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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: My favorite MMO dungeons

Justin Olivetti - June 2, 2017 30

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,...

Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist

Bree Royce - June 2, 2017 27

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

Justin Olivetti - June 2, 2017 9

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

Eliot Lefebvre - June 1, 2017 20

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

Justin Olivetti - May 31, 2017 19

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...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy

Justin Olivetti - May 30, 2017 3

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

Justin Olivetti - May 25, 2017 4

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

Justin Olivetti - May 25, 2017 12

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

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best dungeon crawling experiences?

Justin Olivetti - May 24, 2017 94

Dungeons are deeply on my mind as of late, mostly because I've been missing doing them in MMORPGs. It's odd: In particular MMOs, I...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 118: Crowfall breaks up the band

Justin Olivetti - May 23, 2017 20

Justin and Bree discuss ESO Morrowind, Crowfall, Wild West Online, Destiny 2, Funcom financials, Star Citizen, SWTOR, Dreamfall Chapters, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on dating in MMOs.

LOTRO Legendarium: Bingo Boffin’s unexpected journey

Justin Olivetti - May 20, 2017 6

In addition to playing a lot of fantasy and sci-fi MMORPGs, I'm an avid reader of novels in the same genres. I never quite...

Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs

Bree Royce - May 18, 2017 144

Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...

Global Chat: Is Ashes of Creation worth backing?

Justin Olivetti - May 17, 2017 37

With all of the hullabaloo going on concerning Ashes of Creation and its Kickstarter campaign, a few bloggers are asking themselves whether or not...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more

Justin Olivetti - May 16, 2017 5

On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.