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

One Shots: Castle Redskull

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As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online takes much-needed steps forward

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I don't know about you, Lord of the Rings Online fans, but I am really, really digging these quarterly producer's letters. It feels like...

LOTRO is making tons of expansion content permanently free, adding a new Hobbit zone

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Hey, do you like free stuff? Lord of the Rings Online's March 2022 producer letter has arrived, and it's promising tons of free stuff...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best animal taming mechanics?

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I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back that made me all nostalgic for Ultima Online. The player was looking for MMOs...

Lord of the Rings Online studio says payments from Russia are blocked

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Due to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine and the sanctions levied at Russia, it's become difficult to make any purchases in Lord of...
Ah, no.

Lord of the Rings Online welcomes spring with its annual festival

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With the weather around here vacillating between "balmy and welcoming" to "blizzard warning" on a daily basis, I know that spring is moving back...
Space boats.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you returned to more than any other?

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I learned a while back that I really need to stop making bold proclamations that, "I'm leaving this game for good, and I mean...

One Shots: My best buddy and me

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One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...
Why don't you trust us?

Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?

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Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...

Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs

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In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...

LOTRO opens Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra T3 this week, plus check out this amazing player-made map

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Lord of the Rings Online is unleashing its 32.0.3 patch today, and while that's perhaps not the most exciting name, there's still some good...

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO beginner zone?

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When it comes to MMO nostalgia, is there anything greater than the places where you first stepped foot into the game? Beginner zones not...
Sad elk in snow.

LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online

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Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...

One Shots: Murder palaces are always so inviting

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The Secret World was always good at creating spaces that you take one look at and go, "Nope! Not going to walk in there!...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?

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The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....

Lord of the Rings Online’s Shadowfax server moves into Rohan

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Lord of the Rings Online's super-speedy server is now riding, not walking, toward Mordor. That's because Shadowfax has now unlocked the horse-crazy expanse of...
Sometimes you know there's an ongoing story.

Lord of the Rings Online patch adjusts legendary item rewards and new raid

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Lord of the Rings Online players will log in later today to a game mildly improved from where they last left it. Update 32.0.2...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends added apartments to Bespin to celebrate its sixth year as a rogue server

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Last spring, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dazzled Star Wars fans with the introduction of the planet Bespin and Cloud City, but...

Standing Stone Games ‘curious’ about how Lord of the Rings Online works on Steam Deck

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As a possible console edition of Lord of the Rings Online tantalized the imaginations of the game's loyal community, this past week's launch of...

Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?

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To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...

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