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’s 4K ultra HD versions of ‘Return’ and ‘Hope’ cinematics are live
Earlier this month, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced that it would be re-releasing its original trailers in 4K ultra HD as part of...
Battlefield 2042 has rolled into early access for preorders and subbers
Shooter fans have a fun weekend ahead of them with the launch of Battlefield 2042 into early access as of today - at least...
Star Wars: The Old Republic opens up testing for Veteran difficulty in the Elom flashpoint
There is a lot of stuff to test right now on Star Wars: The Old Republic's public test servers. Do you want even more to test out?...
The Stream Team: Seeker droids seek Dreadseeds in SWTOR
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Massively OP's MJ was searching for a special something. But that was too long...
SWTOR’s character creation screen gets a makeover for Legacy of the Sith
All those Star Wars: The Old Republic players who will be flocking to make new characters with the flexible combat styles system next month...
Developer Core Loop raises $12M to make an in-development blockchain MMO
This past Friday saw yet another link in the blockchain craze that seems hell-bent on subsuming MMOs get forged with an announcement that development...
Star Wars The Old Republic marks 10 years with 4K re-releases of its original trailers
Cast your mind back 10 years ago when Star Wars: The Old Republic was kicking out some impressive cinematic trailers that laid the groundwork...
The MOP Up: World War II hands over toolsets to players
World War II Online is renewing a focus to be "player-driven" by giving all high-level premium players a High Command toolset to fiddle around...
Massively Overthinking: What are your most on-brand MMORPG class archetypes?
A while back in MOP's work chat, we were chatting about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons and how its elite specs line up...
Star Wars The Old Republic will release its next Operation in January so players can get geared up
The variety of things coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Legacy of the Sith expansion are pretty game-changing, all things considered....
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Charles Boyd on BioWare, newbie acquisition, economy, and beyond
So it’s been two years since I wrote a piece on Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’m sorry. You’ll have to tell me what...
Perfect Ten: 10 enemies we need to fight more in MMORPGs
When I wrote up the contents of every MMORPG bestiary, I stuck mostly with concepts rather than specifics, aside from dragons and slimes. There...
Star Wars: The Old Republic lays out the philosophy for player gear with Legacy of the Sith
If you hate randomness in gearing, you're going to like the philosophy that Star Wars: The Old Republic is bringing to the table with the...
World of Warcraft’s Mythic Dungeon Invitational crowns team Echo as its champion
If you're not a fan of a team running the table of an esports event multiple times, then you're probably not going to be...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch
It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...
Star Wars: The Old Republic runs Sage, Vanguard, and Scoundrel combat styles through their paces
Have you figured out what class and combat style combination you'll be rolling when Star Wars: The Old Republic launches Legacy of the Sith...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition
Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...
Star Wars The Old Republic unveils legendary items arriving with Legacy of the Sith
Much of the noise made about the Legacy of the Sith expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been focused around combat styles,...
Mythic Quest, the TV series about an MMO studio, is greenlit for another two seasons
One of the few bright spots of 2020 was the announcement of Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest, the Rob McElhenney-run comedy about a game...
The former lead designer of Ultima Online and Meridian 59 is braving a brutal brain tumor
The universe has been hungry the past couple of years, and now it's threatening another member of the extended MMORPG developer community. This morning,...
