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 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?

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Andy, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Chronicles of Elyria, New World, SWTOR, FFXIV, RuneFest, Champions Online, and EverQuest, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, Elite, SWG Legends, and Animal Crossing, and a mailbag entry on Secret World Legends and maintenance-mode MMOs.

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 26 – now with race changes

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A week after Lord of the Rings Online posted its roadmap for the remainder of 2020, the fantasy game put Update 26 on the...

Global Chat: Becoming a bear in Wizard101

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You've created characters to play in MMOs, but have you ever actually wanted to be a permanent part of one? Tom Purdue over at...

One Shots: Fine, who needs you, planet?

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When a planet has stiffed you one too many times and yanked you around, it's time to put it at your back and head...

LOTRO Legendarium: Breaking down LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter

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It may be a month or two overdue, but the producer's letter for Lord of the Rings Online finally arrived this week. While we...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 266: Feline fine for April Fools

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Justin, Bree, Carlo, and Ben discuss April Fools, Elyon, Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, RuneScape, City of Heroes, World of Warships, SWG Legends, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, shortie races, and gaming disorder.

Massively Uplifting: Cake, coloring, and EVE Online’s PLEX4Good COVID-19 relief

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The news this past month has been infected with the novel coronavirus. It's everywhere we turn, and we can't escape it even if we...

LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter: Dwarves, weddings, PvP servers, Rohan housing, and more

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Lord of the Rings Online's tardiest producer's letter ever has finally arrived, six days into April, to give players a vision of what's to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 265: Delusions of Elyria

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Justin, Bree, MJ, and Mia discuss Chronicles of Elyria, Guild Wars 2, PSO2, Ashes of Creation, Saga of Lucimia, WoW Classic and Burning Crusade, with adventures in LOTRO, Revelation Online, Don't Starve Together, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on player housing and optional sub servers.

The Stream Team: Enjoying the outdoors with LOTRO’s spring festival

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Usually, springtime means a time to get outdoors and enjoy the fresh air, blooming flowers, and blossoming trees. But for Massively OP's MJ right...

Battle Bards Episode 165: LOTRO Composer Bill Champagne

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On this Very Special Edition of the Battle Bards, Lord of the Rings Online’s Bill Champagne sat down for an interview to talk about...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Hytbold experiment

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The landscape of any long-running MMORPG is bound to be littered with various developer experiments that were tried and later abandoned. Lord of the...

One Shots: Mining the safe, responsible way

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When it comes to the careful and meticulous extraction of natural resources from the planet, it pays great dividends to hew to our 32-point...

Massively Overthinking: What MMO topics have you changed your mind on over the years?

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On last week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering a fun question from MOP reader and listener Pieter about...
We are running out of roads.

Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online just made most content free for the next few weeks

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Just in this morning's roundup, the MOP commenters were debating whether and how to play Lord of the Rings Online during the virus-induced downtime...

Lord of the Rings Online spruces up its spring festival

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With all that's going on, it might be easy to forget that spring is here -- and with it, Lord of the Rings Online's...

The Stream Team: Ending Ill Omens in Lord of the Rings Online

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LOTRO's Ill Omens event is ending, and Massively OP's MJ wants to gather a few more tokens. That means she's heading into a number...

One Shots: Stitching a world together

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MMORPGs are well-known for featuring an entire Sonic series' worth of contrasting biomes. And while that's great for lovers of variety, the art teams...

Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home

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We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...

The Stream Team: Moving through Moria in LOTRO

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Massively OP's MJ has been taking part in LOTRO's Ill Omens event, but she's hit a big snag: She never finished enough epic questlines...

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