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

The Stream Team: The MOP MMO Christmas album live

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Did you enjoy the MOP MMO Christmas Album? Do you wish there was a live version you could sing along with?  What if we...

The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017

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One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...

MMO Year in Review: Ship of Heroes abandons Kickstarter (April 2017)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...

The 2017 MOP MMO Christmas album

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Do you like to sing carols? That's one of my favorite things about this time of year! Christmas time is the best time for...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Holiday of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Holiday Event, which was awarded to The Secret World last year. This award...

The Daily Grind: What MMO rewards are you chasing this holiday season?

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One thing is always for certain this time of year: MMO players have their hands full with Christmas events, so much so that they...
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Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter

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So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...
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Massively OP’s Winter Holiday 2017 guide!

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It's that time of year again where the airwaves of certain radio stations are clogged with the same songs from the 1950s, television broadcasts...

The Stream Team: Frostbluff festivities in LOTRO

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Visiting the Frostbluff Christmas village in LOTRO is one of the favorite holiday activities of Massively OP's MJ. It's a beautiful setting where you...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 149: Bringing back the MMO magic

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, WoW, MMO holiday events, ArcheAge, the site awards, EverQuest, Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, RIFT, the Star Citizen lawsuit, and Funcom, with mailbag topics on horror MMOs and "iterating the magic away."

Jukebox Heroes: The 2017 Online Video Game Music Awards

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Oh, I can hear all of you out there, mewing with frustration that Massively OP hasn't yet announced the truly important awards yet this...

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2017?

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It's common wisdom among MMORPG players that player communities thrive in smaller games with lots of history, developer input, and social interaction. Games like...

Global Chat: Something fishy in these MMOs

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Fishing in MMOs: You either really get it or you really don't. Ancient Gaming Noob Wilhelm is among those who enjoys taking every opportunity...

Lord of the Rings Online welcomes you back to Winter-home with a new elk mount

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It's time to decamp from Mordor and return to the pristine pocket wonderland of Winter-home in Lord of the Rings Online. As of yesterday,...

Lord of the Rings Online’s big raid patch arrives sans raid

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Well, this is an awkward situation for all involved. Lord of the Rings Online released Update 21.3 on Monday, which was supposed to patch...

LOTRO delays raid rollout while Middle-earth card game is announced for PC

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It's a not-so-happy patch day for Lord of the Rings Online. The studio said that it won't be activating the new raid with the...

The MOP Up: Heroes of the Storm mains Hanzo (December 10, 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...

LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem

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One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....

Ask Mo: Counting the hits and misses of our 2017 predictions

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As we do every year, today we’re going to peer back into the depths of last year's staff predictions for the genre and the games...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?

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If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...

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