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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Massively Overthinking: Why and how we mod our MMORPGs
Last week, the MOP team was sitting around in our virtual offices, talking about modding Elder Scrolls Online, all because some of our readers...
Miracle-Gro asks gamers to film gardening in games from Stardew Valley to Minecraft
This is such a weird crosspromo that I literally dropped what I was doing to write it up because I know this is gonna...
EA wants to try in-game advertising again, but promises a ‘thoughtful’ approach this time
This year has already provided all kinds of CEO-level lunacy, so what's one more to the pile, right? This latest case of C-suite brainworm...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
The Daily Grind: Are you optimistic or pessimistic about SWTOR’s future?
We are in an interesting season with Star Wars: The Old Republic -- and no, I'm not talking about a PvP or Galactic Conquest...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 468: Give ’em Helldivers 2
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR's update 7.5, Daybreak's headcount, the Helldivers 2 fiasco, and freebies from Elder Scrolls Online and DDO, with adventures in SWG Legends and LOTRO, plus mailbag topics on why we haven't had a new blockbuster MMORPG in a while and whether MMOs will return to an era of experimentation.
Second Wind: V Rising’s 1.0 build is a fangtastic revamp of the vampire survival sandbox
It doesn't seem possible that V Rising burst onto the scene almost two years ago, but here we are. I sometimes struggle to get...
Global Chat: How much is Fallout 76 benefiting from Amazon’s Fallout series?
MMO blog Tales of the Aggronaut looked at the recent phenomenon of Amazon's popular Fallout series and any correlating increase in the games' populations,...
Osiris New Dawn returns from the dead with ‘enhanced expedition update’ and apologies for silence
Back in April, we were genuinely surprised to see Osiris New Dawn return from the dead, though given a name like that, we should've...
Warhammer Online Return of Reckoning begins public testing of combat updates and class tweaks
The world of Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning is a pretty fighty place. That's not really a surprise considering the setting of...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends celebrates May the Fourth with boosts, Ugnaughts, and a Prima guide giveaway
In case the internet has somehow not already baked this into your brain, tomorrow is May the Fourth and Sunday is Revenge of the...
Star Wars The Old Republic celebrates May the Fourth with a free Phantom Menace BX-24 droid
Last night, the Star Wars The Old Republic team dropped a massive preview of its 7.5 update, which includes everything from a farming system...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5, Desperate Defiance, includes a farming system and solo Ventures
We don't have a hard launch date, but Star Wars The Old Republic's Update 7.5 has a name and a face, as revealed by...
The Daily Grind: How do you define ‘old-school’ MMORPGs?
One of the topics that comes up every year come award time is how we decided which MMORPGs are old enough - whether by...
One Shots: …and that’s how I became hoarse
While you may be completely freaked out when confronting an enemy six times your size, it's important not to show fear. In fact, one...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a feature or item in MMORPGs you won’t play without?
I was jolted into a near panic earlier this past weekend when I saw a tweet from Lord of the Rings Online in which...
Dark Age of Camelot invites MMO gamers to its 11th Caledonia leveling catch-up event
Sharpen your pitchforks, dust off your billy clubs, and restock your quiver -- Dark Age of Camelot is calling you into action once more...
The MOP Up: FFXIV recaps its PAX East appearance
In case you missed it in person, you can catch up with all of Final Fantasy XIV's PAX East 2024 developments in a recap...
One Shots: From sunrise to sunset
When the sun peeks over the horizon and another promising day is upon the MMORPG traveler, certain protocols are to be observed. Potions are...
