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Former SWTOR dev talks about designing ethical lockboxes
An extensive Twitter thread from former Star Wars: The Old Republic lead systems designer Damion Schubert grappled with the timely and touchy topic of lockboxes and microtransactions...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG
Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.
Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate
Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...
Star Wars: The Old Republic proceeds with its United Forces server merge
Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of many Star Wars: The Old Republic servers and will soon see...
One Shots: The drinks are on us
Last week's (last) call for tavern and inn images seemed to bring out the nostalgic in all of our readers. It certainly didn't take...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has a free minipet and companion for you
Free expansions, free mounts, and free character slots. Star Wars: The Old Republic has been buttering its players up lately, and that trend is...
The Stream Team: Blowing up that blasted SWTOR Star Fortress
Just as the Star Wars movies come in threes, Massively OP's Larry and MJ's Star Fortress adventures come in threes. Today will be the...
Hyperspace Beacon: Datamining suggests big changes for SWTOR’s companions
It might be a little hypocritical of me to read into the datamined information from Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming patch 5.6, but...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
SWTOR has a round of ‘utility changes’ coming to classes in Update 5.6
Those who thought that all of the big class changes that have been rocking Star Wars: The Old Republic over the past few months...
Star Wars: The Old Republic gives more character slots to everybody
It's been a weird and woolly week for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with fans enjoying free expansions and mounts while gritting their teeth...
Star Wars: The Old Republic responds to fan concerns about the unexpected server move
Earlier this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic moved all of its game servers to the same location on the east coast. This made...
Writer Drew Karpyshyn reminisces about SWTOR’s Revan
Legendary BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is joining the celebration for this month's release of the classic Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox One. In...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track
Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane
We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
Star Wars: The Old Republic moves its servers to a location far, far away (from the west coast)
Ahead of the game's large-scale server merge, the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers have had their physical locations merged into one. It turns...
SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions
It's been a while since the classic RPGÂ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...
Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss
Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch its sixth major update since Knights of the Eternal Throne at the end of November. It will...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s return of the Star Fortresses
Because Massively OP's Larry and MJ killed things too fast last time and bugged the final boss out, they had to redo the first...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
