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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The Daily Grind: What MMO would you like to see dump its branding or IP?
On Tuesday, Daybreak formally announced that the neglected PvE half of H1Z1, Just Survive, would be shedding its H1Z1 branding once and for all. The...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s Uncle Owen problem
When Star Wars: The Old Republic first released, an old Star Wars Galaxies argument popped up, and the crux of that argument was this:...
Battle Bards Episode 102: Pure joy
Is it even possible for pure joy to be derived from MMORPG music? Whether or not, the Battle Bards are going to take a...
The Daily Grind: How would you solve the housing server merge problem?
When ArcheAge launched, I was one of those who was brutally harsh about its mind-numbingly stupid housing system, a more or less open-world system...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal ‘retirement’ MMORPG?
Wednesday, my husband and I were chatting about the big stories of the day, including the Star Citizen piece that racked up a bajillion...
Massively Overthinking: Building a better MMORPG economy
We are on a roll with the epic questions for Overthinking lately! "The recent article about monetization got me thinking about just how much most...
Raph Koster would put action combat in Star Wars Galaxies if made today
Recently, one of game designer Raph Koster's fans wrote in to pose him an interesting hypothetical question. If he were to remake Star Wars...
Massively Overthinking: MMO ragequitting
Ragequitting. Most of us have probably done it once or twice from groups or single-player games or even MMO sessions in our time. My...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 125: Secrets, Mordor, and Argus
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, LOTRO, RIFT, Kritika, and Master X Master, with mailbag topics on MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies and following the MMO crowd.
The Stream Team: Celebrating Star Wars Galaxies’ birthday
Star Wars Galaxies was the game that sucked Massively OP's MJ into MMORPsGs, so how could she not celebrate its birthday? The official game...
Leaderboard: Do you play Star Wars Galaxies’ emulator?
Welp, here we are: Star Wars Galaxies would be turning 14 years old today, had it been allowed to live.
SWG is much beloved around...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO daily quest you’ve ever done?
My husband and I are in the process of introducing the concept of household chores to our five-year-old son. Not yet having realized life...
The Daily Grind: How much realism is too much in an MMORPG?
In yesterday's comments on the Shroud of the Avatar AMA article, MOP reader squidgod2000 drew everyone's attention to an overlooked bit in the Q&A...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?
During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...
The Daily Grind: Have you picked up any bad habits from MMORPGs?
Star Wars Galaxies came close to wrecking my typing skills. Because semicolons functioned as linebreaks in macros and in chat in SWG, I got...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the new website and colossal ship migration
Big changes are coming to Star Citizen -- well, to its website. This week's episode of Around the Verse explains that the game's website...
Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs
Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...
Tamriel Infinium: Five things to do while waiting for Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind early access
I have always found this part of the development cycle to be the worst part. Right now, we are sitting at the point in...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?
MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis."
"The MMO...
RIFT changes Starfall Prophecy to Prophecy of Ahnket; get it free this weekend
RIFT's latest expansion is getting a name change from Starfall Prophecy to Prophecy of Ahnket. No, it's not some veiled NGE; it's just an...
