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

Global Chat: How SWTOR could fix its expansion missteps

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Debate and discussion continue in the MMO blogosphere over SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion, with many writers criticizing the expansion's format and...

The Game Archaeologist: Six Halloween holidays from buried MMOs

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There are two things to know about Halloween and MMOs. The first is that just about every online game in the known universe puts...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO doesn’t have mounts — and needs them?

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Let's talk mounts and MMOs. When Star Wars Galaxies launched, it did not have vehicles. It had neither speederbikes nor or ridable tauntauns. For almost six...

Massively Overthinking: Our five favorite MMORPGs of all time

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Earlier this week, Redditor maxpower888 started an epic thread on the /r/mmorpg sub asking everyone to chime in and name his or her top five...

Hyperspace Beacon: Outside-the-box Star Wars The Old Republic gameplay

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For some reason, this time of year always seems to be a down time in the activity of large-scale MMORPG development. Although Star Wars:...

Divergence Online survival sandbox prequel Divergence: Year Zero hits Steam early access

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Stained Glass Llama, the studio behind indie sci-fi sandbox Divergence Online, has put that game's infrastructure to work in a brand-new game that launched...

Global Chat: Stormblood, One Tamriel, New World, and the ‘antisocial epidemic’

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The announcement of Final Fantasy XIV's second expansion, Stormblood, is sure to inject more life and excitement into this beloved MMORPG. A couple of...
Revival

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been propositioned in an MMO for loot?

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Get your grimaces and side-eyes on: Kotaku put a piece out last week about "sugar daddies" in MMOs, proving once again that this genre is...
Well, I'll take it, but I won't pay much for it.

Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs

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If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 87: Rise of Stormblood Rising

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Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss FFXIV Stormblood, WoW, SWGEmu, The Secret World, Daybreak, SHSO, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on replacing SWG and retiring with MMORPGs.

One Shots: Always fall, never winter

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Thank you to everyone who posted pictures of autumnal scenery from MMOs. It truly is one of the best seasons (the worst is Smarch......

The Game Archaeologist: Classic PlanetSide

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Unlike fantasy, the sci-fi genre has had a rocky relationship with MMORPGs. While studios have tried just as hard to make and promote them,...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do

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No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...

Tamriel Infinium vs Hyperspace Beacon: Three ways to make lockboxes work better in MMORPGs

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Last week, I stirred up a hornet’s nest by bringing up the topic of lockboxes and how I really didn’t mind them in general. Hyperspace...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
Same as it ever was.

Crowfall’s crafting stations will remind you of Star Wars Galaxies

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If you're going to spend your precious playtime standing by a crafting station, you want it to be awesome, right? Hell yeah. Crowfall is...

Hyperspace Beacon vs. Tamriel Infinium: An unpopular opinion on SWTOR and ESO lockboxes

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I expect to come under fire for the opinion I'm expressing today for a couple of reasons. Hyperspace Beacon and Tamriel Infinium are our biweekly columns...
Hello again.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 85: A whole New World

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW, Elyria, Firefall, SMITE, FFXIV, and Destiny 2, with mailbag letters on Star Wars Galaxies' PvP and explorable MMOs.

Slay your enemies with their own limbs when Skyforge’s Ascension patch drops October 19

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Don't call it an NGE, but when Skyforge's Ascension patch is live next month, it's bringing sweeping, casual-friendly change to the game. We've previously...

The Daily Grind: How do you solve the MMORPG ‘Jedi Problem’?

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MOP reader Witches noted in the comments of last week's Perfect Ten that Firefly seems to be better-suited for the kind of world that...

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