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

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Massively Overthinking: How often do you play human MMO characters when you have other choices?

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I've been thinking about this question a bit lately, partly owing to Stars Reach and partly to Project Gorgon. Playable Worlds says Stars Reach...

Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online are finally getting official Discords

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Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online both have community-led Discord channels where players and developers hang out, but Standing Stone...

Lord of the Rings Online says there are ‘lots and lots and lots of adventures still to have’

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In a recent forum discussion around whether or not Lord of the Rings Online will wrap up its story when (and if) the Scouring...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 475: The Legend of Ralph Lobster

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Justin and Bree discuss Raph Koster's Stars Reach, Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, Daybreak's purchase of Singularity 6 and Palia, Nexon's The First Descendant, and Guild Wars 2's housing, with a mailbag topic on the legend of Ralph Lobster.

LOTRO’s progression server stress test last week crashed in a useful way

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Last week's stress test for one of Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers resulted in a resounding crash as over 200 players...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ideas LOTRO totally should steal from other MMOs

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It's only natural for people who play multiple MMOs or are aware of what's happening in other titles to foster a sense of envy....

Lord of the Rings Online begins its EU server and Veil of the Nine stress test this afternoon

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After a brief delay yesterday, Standing Stone Games is back on track with Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor server stress test, which means...

EverQuest’s continuing 2024 roadmap teases The Outer Brood expansion and a server merge

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"The Year of Darkpaw has passed the halfway mark and is still going strong!" Daybreak's Jenn Chan says in her latest EverQuest producer's letter,...

Lord of the Rings Online delays European legendary server stress test, tweaks crafting quest beta

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If you were hoping to join Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor server stress test today, you're about to be disappointed as it's been...
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Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims to bring the game to launch

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File this one under "did not see this coming in a million years but also not sad about it whatsoever": Daybreak has acquired Palia...

Lord of the Rings Online hosts a stress test for its new Ringwraith event server

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With a pair of fresh Lord of the Rings Online legendary servers coming in July, time and testing is paramount to making sure that...

Lord of the Rings Online expands testing on new cooperative crafting event

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As Lord of the Rings Online barrels toward both Update 41 and two new legendary servers in July, the Middle-earth MMO is scrambling to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 474: Taking Tarisland to task

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Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland's launch, Pax Dei's early access, Throne and Liberty's launch plans, LOTRO's new legendary servers, Raph Koster's mystery MMORPG, and Black Desert's Heidel Ball, with a mailbag topic on goofy cross-promos in MMORPGs.

LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO announces its next legendary servers, Angmar and Mordor

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Believe it or not, the last time that Lord of the Rings Online brought out fresh legendary servers, it was the pair of Treebeard...

LOTRO Legendarium: Am I excited at all for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?

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With all of the recent hullabaloo around New World, I've noticed several mentions of what this may portend for Amazon's Lord of the Rings...

One Shots: When the cuteness dug too deep

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In this past week's adventures, Utakata claimed to have plumbed the great depths and mysteries of Khazad-dûm... with a mouse-person. I don't remember that...

LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?

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You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...

Gamigo reopens transfer window for RIFT players on closed servers

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Remember back in spring when Gamigo announced it would be merging down the RIFT servers into four remaining shards? There followed a period in...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 41’s new crafting event and PvP improvements

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The first beta test for Lord of the Rings Online's summer content update is here, as Update 41 revved up on the Bullroarer server...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?

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My father-in-law is an obsessive birdwatcher. He took it up as a hobby a few years ago, and now he travels all over the...

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