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
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Working As Intended: Playing house – er, apartment – in SWG Legends
This week, I'm starting up a new miniseries called Playing House here in the Working As Intended column, and it's entirely the fault of...
The Riot MMO just lost yet another key staffer, this time its technical director
Don't panic, but another top dev has moved on from Riot Game's Runeterra MMO, what we usually refer to around here as the Riot...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ Ewok Festival of Love is live alongside new Jabba’s themepark content
If you thought that Star Wars Galaxies' Wookiee Life Day was the weirdest seasonal event in the game, then you are sadly mistaken, for...
‘We are designing it to last for decades’: Stars Reach is hoping for ‘a few hundred thousand players’
Are you feeling the hype yet from the approach of the Stars Reach Kickstarter? Because Playable Worlds is kinda going all out with blogs...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that suck in interesting ways
This week's Massively Overthinking is entirely inspired by a fantastic argument made by YouTuber on Bluesky. Iron Pineapple declared that "a good game can...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs that came back from the dead
The fact that I loved Charlotte's Web as a child probably had some influence on my developing brain, but it does mean that I...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Working As Intended: Stars Reach could be the demographic revolution MMORPGs need
When Raph Koster started talking in Discord on Saturday night, I was super annoyed because I knew I was going to lose my whole...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.
The Daily Grind: So… are you going to Kickstart Stars Reach?
Over the weekend, Raph Koster's studio formally announced that it's going to do a Kickstarter for Stars Reach - you know, the spiritual successor...
SWG Legends has outlawed abusive mods, but don’t worry, that innocent one you like is probably safe
January's update on the Star Wars Galaxies Legends Omega rogue server is a small but important one as the player developers have officially put...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWGEmu begins a three-part video series about its history and development
While much of the attention of the Star Wars Galaxies fanbase arguably aims in the direction of rogue server SWG Legends, there is another...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends prepares to honor Carrie Fisher in-game today
Eight years ago, the Star Wars fandom lost a legend when Carrie Fisher passed away on December 27th, and ever since the operators of...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has kicked off the Wookiee Life Day festival
If there's one event that Star Wars Galaxies always did in the most ridiculous way imaginable, it's... OK, actually, it's the Ewok Festival of...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration’s new playable species, combat tree revamp, and Life Day are live
When Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Restoration announced a major customization and combat tree overhaul earlier this month, we didn't imagine it was...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Rogue Server
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Rogue Server, which was awarded to Warhammer Online: Return of...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration teases new species, a housing deco upgrade, and a combat tree overhaul
Star Wars Galaxies fans always get a little sad every December as it marks the original MMORPG's deathiversary. But we're blessed to have multiple...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases multiple theme parks for 2025, recaps its annual financials
Rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends is ending the year with one more newsletter for fans, and as usual, it's packed with recaps and...
