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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Elder Scrolls Online tackles Greymoor bugs, plans Stadia launch June 16
Since the Greymoor expansion of The Elder Scrolls Online has had a particularly bumpy launch, players have started the necessary evil of working around...
The Stream Team: Procuring droid parts in SWTOR
Last time, Massively OP's MJ discovered a cache of assassin droids in SWTOR, and she knows how to get herself one of her very...
Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes
Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...
Funcom is set to reveal an ‘unannounced game’ on June 5
Does Funcom have another game up its sleeve? It appears so, as the Oslo-based developer broadly hinted that it is getting ready to make...
Former BioWare head checks in with updates on his team’s SpatialOS online RPG
Back in March of last year, Improbable, the company behind persistent online world engine SpatialOS, announced the opening of a couple of new studios...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
The MOP Up: Bossa Studios releases World War AI
Bossa Studios, the team behind the late Worlds Adrift, just rolled out a new prototype game for you to check out for free: World...
The Daily Grind: If you had your way, what one MMO patch in history would you roll back?
Rollbacks are in the news lately, and not for great reasons - some Guild Wars 2 players did indeed lose hours of time played...
The Stream Team: Defrosting a droid in SWTOR
Datacrons are done! With that collection now complete, Massively OP's Larry has a different activity to take MJ on: droid defrosting. Yes, he is...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO paradigm shift you didn’t see coming a decade ago?
One thing I'm particularly proud of is that the MOP staff and MMO community - then on old Massively - were waaaaay out in...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adds the Ultimate Swoop Rally to its test server
The newest event for Star Wars: The Old Republic arrives in the game along with update 6.1.2, but you don't need to wait that long...
COVID-19 gaming impact roundup: Studios working from home, War Thunder as an Army training tool
The global novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the gaming industry - here's the latest.
Warhammer Online fans will remember well the name Carrie Gouskos,...
Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....
Grim Dawn shows off some new Crucibles and details epic items upgrading to mythic level
With the next update to Grim Dawn leering overhead, the devs at Crate Entertainment have been eager to pull back some of the curtain...
The Swtorista Armor Site is here to help Star Wars: The Old Republic players chase their fashion dragons
Raids? Dungeons? Gear score? None of these are true high-level goals. Any real MMO player knows that fashion is the real endgame, and Star...
EA delivers solid Q1 2020, YOY revenue increases, and a promise of game upgrades for next-gen consoles
Activision-Blizzard beat revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2020, so it won't surprise anyone to learn that EA did too. But while revenue...
Choose My Adventure: The first steps as a Romulan in Star Trek Online
In last week's column, I mentioned that the start of our Star Trek Online journey would not be done alone, and sure enough I've...
EA Play Live is scheduled for June 11
If your younger relatives occasionally tug on your shirt and ask you if E3 will ever return after this year... well, that's a bit...
MMORPGs around the globe celebrate Star Wars day
May the 4th (as in, May the 4th be with you) is upon us, and plenty of MMOs would like you to know that...
