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

THIS IS NOT FINE! THERE WAS NO REASON TO LET IT GO THIS LONG OR GET THIS BAD!

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018

26
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...

Global Chat: Saying farewell to a fellow MMO blogger

2
The MMO blogging community is a pretty tight-knit one. Most of us know each other (or of each other) and read each other's blogs...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 198: Manatee… in… spaaace!

12
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Citizen, H1Z1, City of Heroes, Elite Dangerous, Legends of Aria, and computer upgrades.

Global Chat: Investigating LOTRO’s progression servers

22
The new Lord of the Rings Online progression servers are proving to be of significant interest to MMO players and bloggers alike, with some...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO NPC do you hate with an undying passion?

76
Sara Oakheart. Let me tell you about Sara Oakheart. If you haven't ever played Lord of the Rings Online, you wouldn't have a clue,...
Not paying attention is not a mark of honor.

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2018

3
Unlike with Halloween and Christmas, it seems like MMORPG developers never quite know what to do with the Thanksgiving holiday. Vastly fewer games celebrate...
Hey, I duped that fair and square!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout

11
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.

LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey

10
Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle...

LOTRO brings back Bingo, blots out bleeds

2
Everybody's favorite hard-drinking, crazy-swimming Hobbit is back in Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games brought Bingo Boffin and his questline to the...

LOTRO enables free character transfers between legendary servers

2
Players and kinships separated by the confusion and chaos when Lord of the Rings Online opened up twin legendary servers last week now have...

The Daily Grind: Are special MMO servers worth a subscription?

37
With all of the special legacy and progression servers being started up across the MMORPG genre, I've noticed that there's an interesting factor that...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 196: Shire consequences

5
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Funcom's and NCsoft's next big things, Gamigo's plans for Trion's games, and updates for Warframe, DCUO, and Neverwinter, plus discussion on favorite playstyles, legacy server ideas, and the future of Blizzard MMOs.

One Shots: Winter is… here!

23
As I'm prepping this column, we're in the middle of a nice early November snowstorm. I'm sort of wondering where fall went and why...

The Daily Grind: What MMO festival reward do you use year-round?

17
MMORPG holidays are funny events because while we kill ourselves to get thematic costumes, toys, mounts, and other goodies, the second the event is...

Leaderboard: Are you playing on Lord of the Rings Online’s progression server?

37
So many people showed up to play on Lord of the Rings Online's progression server Anor yesterday that SSG had to rush to put up...

The Stream Team: Stepping onto LOTRO’s legacy server

18
Although Massively OP's MJ has no plans to make a life on Anor, LOTRO's brand-spanking new legacy server that just launched, she's still willing...

Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to its first progression server

51
It's time to go back to the Shire once again. Today, Lord of the Rings Online opened up its first "legendary" progression server, Anor. Subscribers...
Can't get there from here.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most iconic MMORPG moment or accomplishment in your memory?

38
Over the weekend, my husband and I decided to let our son watch bits and pieces of Fellowship of the Ring. My kid is...
SHOUT!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 195: April fools at BlizzCon

13
Justin and Bree cover the BlizzCon mess, Diablo Immortal, WoW Classic, WoW's content plans, Torchlight Frontiers, Shroud of the Avatar, Old School RuneScape, and LOTRO's legendary server, with a mailbag question on noobing it up in WoW.

Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary progression server, Anor, launches November 8

15
Score one for MOP's Justin: He noted this morning that SSG has been systematically counting down through Lord of the Rings Online's updates on...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT