star wars galaxies

Official Site: Star Wars Galaxies
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: June 26, 2003
Sunset Date: December 15, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Sandbox
Business Model: Subscription
Platform: PC

The Daily Grind: Do you actually use in-game mail in MMOs for communication?

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I had the realization a few weeks back that mail has lost a lot of meaning in MMOs, the same way many people have...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best cosmetic system (not the best cosmetics)?

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The other day I was mucking around with my outfit on SWG Legends and having some conflicting emotions. First, I was grateful that the...

The Daily Grind: What were the worst mistakes made in the history of MMORPGs?

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A few weeks back, in his retrospective on The Secret World, MOP's Tyler opined that Secret World Legends (or more specifically, the decision to reboot...

Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?

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Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...

NetEase announces another new MMO studio: Rich Vogel’s T-Minus Zero Entertainment

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NetEase has made no secret of its goals for expansion in the west: It managed to snurch Jack Emmert away from Daybreak to build...

Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre

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As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 432: Palia breaks through to the other side

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Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?

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I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...

The Daily Grind: What’s your most recent screw-up in an MMORPG?

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Last weekend, I logged into SWG Legends after good long while of playing other MMOs. I knew I'd been neglecting my vendors (sorry, shoppers!),...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 430: A very Diablo drubbing

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Justin, Bree, and Carlo discuss Blizzard's bizarre financial report, Diablo IV's messy first season, Palia's early access, and Wayfinder's early access, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo II, Diablo IV, Black Desert, SWG Legends, and Garden Galaxy, plus a mailbag topic on the next generation of MMO players.

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs that are worth their dreadful early gameplay

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I think many of us are primed to roll our eyes at anyone who says "oh man, just keep playing, it gets better later...

Massively Overthinking: Old zones vs. new zones in MMORPGs

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I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online lately, in both very old zones from Moria and earlier and some of...

Star Wars Galaxies Restoration rogue server expands galactic civil war mechanics in latest update

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If you think the galactic civil war feature that played out in Star Wars Galaxies was kind of humdrum back in the day, perhaps...

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago

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Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best ‘shopping’ experience?

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We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever. I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...
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Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?

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MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 427: The promise of Palia

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Justin and Bree discuss Palia, SWTOR, Fractured, The Realm Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and Second Life, with adventures in LOTRO, Diablo IV, and SWTOR, plus mailbag topics on the future of WoW post-Dragonflight and over-the-top characters in MMOs.

The Stream Team: Soaking up Star Wars Galaxies on its 20th anniversary

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It's a bit ironic that Massively OP's MJ is celebrating (and streaming) both of her favorite games' anniversaries today, and both non-original iterations are...

Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies

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Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...

SWGEmu’s Finalizer rogue server is apparently struggling to make its monthly budget

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One of the topics that doesn't get talked about all that much in the MMORPG rogue server space is how old-school emulators get paid...

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