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

Global Chat: EverQuest hits the quarter-century mark

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There's no way that The Ancient Gaming Noob would miss out on EverQuest's 25th anniversary: "So there is a lot going on if you...
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Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins

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Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 462: Awaiting Brighter Shores

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Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest's 25th birthday, Brighter Shores' announcement, Star Citizen's 1.0 tease, SWTOR's date night patch, Elder Scrolls Online's DLC, and LOTRO's Update 39, with adventures in ESO and LOTRO, plus two mailbag topics relating to the crafting show.

SWTOR’s Building a Foundation update arrives today with date nights and a new stronghold

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Couldn't get a date to the prom in high school? Weirdly enough, Star Wars: The Old Republic has you covered as it brings good...

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s date night patch goes live on Tuesday

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Don't be deceived by the over-abundance of decimal points -- Star Wars: The Old Republic's Update 7.4.1 will be fully operational and chock-full of...
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Perfect Ten: MMOs where you can play as robots and cyborgs

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Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...

One Shots: Slice me a chunk of that moon cheese, would ya

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You have to love the absolute hubris of Jedi in Star Wars because there's no object that they don't think they can levitate, smash,...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records

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I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...

SWTOR initiates a pirate-laden PvP season as S5 Pirate’s Plunder begins

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Star Wars has had its fair share of pirates and scoundrels over the years, and for 12 weeks this winter, SWTOR players are invited...

One Shots: What am I looking at here?

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Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...
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Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...

Star Wars The Old Republic releases a teaser trailer for its upcoming lovey-dovey Date Night missions

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We're not sure how many Star Wars: The Old Republic fans had "repeatable cinematic romance missions" on their bingo cards when the MMORPG traded...

One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship

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I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...

SWTOR teases GU 7.4.1 Building a Foundation’s Copero Stronghold and Date Night romance content

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The BioWare-turned-Broadsword team behind Star Wars The Old Republic is once again heading to Twitch to outline the game's immediate future, which includes GU...

One Shots: Sky control to Major Tom

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I have to imagine that there's no more stressful job in a galaxy far, far away than being an air traffic controller for Coruscant....

Massively Overthinking: Do you care more about MMO stats or looks?

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This week's Massively Overthinking is fully inspired by the unicorn backpack meme, which Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss tweeted out last week with the caption "stats over looks any day." You know we have to talk about this.

The Stream Team: Going after SWTOR’s latest achievements

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Caught up on the newest story, all that's left for Massively OP's Larry is a few little side quests and the newest achievements. Although...

Loric Games, founded by Mythic vets, picks up fresh investment and Jeff Hickman to build a survival game

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Remember back in 2022, when we first learned a trio of Mythic vets - Brian Johnson, Ray Soto, and Mythic co-founder Rob Denton -...

The Stream Team: The second half of SWTOR’s Chains in the Dark

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How can Massively OP's Larry and MJ be unhappy that SWTOR's latest content is long enough to fill multiple streams? In fact, they are...
Forever and ever.

End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024

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As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...

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