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

Massively OP Podcast Episode 422: Two Lord of the Rings MMOs to rule them all

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Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's new LOTR MMO (again), LOTRO's King's Gondor, WoW's Fractured in Time, official WoW Classic hardcore, Diablo IV, FFXIV, and financials for NCsoft, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and SWG Legends.

The Daily Grind: When has an ‘improvement’ in an MMO made it much worse?

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I haven't taken any German since college, but I did recently learn a new word: verschlimmbesserung, which essentially translates to "disimprovement" - specifically, an...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 421: Beyond time and space

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Unraveled, SWTOR Old Wounds, Gamigo's move out of MMOs, Chrono Odyssey's reveal, EVE's 20th anniversary, LOTRO's new raid, and Villagers and Heroes' housing patch, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on WoW's wild lore.

Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap

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The most nerve-wracking thing about being an MMORPG player is uncertainty. MMO players don't like change, and when a change is teased, many of...
This big reveal worked out super great.

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are more fun to watch than play?

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I have made no secret of the fact that while I watch a lot of YouTube, I seldom enjoy video game videos or streams;...

Star Wars Day around the MMO galaxy: SWTOR, SWG, and more

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It's May the Fourth, the modern celebration of Star Wars when the internet erupts with memes and the MMOs run events and nobody's madder...
Just do the same thing forever and ever.

The Daily Grind: Would you keep playing an MMO if it deleted your favorite class?

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Last week, Nexon announced the unthinkable: It told players it was immediately locking creation of one of the game's playable character classes, Jett, and...
Just do the same thing forever and ever.

MapleStory is deleting a whole character – Jett – after 11 years in the global version

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I'm having a hard time remembering the last time an MMO developer deleted an entire class from an MMO. The NGE, maybe? Regardless, it's...
Lock'd

Global Chat: Black Desert is the MMO sandbox to beat

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Those who wrote off or skipped by Black Desert on the way to other MMOs may be missing one of the best sandboxes on...

Massively Overthinking: The dumbest conversations in your main MMO’s general chat

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Last week, in a thread about one of Diablo IV's many rivals, MOP commenter Greaterdivinity noted that chat in the game was exhausting because...
Swoosh.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best space combat?

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When you get tired of your iron-plated boots being stuck to a giant gravity ball, you may yearn to take flight into the sky...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 414: EverQuesting on and on

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Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, SWG Legends, Destiny 2, Star Citizen, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on extreme MMO zones and puzzles in MMOs.

Ex-Blizzard execs Jen Oneal, J Allen Brack, and John Donham form Magic Soup Games

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Now here's an interesting collab. Yes, it's yet another "ex-Blizzard people form a new studio and investors give them stacks of money" studio, but...
Remember me? Someone is hoping you don't!

Perfect Ten: 10 pieces of striking MMO cover art

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Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 413: Kentucky fried gaming

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Justin and Bree discuss Bellatores, Final Fantasy XIV, Ghostcrawler and the Riot MMO, WoW's patches, Diablo IV's promos, and Star Citizen, with adventures in LOTRO, Star Trek Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on humble characters and healer aesthetics.
Reveal to me your secrets! Please.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 411: The way to Wayfinder

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Justin and Bree discuss Amazon, Throne & Liberty, New World, Wayfinder, DDO, Gamigo, and RIFT, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, New World, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on putting ourselves in MMOs and themed character designs.

Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends celebrates seventh anniversary with today’s patch

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February's been a whirlwind for Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, with major downtime, a big hardware upgrade, and a patch. Now, the...
Pnuk

Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp

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Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.

SWG Legends just patched in a bunch of long-running player requests

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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

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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...

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