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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

The best Thanksgiving and Black Friday MMORPG deals

Bree Royce - November 23, 2016 0

Getcher credit cards ready, folks. It's time. (New additions are at the bottom!) The Secret World is part of the Humble Bundle this week; you can...

Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic

Justin Olivetti - November 22, 2016 0

I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...

One Shots: A home away from home

Justin Olivetti - November 20, 2016 0

If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...

Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history

Bree Royce - November 17, 2016 0

Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...

Sit down for an hour with the LOTRO devs

Justin Olivetti - November 12, 2016 0

There doesn't need to be a major release on the horizon to create an excuse to interview MMO devs, are we right? The crew...

The Stream Team: Checking into LOTRO’s Inn of the Forsaken

MJ Guthrie - November 10, 2016 0

You say you want another LOTRO stream? Massively OP's MJ has you covered! A couple friends are joining her for a trip to the...

Lord of the Rings Online enables premium housing upkeep

Eliot Lefebvre - November 9, 2016 0

If you've bought yourself a nice premium house in Lord of the Rings Online, you'd better be ready to keep the thing up. The...

Global Chat: How SWTOR could fix its expansion missteps

Justin Olivetti - November 8, 2016 0

Debate and discussion continue in the MMO blogosphere over SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion, with many writers criticizing the expansion's format and...

Massively OP’s guide to upcoming MMORPG expansions

Justin Olivetti - November 5, 2016 0

If there is one consistent inconsistency among MMORPG studios, it is that teams keep swinging back and forth on pursuing the expansion model. How...

Massively Overthinking: Our five favorite MMORPGs of all time

Bree Royce - October 27, 2016 4

Earlier this week, Redditor maxpower888 started an epic thread on the /r/mmorpg sub asking everyone to chime in and name his or her top five...

LOTRO mini-patch disables premium housing upkeep for the time being

Justin Olivetti - October 26, 2016 0

Following last week's release of Update 19 in Lord of the Rings Online comes the traditional "fix all the things we done broke in...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 88: Miles per hour

Justin Olivetti - October 25, 2016 0

Justin and Bree discuss AQ3D, Halloween, SWTOR, LOTRO, RIFT, and the health of the MMO market, with mailbag letters on the MMO endgame paradigm and SOTA vs. Camelot Unchained.

Lord of the Rings Online interview grapples with premium housing and evictions

Justin Olivetti - October 24, 2016 0

In an additional pair of interview segments, LOTRO Community Manager Cordovan tackles several topics of interest from the community, including personal loot systems, crafting...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016

Justin Olivetti - October 20, 2016 0

"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...

The Stream Team: Hobbits invade Lord of the Rings Online’s haunted burrow

MJ Guthrie - October 19, 2016 0

Why stick with haunted houses when you can have a haunted burrow? LOTRO's Halloween celebration includes dark and twisty tunnels that run beneath Bag...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 87: Rise of Stormblood Rising

Justin Olivetti - October 18, 2016 0

Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss FFXIV Stormblood, WoW, SWGEmu, The Secret World, Daybreak, SHSO, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on replacing SWG and retiring with MMORPGs.