Official Site:Â Dungeons and Dragons Online
Studio:Â Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â February 28, 2006
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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The Daily Grind: Should MMOs divorce experience from mob kills?
If you look at the wider field of computer RPGs, especially old ones, there's one very notable difference between their design and MMORPGs: Several...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as Jell-O flavors
During last year's April Fools' Day, I wrote about the important topic of MMO NPCs as muffins. At the time, I felt my work...
The Stream Team: Sailing in to Three-Barrel Cove in Dungeons and Dragons Online
MOP's Chris is continuing to feed his personal need for more Dungeons and Dragons Online! This time around, he'll be making his first foray...
Choose My Adventure: Plumbing the challenging Delera’s Tomb in Dungeons and Dragons Online
This week's Choose My Adventure ended up being a bit more challenging than I had expected it to be. Primarily because my level five...
Dungeons and Dragons Online makes it harder to spot dangerous situations
In an MMO that has legitimately lethal traps littered around its many instances, Dungeons and Dragons Online teaches patience, situational awareness, and the wisdom...
The Stream Team: Playing actual Dungeons & Dragons
So what happens when Massively OP's MJ can no longer play Dungeons & Dragons Online on D&D night because something is mega wrong with...
Choose My Adventure: DDO’s Catacombs offer a classic taste of the MMOs storytelling
Let me start this week's Choose My Adventure on something of a tangent - a parallel one, but a tangent nonetheless. If it wasn't...
The Stream Team: Delving into the Catacombs of Dungeons and Dragons Online
MOP's Chris is hosting another CMA Live stream today, and since his selected game is Dungeons and Dragons Online, that means it's time for...
Dungeons and Dragons Online adds a scavenger hunt in its latest hardcore season
Finding a hidden surprise in newly released content is fun, but it appears that some of that fun is being spoiled for players of...
Dungeons and Dragons Online kicks off its eighth hardcore season
"Permadeath" isn't a dirty word when it's said under the right conditions. And for a while now, those conditions have been present in Dungeons...
Choose My Adventure: Sludging through the Saltmarsh of Dungeons and Dragons Online
This week's Choose My Adventure episode was all about heading to a new-to-me area in Dungeons and Dragons Online: Saltmarsh. Trust me, it would...
Dungeons and Dragons Online offers players a brief look at some rewards for its next hardcore season
The newest hardcore season for Dungeons and Dragons Online is going live on May 17th, but before then Standing Stone Games used its usual...
The Stream Team: It’s One Dame Thing After Another in DDO
The latest round of giveaway codes in Dungeons & Dragon Online unlocked new missions for Massively OP's MJ. Even if she might be a...
Dungeons and Dragons Online creates a memorial for a late developer, preps the next hardcore season
Tucked into the patch notes for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 59.1 this week are a few items of importance.
For starters, Standing Stone Games...
Choose My Adventure: Adventuring in the Borderlands of Dungeons and Dragons Online
Now this place I remember. I'm pretty sure I've done this before for the site. Or have I done it in my off-time on...
Lord of the Rings Online activates new forums and Gwathrenost raid today
It's quite the big day for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with the release of the previously delayed Gwathrenost raid with Update 35.1.2....
LOTRO and DDO get brand-new forums tomorrow – here’s what to expect
While some MMO companies are busy shutting down their best form of communication and information for their games and replacing it with ephemeral third-party-hosted...
Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online immediately brings that tabletop goodness
It's still early days for this month's run of Choose My Adventure, but even so I can pretty much immediately confirm my earlier suspicions:...
One Shots: Gesundheit!
I can't imagine what it would be like to witness a T. Rex sneezing, but I can imagine that it wouldn't be a quiet,...
The Stream Team: Mired in Dungeons & Dragons Online Kobolds
MassivelyOP's MJ is a fan of Kobolds (she played a kobold in her favorite home-brew campaign for many years), and DDO has its share...
