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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Leaderboard: Are you giving Dark Age of Camelot’s free-to-play version a try?
Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot released its Endless Conquest mode this week, a free-to-play option for one of the few pure subscription games...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)
Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands.
My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...
PSA: Star Wars The Old Republic hands out a free pet in honor of Jedi Fallen Order’s launch
What does a single-player Star Wars game have to do with an MMORPG like Star Wars: The Old Republic? Free pets, that's what! In...
Asheron’s Call would’ve been 20 years old this month, but the community isn’t dead
Ah, Asheron's Call. We miss you. You'd have been 20 years old this month, celebrating your antique status with the likes of Ultima Online...
Dark Age of Camelot is officially going free-to-play today with Endless Conquest
We've been talking about it for a few years now, but it's officially happening today: Endless Conquest marks Dark Age of Camelot's first foray...
EA Spouse was 15 years ago, and not much has changed in games development
When it arrived back in 2004, EA Spouse felt like a wakeup call. But now it's easy to mark how long it has been...
A prominent FIFA competitor blows the lid off of a match fixing scandal involving several pro gamers
Imagine if several major teams from any large-scale sport in America -- take your pick -- conspired together to make sure they didn't face...
The Stream Team: Culling King Petryph in SWTOR
Whiny king is whiny! Massively OP's Larry and MJ are in the middle of "helping" King Petryph of Onderon in SWTOR's Onslaught. And by...
Hyperspace Beacon: How SWTOR added two Onslaught stories (but wrote only one)
Star Wars: The Old Republic prides itself on being a game with choices that matter. Fundamentally, one of the biggest choices a player can...
WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth was a complete waste of time
Well, dear readers, I was totally wrong. All of you predicting that this expansion was a waste of time were right and I was...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World makes monster sales
We've known for a while now that Monster Hunter World was a beast of a game, both in popularity and sales. But it's good...
One Shots: This picture will make you hear sounds
There are some pictures that, when viewed, will instantly trigger sounds in your head. I cannot view any screenshot of lightsabers, for example, without...
Anthem loses yet another lead developer as BioWare’s head of live service departs
For those who were in the comments section going "Sure, Jan" at Casey Hudson's pep talk for Anthem, it would appear your cynicism is...
SWTOR has made almost a billion dollars, and EA is pleased. Most pleased.
It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch....
Massively Overthinking: The problem with MMO ‘dailies’
Longtime MOP Patron and friend of the site Avaera recently posed us an intriguing questions about daily login rewards in MMORPGs.
"Recently my game of choice,...
Vague Patch Notes: Does BlizzCon have a future in its current form?
BlizzCon 2018 was a pretty unnecessary disaster for Blizzard. It managed to demolish any hopes people had about Battle for Azeroth rounding the bend and...
Pro esports players criticize Blizzard for sticking gamers with the whole WoW Arena World Champs prize pool
World of Warcraft players gearing up for the Arena World Championships and the Mythic Dungeon Invitational will have a bigger prize pool than expected,...
Ship of Heroes says its character creator is a ‘huge step up from games like City of Heroes and SWTOR’
We're just about to see the launch of a character creator tool for our second superhero MMO of the month, as Ship of Heroes'...
The Stream Team: Choose My Alignment is back for SWTOR’s new 6.0 Onslaught
Choose My Alignment is back! SWTOR has launched some new content for Massivly OP's Larry and MJ to sink their teeth into, and for...
Ultima Online celebrates Halloween, tests Jolly Roger patch, and ends event program
The 22-year-old Ultima Online is busy celebrating more than just its birthday: It's also celebrating Halloween and the Jolly Roger patch, which hit the...
