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

Massively OP Podcast Episode 104: WoW Token resistance

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WoW tokens, Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 2, and Revelation Online, plus financials on Blizzard, NCsoft, Nexon, Square, and Funcom, with a mailbag question on playing what you love vs. going with the crowd.

Global Chat: Get over the lockbox debate already

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One of the largest and most enduring arguments of the MMO genre is the purpose, legality, and profitability of so-called lockboxes in games. We've...

One Shots: The power of pink hair

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Wherever there is trouble, Manastu Utakata will be there to fight it with her lightning-fast screenshot button and trademark pink hair. Villains, start running right...

Dungeons and Dragons Online hands out free battle companion to all subscribers

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One thing is for certain these days: Standing Stone Games really wants your business and loyalty, and it is not above a little bribery...

The Daily Grind: Which no-housing MMORPG needs housing the most?

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During our Elder Scrolls Online housing stream earlier this week, Larry and I joked about World of Warcraft's half-hearted and ineffective attempts to satisfy...

Tamriel Infinium: Four reasons Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead tops other MMO housing

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Traditionally, in this Tamriel Infinium column, I have been extremely critical of The Elder Scrolls Online, and I promise you, I'm sure I'll lob criticism...
Hey-nonny-nonny, it's time for another song you skip over!

Choose My Adventure: LOTRO in hindsight, WildStar ahead

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Writing about Lord of the Rings Online is an odd experience for me because the reality is pretty simple: I don't like the game...
Morrowind, feat. Westly's Orcs

Massively OP Podcast Episode 103: Back to Morrowind

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Justin and Bree discuss ESO Morrowind and Homestead, PWE, SolForge, Conan Exiles, DDO, Marvel Heroes, LOTRO, and SWTOR, with reader mail on WildStar and Hero's Song.

LOTRO’s housing changes arrive on Monday

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One of the biggest changes to Lord of the Rings Online's housing system in years is arriving on Monday, giving Hobbit interior decorators something...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10 things we know about the Mordor expansion

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We are one month into 2017, and already the MMO genre is brimming with anticipation over several upcoming expansions. One of those has no...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most notable copycat MMORPG of all time?

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A few weeks ago, I logged into Lord of the Rings Online for the first time in what I think is a few years....
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: MMO NPC lives from best to worst

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The lives of NPCs are unpleasant within MMOs. Imagine coming into existence knowing that you are forever doomed to perform one singular function, one...
This wasn't really what you cared about anyway, right? Right.

Battle Bards Episode 91: Forest Tales

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Take a stroll through the trees and become totally lost in the foliage, drinking in the sounds of the forest with today’s show, as...
Gallop polling! I slay me.

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up in Lord of the Rings Online

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What is with me and ending this feature in slightly snowy pine-forested woodlands? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to happen twice...

The Daily Grind: Have any 2017 previews sucked you back into MMOs?

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One thing I look forward to at the start of every year is seeing all of the producer's letters, states of the game, and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 102: Sailing into the future

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Justin and Larry discuss LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Star Trek Online, Asheron's Call, H1Z1, Black Desert, and Guild Wars 2, with a special Bree monologue about the new comment system.

LOTRO’s Mordor expansion will take place after the destruction of the One Ring

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When Lord of the Rings Online players finally step foot into the dreaded land of Mordor this summer, they will make one shocking discovery: The...

Global Chat: Interior decorating in MMORPGs

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With Elder Scrolls Online's new housing system coming early next month and LOTRO testing out some much-needed housing improvements, homemaking seems to be a...
Where you at, ArenaNet?

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?

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In Andrew's retrospective of Asheron's Call 2 last week, he mentioned that the game had a music system, something I'd long since forgotten, if...

LOTRO saddles a free horse for VIP members

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To both reward current subscribers and encourage new ones to hop on board, Lord of the Rings Online is gifting VIP accounts with a...

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