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– Star Wars Galaxies
– Star Wars: The Old Republic
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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG articles of 2017
For this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked the writers to do something most of them hate: brag! We've tried to isolate our favorite personal...
Gaming industry roundup: SWBG2’s poor sales, Gambling Commission, slot machines, and parody games
Don't agree that lockboxes, lootboxes, and gambleboxes were the biggest story of the year? We've collected so many news tidbits just on that over...
SWTOR gradually responds to Update 5.6 credit exploit
A severe credit exploit that popped up following last week's Game Update 5.6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic has led to massive disruptions...
Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online
All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...
The Stream Team: Starting SWTOR’s Knights of the Eternal Throne
It finally happened! It took a year, but Massively OP's MJ and Larry have gone from character creation in SWTOR all the way through KOTFE....
The Daily Grind: What should SWTOR do to pull out of its funk?
Is it just me, or does Star Wars: The Old Republic seem to be in a serious funk this year? I mean, the game...
SWTOR delivers anniversary gifts, runs a holiday bonus XP event, and patches in a new warzone
Happy birthday SWTOR!
It has been six years since BioWare's MMORPG launched, and that means plenty of presents for everyone. In addition to previous year's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to make money in an MMORPG?
Writing about Star Wars Galaxies' emulator last week awoke in me a dormant desire to get back in there and make some pretend money....
The MOP Up: Heroes of the Storm mains Hanzo (December 10, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Amazon stops selling digital cards for Star Wars: The Old Republic
You can no longer purchase digital time cards or Cartel Coins for Star Wars: The Old Republic through Amazon. This is clearly a sign...
Crowfall’s crafting looks more and more like Star Wars Galaxies’
Hey crafters. Let's talk Crowfall for a minute. ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair explains today in a new dev blog that crafting in...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR, it’s time to destroy the Eternal Empire
Those players who were looking for consequence in their Star Wars: The Old Republic storyline can, I'm glad to say, look to Knights of...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017
As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is holding a Thursday livestream with author Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn is kind of a big deal for Star Wars fiction. Yes, he helped develop the most recent bit of Star Wars: The...
EA patches Star Wars Battlefront 2 as petition asking Lucasfilm to drop EA reaches 120K sigs
How hard is EA trying to salvage its rep hit from the Star Wars Battlefront 2 drama? It's hard to judge right now. This...
Star Wars Galaxies’ main emulator got a major infrastructure upgrade and the Village Jedi system
If you've not played on the original Star Wars Galaxies emulator in a season or two, it's probably escaped your notice entirely that its...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?
If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
EA caught in lie over Star Wars Battlefront II customization, brings lootbox madness to UFC 3
Among the controversy of EA's pay-to-win lockboxes in Star Wars Battlefront II emerges a rather reasonable question: Why didn't the studio create and use...
Are rank-and-file devs benefiting from MMO publisher ‘money-grabs’? Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs weighs in
Last week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote a (fantastic) Soapbox editorial arguing that Star Wars Battlefront II (and its concomitant monetization dust-up) is merely...
