Official Site:Â Star Wars Galaxies
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â June 26, 2003
Sunset Date: December 15, 2011
Genre:Â Sci-Fi Sandbox
Business Model:Â Subscription
Platform: PC
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SWG Legends just patched in a bunch of long-running player requests
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has had a wild couple of weeks, first with downtime, then with new server hardware, and then...
SWG Legends’ Ewok Festival of Love is the most cursed Valentine’s Day event in MMOs
Friends, if you've read MassivelyOP a long time, you know that Star Wars Galaxies is top o' my MMORPG list, and I happily inhabit...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 408: FFXIV on one side, mods on the other
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV's great mode debate, WoW's trading post issues, NCsoft's layoffs, Square's and Blizzard's financials, The Crew 3, Quinfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMO beards.
SWG Legends rogue server is finally back online after four-day outage
Over the weekend, Star Wars Galaxies players on the SWG Legends rogue server were left temporarily homeless as the core server suffered a major...
The Daily Grind: Why (and how) do you use your MMO house?
This is a serious question. I am well aware that lots of MMOs provide lots of reasons and methods to own housing, and I...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends suffers weekend crash and downtime caused by a software vulnerability
The rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has had a very rough weekend. This past Friday saw the main Omega server suddenly go dark...
Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance
I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?
Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...
Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?
Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...
The Daily Grind: Do you like pop-up landscape quests in MMOs, or do you require quest-givers?
So I was playing Lord of the Rings Online the other day, going through Paths of the Dead on my way into Gondor. I...
Global Chat: The MMO blogs you should be reading in 2023
Welcome to a new year of Global Chat -- and with it, the anticipation of a great assortment of MMO blog essays, questions, guides,...
John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio
John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...
SWG Legends’ Star Viper space update went live over the holidays
If you blinked, you missed it: The space update codenamed Star Viper landed in Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends over the holidays....
The MOP Up: Star Wars Galaxies’ Empire in Flames celebrates Boonta Eve
Star Wars Galaxies' Empire in Flames isn't lying down for January's drabness. Rather, the rogue server welcomed Boonta's Eve for the entire month. During...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2023
As 2022 drew to a close, we spent our Massively Overthinking roundtables discussing our predictions for 2023 as well as our goals. Now, we're...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v6.0
And that's a wrap on this year in history! While everyone says farewell to 2022, here at TGA we're always looking way back at...
The Daily Grind: What MMO theme music gets you pumped to log in?
The other day I was watching a retrospective video on Star Wars Galaxies, and the host was saying how he had a hard time...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2022
2022 marks the fifth year in a row we've done this roundup, but the Daily Grind has been a recurring mini-column here on MassivelyOP...
Global Chat: Shopping for a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server
Interested in going back to Star Wars Galaxies -- or trying it out for the first time -- but you find yourself paralyzed with...
