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

Five reasons behind the failure of Hero’s Song

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In July of 2015, MMORPG fans were stunned to hear that John Smedley was stepping down from his post as president of Daybreak. After...

EverQuesting: Ten things to do in Landmark before it’s gone

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T minus 11 days and counting. That's all the time Landmark has left. That's not a lot of time. If you haven't built all...
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Massively Overthinking: Unholy MMORPG hybrids

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Massively OP reader and frequent tipster Gibbins wants us to play match-maker. "I love the wonderful world that Bethesda created with the Fallout franchise, not...

Tamriel Infinium: Four reasons Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead tops other MMO housing

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Traditionally, in this Tamriel Infinium column, I have been extremely critical of The Elder Scrolls Online, and I promise you, I'm sure I'll lob criticism...
Oh jeez.

Recapping the Asheron’s Call sunsets

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Just before Christmas, we learned the sad news that Turbine would not be transferring Asheron's Call and its revivified sequel to Standing Stone as...
Worlds Adrift

Massively Overthinking: Breaking your immersions in MMORPGs

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Veteran MOP reader and tipster Nordavind is going to break your immersions. Just kidding. He does have a question for us all on that...
Where you at, ArenaNet?

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?

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In Andrew's retrospective of Asheron's Call 2 last week, he mentioned that the game had a music system, something I'd long since forgotten, if...

MMORPG developers, GDC organizers speak out against US ‘Muslim ban’

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You might want to keep politics out of gaming, but politics has a way of forcing itself in the door no matter what. Multiple MMO developers and...

In appreciation for post-apoc Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call 2

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On the left in the screenshot above is a windmill in the town of Cragstone in Asheron's Call. On the right is, well, the...

Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs

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In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...

Skyforge seeks player representatives for ‘elder guardian’ team

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My.com announced today that it's once again seeking to fill out the ranks of Skyforge's Elder Guardians. The EGs are sort of a cross...

In appreciation for Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call

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Imagine a game where magic was actually rare, complicated, and often underwhelming in terms of time vs. efficiency -- a game where players actually...
Throw wide the gates to let us pass once more.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever participated in a protest in an MMORPG?

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Protests in the real world dominated this past weekend's news, and while I surfed around for an in-game equivalent to cover, I couldn't find...

Touring Marvel Heroes with Gazillion before January 19’s big update

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While it's true that you can see a good share of Marvel Heroes' mega January 2017 update for yourself on the test server, who...

The Repopulation will relaunch in Q1 2017, now owned by Idea Fabrik

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"Great News! The Repopulation is coming back!" -- or so said a hastily deleted tweet from Idea Fabrik last night, which you might have...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs

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Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs. "Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind

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I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...

One Shots: The Reaper comes for all MMOs

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In light of this past week's sad Landmark news, it's perhaps too on-the-nose that I asked for players to send in pictures of defunct...

Massively OP’s 2016 Blooper Awards: Most-Covered Defunct MMO

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most-Covered Defunct MMO, as proposed by BryanCo. And the winner is... Star Wars Galaxies Although City of...

The Game Archaeologist: Wing Commander Online and Privateer Online

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In late 2012, former Wing Commander developer-slash-movie director Chris Roberts emerged from a decade of obscurity to ask for help to fund his vision...

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