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

The Stream Team: SWTOR spring datacron picking

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Ahhh, the first day of spring. The SWTOR datacrons are in full bloom, and it's high time Massively OP's Larry and MJ take the...

Hyperspace Beacon: Which Star Wars Galaxies emulator should I try first?

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As a longtime Star Wars fan and former Star Wars Galaxies player, I've known there were plenty of emulators out there ripe for playing...
Very dynamic.

Star Wars: The Old Republic talks up under-the-hood changes for previews and objects

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If you've ever wondered why any sort of visual effects on gear in Star Wars: The Old Republic would show up as blobs and messes...

Star Wars The Old Republic’s April Heralds of Victory update promises guild heraldry and character preview perks

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You know what I love about Star Wars The Old Republic? Well, a lot of things actually, but today I'm loving the fact that...

SpatialOS company Improbable reveals new AAA online multiplayer title helmed by SWTOR vet

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Back in January, after the dust of the SpatialOS vs. Unity spat had settled, Improbable and Crytek made an intriguing announcement: They were partnering...
Keeping your garden.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s not the MMO endgame – it’s the sudden stop at the end

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When I first pitched the Vague Patch Notes that ran a couple weeks back, it prompted a big long discussion with MOP's editor Bree...

The Stream Team: Don, SWTOR’s Exiled Knight

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Massively OP's Larry made an offer we couldn't refuse: He's taking us to meet Don, the Exiled Knight. MJ is excited to explore this...
It goes clicky.

Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem

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If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...

The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs

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Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...

The Stream Team: Eyes on the holocron prize of SWTOR’s evil jumping puzzle

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Thanks to whatever bugs and bad luck plagued them, Massively OP's Larry and MJ got through SWTOR's jumping puzzle only to be denied the...

SWTOR gives a skimpy roadmap while Star Wars Galaxies is remembered… in song form

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It's a two-for-one Star Wars special in this post today! A short post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums shed a very...

One Shots: Don’t look behind you!

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Oh man, you did it. You clicked on this column and brought a curse onto your head. Right now, something terrifying has materialized out...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)

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A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...

Massively Overthinking: Contending with the MMO genre’s ‘wowfugee’ crisis

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Last week on the MOP Podcast, we read a letter from a listener named Megan who pointed us to a blog post on the The...

Hyperspace Beacon: The Star Wars MMOs and communities beyond SWTOR

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Time flies: I am now coming up on nine years of covering Star Wars: The Old Republic professionally. Of course, I was a Star...
We're here! We're... that's it, actually.

Vague Patch Notes: On play conditioning and the lecture of experience in MMOs

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Yes, it's another week in which we talk about abstract concepts that underpin the way we play video games, this time inspired by a...
Oh, dang.

SWTOR’s Wretched Hive update sends players into the lair of the Geonosian Queen today

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The latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic, GU 5.10.1: The Wretched Hive, is live today, bringing with it a brand-new lair boss,...
DIVE

Global Chat: Anthem makes first contact with gamers

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The game on everyone's mind this month definitely has to be BioWare's Anthem. The studio's first new IP in a long time is a...

One Shots: Diet lightsabers

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I think it's about high time we got a Star Wars game in which lightsabers functioned properly as instruments that could melt or slice...
Guns hurt more when you're shot in the back, I can only use this gun for that, sorry, don't make the rules.

The Soapbox: A pre-mortem for Star Wars The Old Republic, a game that never knew what it had

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Would you believe that Star Wars: The Old Republic is shutting down? I'm going to bet that you could believe it, and I'm even going to bet...

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