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
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
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
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish could live forever?
You all know that I love my hypotheticals by now, so here's another one for our daily discussion period. Imagine that you have the...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMO roleplay servers
An MOP reader named Thierry recently pointed us to a brewing storm in the World of Warcraft Classic community: In a nutshell, the server...
Lord of the Rings Online warns Mac players not to update their operating system due to software compatability
If you're happy that we are collectively moving on to 64-bit systems (perhaps you're still really anxious about the impact of the 2038 problem),...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 240: Hypergank!
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Zenith, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, with mailbag entries on true MMO difficulty and cyberpunk MMOs.
One Shots: An oldie but a goodie
Last week's screenshot challenge to share pictures of older MMOs that still check out (visually, I mean) resulted in a small avalanche of Lord...
LOTRO Legendarium: Minas Morgul is off to a better start than Mordor
While we have known for a long while that this was coming, the official announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's 2019 expansion was...
LOTRO: Minas Morgul will take you back in time to the Second Age
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Lord of the Rings Online starts Minas Morgul pre-orders, rolls out Stout-Axe Dwarves
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The Daily Grind: What constitutes a ‘classic’ MMO to you?
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 239: Astellia ascending
Justin and Bree discuss Astellia, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge Unchained, WoW, LOTRO, PlanetSide Arena, and Project Gorgon, with a mailbag topic on making gaming more productive (or not).
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By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
Sea of Thieves celebrates talk like a pirate day with sweet Twitch loot
Dang, I almost forgot it was talk like a pirate day! If you aren't into LOTRO and World of Warcraft's take on the second-most...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing the new Stout-Axe Dwarves
Ever since we got word that a new Dwarf racial variant was on the way to Lord of the Rings Online, we've been curious...
The Daily Grind: How would you make a special MMO ruleset server?
Lately there's been some friction over in Lord of the Rings Online due to what players see as mishandling and miscommunication over the game's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 238: Ten years of free-to-play
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Bless, Book of Travels, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, WoW Classic & Retail, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on static endgames and genre labels.
Pirate holidays make landfall in LOTRO and World of Warcraft this week
Disclaimer: This author's family threw him a pirate-themed 30th birthday party and he walked the plank and it was definitely an amazing experience. Double...
LOTRO promises that Riders of Rohan won’t hit progression servers before next year
So back when Lord of the Rings Online originally launched the progression servers last November, Standing Stone Games said that it would unlock subsequent...
One Shots: What a view!
When you're visiting a California-class planet like Risa, you definitely need to bring along a few things. You'll want to pack sunscreen, a surprisingly...
LOTRO Legendarium: The bold life of a player chicken
When you get a little bored of the normal questing flow or dungeon hopping in Lord of the Rings Online, there are plenty of...
PSA: Lord of the Rings Online is slashing prices for the Helm’s Deep expansion
Lord of the Rings Online is notoriously reluctant to give any sort of price reductions for its expansions, so it's a good week indeed...
