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

Lord of the Rings Online is heading to Northern Mirkwood, Erebor, and Minas Morgul

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Don't get too comfortable in Mordor just yet, because Lord of the Rings Online is preparing to send its players to the far reaches...

LOTRO Legendarium: What the Amazon TV series means for Lord of the Rings Online

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If you haven't been paying attention to the television market over the past few years, you might have missed the fact that we are...

The Daily Grind: How can MMOs repurpose older zones?

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One of the best gaming experiences that I had this past year was going through the entirety of the Bingo Boffin storyline from start...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

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Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMORPG combat pet?

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As a die-hard fan of pet classes in MMOs, I've played just about any that were available in the games that I've tried. Naturally,...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate

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Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...

The Daily Grind: What older MMO systems do you wish devs would upgrade?

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Perhaps few things bug me so much as when developers introduce a meaty gameplay system into an MMORPG only to neglect or abandon it...

One Shots: The drinks are on us

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Last week's (last) call for tavern and inn images seemed to bring out the nostalgic in all of our readers. It certainly didn't take...
Swanky.

Lord of the Rings Online’s Mordor soundtrack is now available

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Months following the release of Lord of the Rings Online's climactic expansion comes the soundtrack to Mordor. Composed by Chance Thomas, this 16-track score...

DC Universe Online’s artifacts system goes live with GU76 today

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Game Update 76 descends upon the gloomy superhero world of DC Universe Online today. The headline feature going live after the big ol' maintenance?...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
Community organization is painful.

Halloween events across the MMORPG verse, 2017 edition

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Hey, you. Yeah, you, dude leeching candy from the bucket you bought "for the neighborhood kids." And you, lady still trying to decide between...

LOTRO Legendarium: Reviewing the Mordor soundtrack

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Here's a weird thing to admit: I was actually concerned when I heard that Lord of the Rings Online brought back Chance Thomas to...

LOTRO Legendarium: A shocking Halloween twist

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Two of my absolute favorite "inconsequential" elements of Lord of the Rings Online have to be the Haunted Burrow every Halloween and the whole...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO rules at Halloween events?

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I'm almost never happier in MMORPGs than when October rolls around. There's so much moodiness and festivities revolving around Halloween, thanks to developers' undying...

Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?

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Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing. "I once again wonder why...

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Mists of Ravenloft opens pre-orders, aims for December release

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The, ahem, bloodiest MMO expansion of 2017 is finally available to pre-purchase. Dungeons and Dragons Online opened up pre-orders today for Mists of Ravenloft,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.

The Stream Team: LOTRO’s Haunted Burrow is habit-forming

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October means that Massively OP's MJ can immerse herself in as many Halloween events as possible. And one really fun event is Lord of...

LOTRO Legendarium: Grading Lord of the Rings Online in 2017

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At the beginning of 2017, it seemed as though a mini-renaissance was brewing for Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games broke away...

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