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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

DDO and LOTRO suffer sub woes, LOTRO Issue 20 arrives this week

Justin Olivetti - March 20, 2017 16

How would you feel if you paid money to subscribe to an MMO, and the company took the money without delivering that sub? Probably...

LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances

Justin Olivetti - March 18, 2017 12

If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...

Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark

Justin Olivetti - March 15, 2017 12

Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...

LOTRO and DDO extend free gift promotions due to account bug

Justin Olivetti - March 14, 2017 6

Due to an issue with account management, Standing Stone Games has apparently decided to extend its dual giveaways in Lord of the Rings Online...

One Shots: No more worlds to conquer

Justin Olivetti - March 12, 2017 24

There's that special joy that every screenshotter knows when you're able to get that perfect angle, that photogenic pose, and then capture it for...

The Perfect Ten: A plague of MMO bears

Justin Olivetti - March 8, 2017 24

I have long been of the opinion that there are few more terrifying animals on this planet than bears. Sure, there are sharks, the...

LOTRO has begun testing Mordor’s front yard

Justin Olivetti - March 6, 2017 11

Update 20's testing is in full swing over at Lord of the Rings Online, so if you absolutely, positively cannot wait for the next...

One Shots: All dolled up

Justin Olivetti - March 5, 2017 20

It's always a crapshoot with our weekly screenshot challenges; sometimes they take off, and other times... not so much. But boy howdy did you...

LOTRO Legendarium: A guide to starting fresh in Lord of the Rings Online

Justin Olivetti - March 4, 2017 38

This past week, I received this letter from reader Thurro: "Your recent LOTRO resurgence has my interest, and from the sounds of you on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch

Justin Olivetti - February 28, 2017 15

Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.

DDO celebrates 11 years while LOTRO promotes its community

Justin Olivetti - February 24, 2017 5

On February 28th, 2006, Turbine branched out into a new franchise by launching Dungeons and Dragons Online. In the years that followed, DDO would...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 105: Samurai and Smedley

Justin Olivetti - February 21, 2017 8

Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's fanfest reveals, John Smedley's new Amazon studio, Path of Exile's expansion, Skyforge's console plan, and the Dociu/Taylor moves, with mailbag questions on level scaling and replacing favorite games.

The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?

Bree Royce - February 21, 2017 137

As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...

One Shots: I am no man!

Justin Olivetti - February 19, 2017 49

The big screenshot challenge last week was to capture action, not just still shots, in MMORPGs. This is tricker than it sounds, because you...

LOTRO Legendarium: Checking out LOTRO’s housing improvements

Justin Olivetti - February 18, 2017 13

Like probably most of the population of Lord of the Rings Online, I was initially interested in player housing when it first came out,...