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

LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini

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As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...

Global Chat: Which MMO developer do you most appreciate?

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Recently, Ravalation carried on an annual blogger tradition called Developer Appreciation Week. During this week, gamers would put aside their usual vitriol and criticism...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 114: Moving to the big city

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Ashes of Creation, Carbine, Marvel Heroes, and Project Gorgon, with mailbag questions on the joys of Trove and the plight of MMO pets.

Lord of the Rings Online celebrates 10 years with stream at noon

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Lord of the Rings Online is currently in the middle of its 10th anniversary celebrations, only somewhat darkened by the grumbling over the event's...

The Stream Team: Lord of the Rings Online turns 10!

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For 10 years fans have been able to wander through the beauty of Middle-earth thanks to Lord of the Rings Online -- 10 years...

One Shots: Lights, camera, frogs!

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Just because you happen to be a humanoid frog doesn't mean that you've lost at the lottery of life. On the contrary, you have...

LOTRO devs address anniversary event uproar

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While Lord of the Rings Online players are flitting all around Middle-earth to complete the brand-new scavenger hunt cards, not everyone is happy with...

LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth

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The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....

The Daily Grind: Do you want weekly MMO quest releases?

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In the next week or so, Lord of the Rings Online will be kicking off its 10th anniversary with a new "scavenger hunt" that...

Here are two great guides for the new LOTRO anniversary scavenger hunts

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Yesterday, Lord of the Rings Online kicked off its momentous 10th Anniversary celebration with fireworks, dragon kites, and a brand-new series of scavenger hunts...

LOTRO kicks off 10th anniversary celebration, more musical retrospectives

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It might not be Lord of the Rings Online's technical birthday quite yet, but the 10th anniversary celebrations are all ready underway as of today....

Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs

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Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.

LOTRO composer shares behind-the-scenes stories of the soundtrack

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In case you missed it in the 10th anniversary post earlier this month, Lord of the Rings Online is bringing back famed composer Chance...

Massively OP’s spring and Easter MMORPG event roundup

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Bunnies and eggs! Flowers and grass! Lots and lots of chocolate as we hoard every Cadbury thing we can find! (Or maybe that's just...

Lord of the Rings Online plans two-month nostalgia hunt for 10th anniversary

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Don't expect the same-old fireworks display from Lord of the Rings Online as it hits its 10th birthday this month. Well, there will be...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes

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After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...

LOTRO Legendarium: Playing second fiddle to the Fellowship

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Back when Lord of the Rings Online was being developed as Middle-earth Online in the late 1990s, the original concept was to plop players...

The MOP Up: Scorpio’s doomsday device (April 9, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

The Stream Team: Frolicking in LOTRO’s spring festival

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Massively OP's MJ is pretty happy that LOTRO extended its spring festival another week, giving her more time to go frolic in the festivities....

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