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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Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?
Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...
Check out the animations and look of Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Wood Elf
A new race added to an existing game like Dungeons & Dragons Online is a big deal, and it leaves players with lots of important...
World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons Online, and other MMOs celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day
It's time for everyone to once again pretend that saying "arr" after every sentence makes you sound like a nautical criminal, and internet culture...
LOTRO Legendarium: A new Lord of the Rings MMO enters the One Ring
It's a tale as old as time: Whenever an MMO starts getting up there in years and starting to show signs of age, you...
Daybreak announces new investment, new H1Z1 and EverQuest mobile titles, and a new esports arena
Today does seem to be the day for big financial bombshells, doesn't it? Turns out Daybreak had a card up its sleeve too. The...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most adorable mascot?
While not every MMO has one, mascots are an interesting phenomenon that some developers promote and communities latch onto during their time with the...
Dungeons and Dragons Online finally gets cloaks
There are roughly a billion options in Dungeons and Dragons Online from which to pick, but up until this point in time, the ability...
Leaderboard: Does an MMORPG’s publisher factor into whether you’ll play it?
I was genuinely surprised to see so many people flip out over August's reveal that Ashes of Creation will be using My.com as its...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the most needlessly obtuse stats
One of my favorite reviewers of tabletop RPGs at one point opined that percentile systems were one of the best tabletop mechanics possible, simply...
Lord of the Rings Online hypes up dragons, 64-bit client, and Minas Morgul
Last week's GenCon in Indy turned out to be a surprising source of information for fans of Standing Stone Games. First we found out...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 181: Some devs just want to watch the world tree burn
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft's lore drama, Star Citizen's stockpiling controversy, DDO's new expansion, Riot's MMO tease, Albion's Merlyn, and TESO's DLC, with mailbag entry on the Horde impact and SC's pay-to-win.
Dungeons and Dragons Online announces Sharn: City of Towers expansion and Tiefling race
At GenCon this weekend, Standing Stone Game announced a special surprise for Dungeons and Dragons Online fans:Â a brand-new expansion.
Sharn: City of Towers is coming...
Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs
Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Dungeons and Dragons Online tells tales of the White Plume Mountain
Whether you're chaotic evil or lawful good, there is always more adventure ahead of you in Dungeons and Dragons Online! Game Update 39 has...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Dungeons and Dragons Online tests patch with birds of prey and ‘wizards run amok’
It's high summer, and in Dungeons and Dragons Online that means it is time to pack up, leave the city, and set a destination...
One Shots: My name is Captain Vanity
As I'm off on vacation this week, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to cull through the previous One Shots comment...
Global Chat: A starting point for WoW Classic
The recent announcement of WoW Classic's starting point -- Patch 1.12 -- started to make the prospect of this legacy server a lot more...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006
By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
