Crowfall, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail on SWTOR and a mailbag topic on going big with MMO expansions.
Star Wars The Old Republic kicks off its tenth anniversary and adds several other events in latest patch
Just yesterday we noted that the month of December was going to be full of events for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and sure...
PSA: Apex Legends celebrates SWTOR’s 10th anniversary with a free giveaway
A delayed expansion announcement is probably not how Star Wars: The Old Republic wanted to be celebrating its 10th anniversary, but these things happen....
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are so stupid and I love them
It's well past time for me to get something off my chest. MMOs are dumb. MMOs are full of weird stuff. This genre is weird...
