Studio:Â Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â April 24, 2007
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
lord of the rings online
Official Site:Â Lord of the Rings Online
Studio:Â Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â April 24, 2007
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
Studio:Â Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â April 24, 2007
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Lord of the Rings Online reverses course on incomparable gear rollback compensation
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Lord of the Rings Online drops update 21, immediately rolls back upgrades
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LOTRO explains the conundrum of destroying the ring, announces Mordor soundtrack release
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Standing Stone defends LOTRO lootbox plans
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Players express anger over Lord of the Rings Online adding high-end gear to lockboxes
Long ago, Lord of the Rings Online first experimented with having stats on gear you can buy for real money. We bring this up...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
Lord of the Rings Online has hit the third wave of testing for its next major patch
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Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?
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Lord of the Rings Online tested Dungeons of Naerband and the Court of Seregost this past weekend
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The MMO Book Club votes between Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, DCUO, EverQuest, RuneScape, ArcheAge, and WoW
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It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
Jukebox Heroes: Music from Destiny 2, LOTRO, Absolver, Black Desert, and Champions Online
Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...
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One Shots: A bridge too far
One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...
Lord of the Rings Online invites players to test out two new dungeons
There was a bit of a problem with Lord of the Rings Online's first attempt to test its next two dungeons on the test...
LOTRO starts testing Mordor instance cluster, talks about its soundtrack and lore
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Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.
Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
