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Hyperspace Beacon: Dear SWTOR community, keep being passionately casual
Star Wars: The Old Republic community, I listen to your podcasts and read your sites nearly everyday, but I realized that it’s been almost eight...
BioWare is fixing the SWTOR sub cartel coin allotment bug
Observant Star Wars: The Old Republic players have been noticing that cartel coins granted to subscribers haven't been accruing properly over part of the past year,...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG expansions vs. sequels
The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...
One Shots: Tokyo sunrise
"I've been playing The Secret World for about three years now, but even after all this time, I'm still regularly stopped in my tracks...
Superdata predicts China will buy up more western gaming publishers
Superdata has released a summary of its research on the worldwide digital games market for February 2016, claiming that the digital games market sales...
Hyperspace Beacon: The importance of pacing in a SWTOR roleplay event
Last time I talked about roleplaying in spite of game mechanics, I didn’t really get a whole lot of comments. I don’t know whether...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best cosmetics system?
Cosmetics, costumes, transmogrification, appearance tab -- whatever you want to call them, cosmetic systems are a big deal in MMORPGs in 2016. While you...
Massively Overthinking: The future of Daybreak
This week's Massively Overthinking topic revolves around the EverQuest Next cancellation, of course. MOP Patron Roger sent us 11 (!) questions to pick from....
SWTOR announces KOTFE Chapter 12: Visions in the Dark, due April 7
BioWare has just announced the next story chapter for Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion: Visions in the Dark.
"In Visions...
Global Chat: ARK invents new types of griefing
Just when you thought you've seen every type of online griefing known to man, here comes another. In An Age grouses about how ARK:...
Hyperspace Beacon: Should you resub for SWTOR: Disavowed?
Hello, friends. I hope you don’t mind my calling you that. I do respect my readers. Thankfully, most of you are rational and thoughtful....
Working As Intended: The fate of the MMORPG genre
I don't think I'm exaggerating to say that this past weekend was a strange one in the MMORPG community, when gamers across the wide expanse...
SWTOR posts storyline trailer for KOTFE: Disavowed
Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest Knights of the Fallen Empire chapter, Disavowed, went live for regular players this week, and now BioWare has...
Star Wars: The Old Republic developers expound on Eternal Championship and companion delays
Another month has arrived, another story chapter has gone live for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and another producer's livestream has happened. You can...
SWTOR Chapter 11: Disavowed is here, and Aric Jorgan has returned
Players' companion rosters in Star Wars: The Old Republic will be getting one stronger tomorrow, as Trooper companion Aric Jorgan joins the alliance for Chapter...
One Shots: Hook, line, and sinker
Personally, I don't get the appeal of fishing in MMOs, mostly because I get super-fidgety if I have to stand still in-game for long...
Massively OP’s guide to MMORPG death penalties
In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
Hyperspace Beacon: How to run a roleplay event in spite of SWTOR’s mechanics
I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...
The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?
Last week, Justin and IÂ answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
