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

These LOTRO community videos will make you want to play the game again

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I'll admit to a super-soft spot when it comes to Lord of the Rings Online. It's my home MMO, I talk about it way...
We have Thanos at home.

Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?

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If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...

Lord of the Rings Online opens free Anor transfers and packs its bags for Devcom

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Lord of the Rings Online's first progression server is winding down toward its closure at the end of the month. As part of this...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 384: The World of Warcraft we’ll never see

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard's financials, the canceled WoW mobile MMO, LOTRO remastered, the Riot MMO, and Legends of Aria's monetization, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus a voicemail wishing for an MMO amnesia button.
BORK BORK BORK

Lord of the Rings Online brings around the Farmers Faire once more

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It's time to celebrate summer in Lord of the Rings Online, and what better way to celebrate than with the Farmers Faire? There is...

Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?

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In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...

Lord of the Rings Online is working on ‘remastered’ graphics, delving, and alt leveling path

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While Lord of the Rings Online is down a producer, it still has an executive producer overseeing the vision of the long-running MMO. Yesterday,...

LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking the new class/race combos by excitement factor

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As we trek through the dog days of summer, the most exciting thing on the horizon for Lord of the Rings Online has to...

Middle-earth Enterprises sends cease-and-desist letter to LOTRO rogue server project

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Some Lord of the Rings Online players may have been aware of an unofficial rogue server project that was set to release this month...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 383: New World strikes up the band

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, Diablo Immortal, SWTOR, NCsoft Q1, and Guild Wars 3, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, and Glitch, plus a mailbag topic on better terms for MMOs.

Lord of the Rings Online’s free Anor transfers are ‘incoming’ prior to its late August shutdown

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The clock is ticking down to the closure of Lord of the Rings Online's original legendary server, and residents are getting a little antsy...

One Shots: You’ll never be this exalted

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For your average farmer or scribe in Guild Wars 2's world, they'll never find themselves in the presence of so much swirly, sparkly awesomeness...

Lord of the Rings Online community calls SSG out over stealth nerfs

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A follow-up patch to last week's Lord of the Rings Online update made a few improvements to raid groups and allowed players to actually...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 382: Wrath Classic forecasts a frosty September

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Justin and Bree discuss New World's server merges, Wrath Classic's September launch, LOTROs 33.1, Pantheon's investment, and Chronicles of Elyria's mess, with adventures in RIFT, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag entries on single-player games, rhythm-based MMO classes, and Firefly.

LOTRO Legendarium: Update 33.1’s further adventures are more like a light snack

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Seeing as how I was somewhat underwhelmed with Lord of the Rings Online's Further Adventures with Bilbo Baggins, I approached this week's new mission...
Have a thing.

Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 33.1 with the Further Adventures of Elladan and Elrohir

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Wake up, you sleepy Hobbits, because it's patch day for Lord of the Rings Online! Update 33.1 arrives today with a new Further Adventures...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 381: The Soulframe of the game

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Justin and Bree discuss Warframe's new sibling Soulframe, Guild Wars 2's summer roadmap, LOTRO's producer's departure, SWTOR's creative director's departure, and WoW's Dragonflight alpha, with adventures in City of Heroes, RIFT, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on truly non-instanced open world design.

Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock community concert drew 22 bands this past weekend

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Lord of the Rings Online's biggest and most long-running community concert series returned this past weekend to host Weatherstock XIV. Over the course of...

Lord of the Rings Online producer leaves Standing Stone Games after a little over a year

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The Lord of the Rings Online community was shocked this weekend to learn that Oleg Brodskiy, more commonly known as "Raninia" on the site,...
ADVENTURE

The Daily Grind: What’s been the best MMO gaming experience for you this year so far?

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Now that we're over the halfway mark of 2022, it's a perfect time to take a quick intermission and evaluate our personal gaming journeys...

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