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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Dang, Astellia Online is sunsetting in its native South Korea
Well, this is not a good sign: Nexon announced last night that it's closing Astellia Online in its native South Korea. If you'll forgive...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019
Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
Corepunk is a new top-down Dutch game with all the MMORPG trappings
Who wanted a new MMORPG for Christmas? Well, Corepunk isn't getting here in time for this Christmas, but it's now been officially announced to...
The Daily Grind: How much do you mind loading screens in MMOs?
Maybe I'm showing my old-school nature here, but loading screens don't bother me all that much. I cut my MMO teeth on games like...
The Daily Grind: What MMO deserves its own movie or TV show?
In going through our annual posts ahead of our December awards and whatnot, I noticed a bunch of stories about movies and TV shows...
Global Chat: Crafting is just the worst, Britta!
Advance warning: If you like crafting in MMOs, then you best not read the latest post from Contains Moderate Peril, who is not quite...
One Shots: Rubbing shoulders with greatness
It is hard not to feel a little awestruck when you encounter a famous face, even if it takes place inside of a game....
The Stream Team: Friday night fun mocking the king in SWTOR
Mock the king! Mock the king! If ever there were a motto for Massively OP's Larry and MJ's Onslaught adventures in SWTOR, this is...
Ultima Online’s Jolly Roger update is officially live this week
Here we go: Ultima Online's last major update of 2019 is now upon us as the Jolly Roger has officially set sail on the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will change its business model dramatically in 2020?
It used to be our tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would be...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2019
It's long-since become a multi-year and fun tradition on Massively OP to do an end-of-year recap of the best and worst MMO dev quotes...
Star Wars: The Old Republic plans eighth anniversary and Life Day festivities
It is perhaps mildly ironic that Star Wars: The Old Republic is now getting rather old in and of itself, since the game is passing...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019
After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMOs in synergistic pairs?
I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...
Fight or Kite: Archeage Unchained’s leveling PvP is a test of resolve and avoidance
Welcome back everyone! For those of us in the US, the Monday after our Thanksgiving holiday can be a brutal one. Sleeping in (getting...
The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...
One Shots: We are all bullies
Let us face the sad, sobering truth of our MMORPG experiences today. While we may like to think that we are noble heroes saving...
Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen
A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...
Apex Legends raises the level cap substantially but adds a lot more rewards to it
You may or may not be at the old level cap for Apex Legends, but you are almost certainly not at the new cap....
The Soapbox: Cross-play, console exclusivity, and why companies won’t play nice
Let me tell you something: As the columnist who writes about Final Fantasy XIV I am so damn tired of hearing about crossplay. Seriously. Just so...
