star wars the old republic

Official Site: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Studio: BioWare/Electronic Arts
Launch Date: December 20, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Massively OP Podcast Episode 494: WoW opens the door to player housing

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Justin and Bree discuss Warcraft Direct, World of Warcraft's player housing and Undermine(d) patch, WoW Classic Classic, Guild Wars 2's Godspawn, SWTOR 7.6, and quarterly financials for a bunch of studios (Pearl Abyss, NCsoft, EG7/Daybreak, Embracer, and Nexon), plus adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.

Star Wars The Old Republic confirms GU 7.6 for early December but delays its story launch for quality reasons

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Remember back in September when Star Wars: The Old Republic developer Broadsword said it would share more about Game Update 7.6 in November? Well...

Massively Overthinking: What are the great ‘popcorn games’ in the MMORPG genre?

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MOP reader Elenie recently put the concept of "popcorn MMOs" back on my radar thanks to a comment about Neverwinter being an MMO many...
Yeah, that'll do it.

Vitae Aeternum: How to fix New World Aeternum’s endgame with rewards and content relevance

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New World is currently enjoying an influx of new players following the Aeternum update, but historically New World's struggle has not been attracting players...
SIR

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs

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I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...

Star Wars The Old Republic officially kicks off public testing of Game Update 7.6

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Did the features promised last week for Star Wars: The Old Republic get you excited to fire up the public test server and try...
This is not Permea.

Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?

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As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...

Star Wars The Old Republic readies public testing of its next lair boss and dynamic events system soon

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Star Wars: The Old Republic game director Eric Musco has some fresh details about the game's incoming Game Update 7.6: Galactic Threads patch -...
Keep your cat in a box.

Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?

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In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...
Fine. This is how we live now.

Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the Feast of Prosperity starting on October 8

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Quick, what's the best way to restore fear in a galactic crime syndicate overseen by corpulent slugs? If you said "throwing a gigantic feast...

One Shots: Even monsters should brush their teeth

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Imaginations being what they are, I've spent perhaps too much time thinking about what sentient monster lives are like when we're not beating the...

Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose

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Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...

Star Wars The Old Republic opens tester signups for its native Mac launcher

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Surprised but pleased by last week's announcement that Star Wars The Old Republic is getting a native Mac client? We were too. And now,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.

Star Wars The Old Republic boss teases 7.6 Galactic Threads and a native Mac launcher for SWTOR

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Broadsword - yes, it still feels weird to type that - has just delivered its latest producer letter on Star Wars The Old Republic,...

Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend

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We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...

Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem

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As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...

SWTOR and SWG Legends fans mourn the death of James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader

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Star Wars fans joined cinema and theater fans last night to mourn the loss of James Earl Jones, whom nerds knew best as the...

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs without player housing in 2024

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Last week, Guild Wars 2 became the latest western MMORPG to finally add proper housing, with pages lifted straight out of Wildstar and RIFT....
Still here!

Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024

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We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...

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