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A few weeks ago I embarked on an experiment that I had hoped would make for a fascinating column. Basically, I created a brand-new...

Welcome back to another quick roundup from the land of games industry business... Remember in 2016 when former World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo...

My very first memory of Dantooine was surprisingly its first real appearance in a video game at all. Star Wars Galaxies imagined Dantooine as...

This week's Choose My Adventure piece is a homecoming for me. I was one of the folks who was all in on Star Wars:...

Things in Star Wars: The Old Republic-land are getting a little more feisty recently. First there's the Onslaught expansion due in September, which Larry...

Star Wars fans are in mourning tonight as the original actor behind everyone's favorite walking carpet Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, is now one with the...

The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...

Yesterday we covered some of the MMO industry's goings-on for this weekend's Star Wars-themed May the Fourth Be With You festivities, characterizing the fun...

Mayday! May Day! Danger ahead! Now that Massively OP's Larry and MJ's heart rates have finally gotten back to normal, they are ready to...

You know, I'm not a holiday person generally, but for May 4th, I'll make an exception, as it's for Star Wars. As in May...

I've often wondered to myself why there seem to be so many in-development MMORPGs that stubbornly and desperately cling to the idea of the...

Back in February, we covered Star Wars Galaxies Legends' intent to include Bespin - that'd be the gas giant where Lando's Cloud City is...

A lot of stuff is arriving in Star Wars: The Old Republic with its next expansion, Onslaught. There's a new playable race (Nautolans), two new planets...

I am not sure who first coined the term murderhobo, but I know I personally picked it up from Massively and MOP alum Jef...

I guess James Ohlen isn't totally out of game dev quite yet. After announcing his retirement in July of 2018 and then going on...

Is it rogue server week or something? Fans have now announced another privately run Star Wars Galaxies server, this one called SWG: Beyond. Longtime fans...

I don't know whether people have guessed by now, but a lot of the City of Heroes screenshots we use here on Massively OP...

I'm going to let you in on a very big and also very obnoxious secret. All right? No one is going to like hearing...

Before the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina, millions of voices were crying out in terror: "We are never going to get any...

One little, two little, three little datacrons; twenty little, thirty little, forty little datacrons... Massively OP's Larry and MJ are still touring the SWTOR galaxy...