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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Shroud of the Avatar expands dye palettes to more furniture in this week’s update
One of my first MMORPG memories revolves around my standing at Britain bank in Ultima Online, offering to dye people's clothes for gold -...
Mass shooting claims lives of multiple Madden esports attendees
Two innocent people are dead and nearly a dozen more were injured today as a result of a mass shooting at an esports tournament.
Multiple...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World soars past 10 million copies (August 26, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Massively Overthinking: Pay-to-win vs. cosmetics in MMOs and virtual worlds
MOP Patron Avaera has entreated us to debate the problems of pay-to-win and cosmetic gear, and indulge him we shall.
"The idea that good MMOs...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR failed EA
Some have called Star Wars: The Old Republic a failure. And if former Lead Designer Daniel Erickson is correct, then EA is one of...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth sells ‘more than 3.4 million’ copies for a ‘day-one sales record’ for WoW
We were just grumbling on this week's MOP Podcast about not having any idea how well World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth had sold...
The Stream Team: All eyes on SWTOR’s big Iokath cliffhanger
If you watched the Choose My Alignment last week, you were treated to the most intense cliffhanger! Massively OP's Larry and MJ are on...
New World preview from Gamescom slips into the wild as Amazon announces alpha signups
The first previews of Amazon Game Studios' New World MMORPG are finally trickling in from Gamescom just as the wraps are coming off the...
Former SWTOR lead Daniel Erickson shares behind-the-scenes secrets
As you fight off another wave of the Rakghoul Plague (will it ever be cured?) in Star Wars: The Old Republic this week, you...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs are nearly different games with max settings or upgraded clients?
MOP reader Nibbana has a great question for The Daily Grind today. "So I just picked up Shadow in order to run my favorite...
A fluffy casual’s starting perspective on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Let me tell you a bit about me and how I play MMORPGs. Between two jobs and a family, my gaming time is relegated...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 3: Narrative
Part three covers expansion story: narrative design, the text, the intended emotional reaction, good vs. evil, comparisons to Wrathgate, and how the game's cinematic presentation is let down by its plot.
Mortgage company analyzes the price differences between video game housing, including Final Fantasy XIV
How much is your house worth in The Sims 4? Obviously, the game attaches a value to it, but that's just game terms and...
Rend’s Jeremy Wood on how Frostkeep borrows from Blizzard, Dark Age of Camelot, and PlanetSide
GameDaily has an interview with Rend's Jeremy Wood this week that covers a bunch of meta topics of interest to MMO players and watchers...
Pre-alpha colony sim MMO Seed will grant players the tools to fight toxicity
Seed resurfaced this summer after intensive work by studio Klang Games building out the colony simulation MMO (plus a big influx of investor money),...
Battle Bards Episode 126: Out of this world
It’s time to boldly go where no podcast has gone before — by exploring MMO space themes! It’s perhaps the flat-out goofiest and silliest...
The Stream Team: What comes after SWTOR’s Knights of the Eternal Throne?
Now that Massively OP's Larry and MJ finished SWTOR's KOTET story, what's next? MJ has no idea really. Surely the story must go on...
Functional music boxes are coming in Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire
One of my most beloved possessions in Ultima Online is my music box: I spent months, probably years, collecting each "track" to insert into...
Jagex gets into games publishing while RuneScape crosses $1 billion earned
Jagex isn't content to be "just the RuneScape studio" these days. The company announced today that it is preparing to move into the publishing...
Leaderboard: Must MMORPGs revolve around grouping to be MMORPGs?
It would be easy to dismiss Saga of Lucimia's pervasive "group-based or go home" ideas as mere rhetoric, but the reality is, there exists...
