lord of the rings online

Official Site: Lord of the Rings Online
Studio: Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: April 24, 2007
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate

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Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Mordor patch is now in testing – check out the new regions

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Mordor comes at you fast, or so it seems with Lord of the Rings Online's next massive update. Standing Stone Games has followed up...

Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor reveals key expansion details

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The cat is out of the bag, and this year's Lord of the Rings Online expansion into the long-awaited country of Mordor is going...

LOTRO to reveal Mordor expansion and start beta testing this week

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By the week's end, Lord of the Rings Online players should know a lot more about the game's coming Mordor expansion -- and even...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 122: This Stormblood’s for you

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Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Stormblood launch, Destiny 2, ESO Morrowind, Anthem, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on patch numbering, fencing, and non-combat MMO progression systems.

LOTRO Legendarium: Mirkwood, the best zone no one remembers

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The other day I was continuing on with my Bingo Boffin adventures in Lord of the Rings Online when Mr. Boffin decided he was...

LOTRO players uncover secret anniversary quest

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While Lord of the Rings Online's anniversary began back in April, it is only now coming to completion with this week's addition of the...

Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!

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After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...

Global Chat: Why FFXIV is the most newbie-friendly MMO

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What's the most newbie-friendly MMO? According to Pete at Dragonchasers, it's Final Fantasy XIV. He's been pretty impressed by the support structure that the...

Global Chat: Getting a hit of that EverQuest nostalgia

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Ahh... smell that? Smells like a new batch of EverQuest nostalgia, served up to us as a fresh progression server. For some of the...

The MMO Book Club has opened another round of game voting

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Remember back in April when a group of Redditors decided to put together an MMO Book Club -- a community of MMO gamers who...

LOTRO Legendarium: Seven abandoned LOTRO features

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One of the hallmarks and attractions of MMORPGs is growth. These games, much like the characters that inhabit them, grow and change over time....

Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons

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It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
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Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist

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This time last year, I polled the Massively OP writers for their opinions on which MMOs had had the best year, or half year,...

LOTRO releases 10th anniversary soundtrack

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A week after announcing Composer Chance Thomas' return to score the upcoming Mordor expansion, Lord of the Rings Online revealed another musical treat. The...
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Choose My Adventure: Exploring the purpose and plan of this community column

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You are no doubt staring at the title image above and thinking to yourself that it really does not look like a Neverwinter screenshot....

LOTRO patch lays the foundation for its Mordor expansion

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We don't even know the name of this fall's Lord of the Rings Online expansion yet, but the game is already laying down the...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy

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Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.

LOTRO confirms Chance Thomas’ return to score Mordor, says it will be his ‘darkest’ work yet

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It was perhaps the worst-kept secret for Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Mordor expansion, but now it's officially confirmed: Composer Chance Thomas is...

LOTRO teases special announcement coming at noon today

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Fans of Lord of the Rings Online will want to tune in to a special dev livestream today at noon eastern for a special...

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