Megacorp known to MMO gamers primarily for its ownership of BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA has previously been the steward of Mythic Entertainment (which in turn once controlled Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot) as well as The Sims Online, Warhammer Online, and Dawngate.
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Almost-28-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online just opened a Discord and patched in a new event
The grandfather of MMORPGs has fallen! No, I don't mean Ultima Online is sunsetting, heaven forfend. I mean it's opened an official Discord.
"We have...
Star Wars The Old Republic fixes numerous dynamic encounter issues with its latest patch
Somehow, Star Wars The Old Republic has gotten another patch. All right, that is perhaps not actually a surprise; the game's Dynamic Encounters are still...
Perfect Ten: Awful things I don’t miss about 2000s-era MMO gaming
Nostalgia is a tricky beast to ride. It can unlock all sorts of blissful memories, bring us back to old favorites, and reclaim a...
MMO Business Roundup: SAG-AFTRA’s victory, Ubisoft’s shame, Embracer’s leadership
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Voice actor strike: The voice actor union SAG-AFTRA, whose strike against the major...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember your very first mount in an MMORPG?
In response to one of our articles on Villagers and Heroes, MOP reader Wishful Maybe remarked on the game's age, saying, "I still remember...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online preps a five-part Rifted Crown event
Ultima Online's Publish 120 is chugging away on the test server -- and with it a five-part event called The Rifted Crown that sounds...
MMO Hype Train: Palia’s been given a chance to flourish — and it has
Sometimes it takes more than one run at an MMORPG or online game for it to click with you. There are titles that have...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal gateway game for MMORPGs?
If you're a veteran MMORPG player, it's pretty likely that you came to MMORPGs through one of a handful of ways that I can...
Massively Overthinking: Is Dune Awakening an MMO, MMORPG, survivalbox, or something else?
In this week's Massively Overthinking, we have a very simple question on deck in honor of Dune Awakening's headstart: What the heck is it?...
Dune Awakening’s $70+ headstart has officially begun – are you playing?
If you shelled out for either of the two largest Dune Awakening preorder packs, your time has come! No, literally, your time to play...
The Daily Grind: Is there something that used to be hard for you in MMOs that now seems easy?
When I was a wee lass in the early days of MMORPGs, I was extreme nervous about jumping into roles I had no familiarity...
One Shots: A time to reflect
Your pause to read this week's One Shots -- the modern version of the ol' weekly funnies in the newspaper -- is a good...
Star Wars The Old Republic deploys Update 7.7: Dynamic Worlds today – but you’ll have to wait on the story
A big Star Wars: The Old Republic game update without a story is kind of like Christmas without the presents -- still quite serviceable...
One Shots: The Bridge of Nope
Minimalistway hit upon an absolute truth with this Star Wars: The Old Republic pic, saying, "How terrifying it will be if we have bridges...
Star Wars The Old Republic is launching patch 7.7 Dynamic Worlds on May 28
The time is almost here for fans of Star Wars The Old Republic, as patch 7.7 has been confirmed to be landing on May...
Electronic Arts’ return-to-office mandate spurs confusion and worry among games workers
The employees of Electronic Arts - the ones still remaining after recent mass layoffs, anyway - are facing another problem from the developer and...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a hard time playing the ‘baddie’ in an MMO?
A while back a few of us were talking about Grand Theft Auto Online, and I shared how I've never much wanted to play any of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 518: Too much horsing around
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Equinox Homecoming's early access, Dune Awakening's beta, Neverwinter's Red Harvest, the former Cryptic MMOs' journey to Discord, Pax Dei's layoffs, and SWTOR's 7.7, with adventures in Palia, Lost Skies, Tower United, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus a mailbag topic on emulators we don't talk about.
One Shots: What the Dwarves saw that awful day
Katriana kicks off our festivities today with this harrowing shot of Dwarves digging too deep: "My friends and I met a dragon (again) in...
Here’s what’s coming in Star Wars The Old Republic’s Update 7.7 Dynamic Worlds
The love for Star Wars The Old Republic seems as if it's on the rise these days, especially following a May 8th developer livestream...
