lord of the rings online

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

Global Chat: Fresh voices on the MMO blogging circuit

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It's August, which means that it's also Blaugust -- an annual celebration of blogging! For this month, experienced bloggers and newbies alike are joining...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 432: Palia breaks through to the other side

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Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.

The Daily Grind: Do you ever use MMOs to do things you can’t do in real life?

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My allergies have been so dreadful this spring and summer that I've really struggled - going outside literally means risking serious rashes as pollen...

Lord of the Rings Online highlights its new cash shop and flexible coupon system

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Lord of the Rings Online's fancy new storefront is the talk of the town this week... or, at least, the talk of this past...

LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s forests from maddening to awesome

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J.R.R. Tolkien famously loved nature, and that passion seeps into his creation of Middle-earth. To him, the great outdoors was not something to be...

LOTRO and DDO return to service after a full day of productive downtime

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While Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players had to go touch grass instead of play their MMOs yesterday, it...

Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past

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Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...

Albion Online’s new legendary items will be one-of-a-kind craftables with unique histories

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Albion Online's next big update is already set to be loaded with new content, and Sandbox Interactive is previewing yet another chunk of it...

LOTRO and DDO go offline for 23 hours to add new storefront, LOTRO adds River Hobbit starting instance

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Here's hoping that all you Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players have alternate sources of entertainment today because pretty...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 431: FFXIV Dawntrail and Path of Exile 2

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Justin, Eliot, MJ, and Chris discuss Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail at Fanfest and Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2 at ExileCon, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, AdventureQuest 3D, Astroneer, and Craftopia.

Lord of the Rings Online readies its revamped in-game storefront

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Lord of the Rings Online's ancient and creaky in-game store is about to get a high-gloss makeover come next Wednesday. Standing Stone Games announced...

One Shots: Dance like no one’s watching

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Let's kick off this week with period-appropriate disco music, fancy threads, and the coolest Orc you peons ever saw. Minimalistway is tearing up the...

Lord of the Rings Online players are putting on a ‘summer musical review’ this weekend

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Back in March, we covered the fabulous effort of a player-run theater troupe in Lord of the Rings Online to adapt Sondheim and Lapine's...
Now we're gundagood.

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO on the cusp of a crafting renaissance?

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There are a lot of big and interesting projects in the works for Lord of the Rings Online's Updates 37 and 38 -- too...

Obituary: Former Lord of the Rings Online lore-master Berephon has passed away

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Old school Lord of the Rings Online players may remember a developer by the name of Jonathan Rudder -- or as he was called...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing River-hobbits but delays (part of) the stat squish

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River-hobbits are back on the menu in Lord of the Rings Online, as the much-anticipated new racial variant was put on the test server...

Revisit Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock XV player mega-concert

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If you noticed that fewer Lord of the Rings Online players were actually questing and solving the problems of Middle-earth this past weekend, well,...

Lord of the Rings Online previews fall’s crafting ‘refresh’ and the new Mariner class

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While River-hobbits and stat squishes are getting major attention with Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Update 37, it hasn't stopped the studio or...

One Shots: Every character in Diablo IV looks really, really grumpy

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If there's any consistent theme in Diablo IV aside from a blatant attempt to make Lilith this year's Halloween cosplay template, it's that every...

Lord of the Rings Online just offered a first look at the new Hobbit premium housing

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Yesterday, Standing Stone Game's senior world designer Matt "Scenario" Elliot was kind enough to spend an hour showing off my next house in Lord...

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