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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

LOTRO ushers in the Siege of Minas Tirith

Justin Olivetti - October 27, 2015 36

Lord of the Rings Online players have finally made it to one of Middle-earth's most famous metropolises: Minas Tirith. Today the game has released Update...

LotRO’s Siege of Minas Tirith update ‘coming soon’

Jef Reahard - October 23, 2015 22

Turbine has published a website update that previews Lord of the Rings Online's Update 17, otherwise known as the Siege of Minas Tirith. The patch...

LOTRO bribes players to test new datacenter

Justin Olivetti - October 22, 2015 26

Lord of the Rings Online is calling its playerbase to jump on the Bullroarer server this Saturday to help test out a new datacenter...

LOTRO players host RP and music event this Saturday

Justin Olivetti - October 16, 2015 19

If you don't have plans this Saturday, consider swinging over to Lord of the Rings Online, where a group of players will be holding...

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Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)

Eliot Lefebvre - October 15, 2015 80

Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...

Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?

Justin Olivetti - October 6, 2015 79

World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...

Battle Bards MMO music podcast goes on an endless journey

Justin Olivetti - October 6, 2015 5

Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns for its 60th episode in which the co-hosts explore the theme of "endless...

Check out preview videos for the next Lord of the Rings Online update

Eliot Lefebvre - October 5, 2015 36

Minas Tirith is a big deal in Lord of the Rings Online; everything bringing player characters closer to Mordor is important, and Minas Tirith...

Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions

Bree Royce - October 1, 2015 63

In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...

LotRO’s latest patch tosses errant quest pies and bumps store town services to 6 hours

MJ Guthrie - September 30, 2015 17

Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16.5 may not introduce any world-shattering additions to the game (who wants a broken world anyway?), but...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks

Justin Olivetti - September 29, 2015 38

I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...

Pay for your Hobbit’s needs in LOTRO with Subway gift cards

Justin Olivetti - September 24, 2015 30

A revised Lord of the Rings Online cash shop is coming soon to the game with many improvements, not the least of which will be...

One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!

Justin Olivetti - September 20, 2015 25

"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...

The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home

Justin Olivetti - September 13, 2015 20

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

LotRO’s free server transfers start on September 14

Jef Reahard - September 11, 2015 29

Server transfers for Lord of the Rings Online officially begin on September 14th. Per a dev post published yesterday on the game's official forums, players...

Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG

Bree Royce - September 3, 2015 122

Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...

Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time

Justin Olivetti - September 1, 2015 63

In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...