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

Not so close.

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Paws for impact.

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Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019

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The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...

The best Massively OP community polls of 2019

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Time for another annual tradition here on Massively OP: the counting of the polls! Yes, we run a bunch of polls in our irregular...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019

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When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s progression server

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Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020

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With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
All right, let's ignore that this game is functionally abandoned.

Vague Patch Notes: Why don’t we have more MMO psionics?

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Seized by what I can only describe as an incomprehensible fit of pique, I've spent a decent chunk of my free time over the...
Ho, then when I say so, ho again.

The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup

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The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...

SWTOR kicks off Life Day and its eight year anniversary, shows off the Alderaan Stronghold

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Star Wars: The Old Republic has had an event-loaded December on tap, with the Relics of the Gree event already here and gone but...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends plans Life Day, new heroics, and a contest judged by George Lucas’ son

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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019

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Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
Set sail, etc.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019

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Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
I'm not sure which set of CGI looks better. That's not good.

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In going through our annual posts ahead of our December awards and whatnot, I noticed a bunch of stories about movies and TV shows...
stuff

Global Chat: Crafting is just the worst, Britta!

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Advance warning: If you like crafting in MMOs, then you best not read the latest post from Contains Moderate Peril, who is not quite...

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