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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 Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online

Justin Olivetti - August 6, 2016 0

I suppose there will always be a special place in my heart for Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it one of...

Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs

Bree Royce - July 28, 2016 0

This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us: "If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...

Lord of the Rings Online patch fixes a few issues with its newest raid

Justin Olivetti - July 27, 2016 0

Now that players have had the better part of a month to throw their corpses at the new Throne of the Dread Terror raid...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 75: Future oracles

Justin Olivetti - July 26, 2016 0

Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Guild Wars 2, Shards Online, LOTRO & DDO, FFXIV, Black Desert, and more, with a mailbag question on boosting GW2 characters.

LOTRO’s Weatherstock takes the stage this Saturday

Justin Olivetti - July 21, 2016 0

Lord of the Rings Online's long-running player concert series is poised to make a triumphant return this weekend with Weatherstock VIII. "Weatherstock is the largest...

Lord of the Rings Online has ‘big’ plans for Mordor

Justin Olivetti - July 21, 2016 0

Hold fast to hope, Lord of the Rings Online players, for Turbine has not forgotten about you. Following a revelation that a possible expansion...

Dungeons and Dragons Online teases possible third expansion

Justin Olivetti - July 20, 2016 0

Believe it or not, a third expansion for Dungeons and Dragons Online could be in the cards for the fantasy game. Responding to players' concern...

Lord of the Rings Online lets players collect stable-masters

Eliot Lefebvre - July 19, 2016 0

There's a lot of ground to cover in Lord of the Rings Online. Players have made their ways across large stretches of Middle-Earth, and...

Lord of the Rings Online players wear yellow to honor a fallen friend

Justin Olivetti - July 11, 2016 0

This past weekend you might have seen a particular hashtag pop up on Twitter, #YellowforTinki, and wondered what it meant. Apparently it was in...

Massively Overthinking: What’s never going to happen in your favorite MMO?

Bree Royce - July 7, 2016 0

Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's...

Turbine layoffs confirmed: Turbine is transitioning into a ‘mobile’ dev studio

Bree Royce - July 7, 2016 0

We've updated the end of this post with Warner Bros.' statement to us. It sounds as if Turbine may have been hit with another round...

Lord of the Rings Online’s first raid in almost three years goes live today alongside housing tweaks

Bree Royce - July 5, 2016 0

Lord of the Rings Online's 18.2 update goes live today; in fact, the servers should be up shortly after this article is published. Notably, today's...

The Daily Grind: Did you buy any MMOs during the Steam sale?

Bree Royce - July 4, 2016 0

Steam's big summer sale is over today -- about five hours from the time this post goes live, smack in the middle of 4th-of-July...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 71: Falling to the Force

Justin Olivetti - June 28, 2016 0

Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR's Dark vs. Light campaign, plus ESO, WoW, SOTA, WildStar's character boosts, EQII's $400 guild halls, and LOTRO's new raid, with a mailbag question on the Steam summer sale.

Lord of the Rings Online explains how it’s building its first raid in nearly three years

Bree Royce - June 24, 2016 0

Well here's a nice Friday surprise: A Lord of the Rings Online dev diary, all official-like! Turbine Content Designer Ryan “Pinion” Penk previews the raid...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best thief class in an MMORPG?

Bree Royce - June 21, 2016 0

Back in April, I wrote a Daily Grind about MMORPG classes we hate to play, and rogues and thieves topped my list. But I...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a movie next?

Bree Royce - June 20, 2016 0

Now that the Warcraft movie is out and about and apparently its handlers are contemplating sequels, I have a burning question for you: Which MMO would...