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

Lord of the Rings Online plans a ‘perfect picnic’ with this week’s summer festival

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Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival is coming back on June 28th, and this year the event has a couple of exciting surprises...

The Daily Grind: What are your summer MMO goals?

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Now that most schools are out and the heat has begun in earnest in the northern hemisphere, it's the perfect time to retreat into...

Lord of the Rings Online continues to fine-tune class adjustments

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How many number twos can Standing Stone Games put after a Lord of the Rings Online patch before it collapses from the sheer decimal...

Battle Bards Episode 122: Happy town

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In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...
Answer a question, Todd.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 174: Fallout vs. Elder Scrolls

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Justin and Bree discuss E3, Elder Scrolls VI and Online, Fallout 76, Anthem, FFXIV, Black Desert, Bless, LOTRO, and STO, with mailbag questions on Daybreak and the problem with MMO forums.

The Daily Grind: Will you sub to EA’s new ‘Origin Access Premier’ service?

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During EA Play this weekend, EA announced Origin Access Premier, its attempt at a subscription service on PC. For $100 a year, you'll basically...
No parties.

The Daily Grind: What MMO celebration do you never miss?

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The first year that any MMORPG that I'm playing launches a new festival or holiday, I'm usually all over it. Sometimes I get too...

Apple’s OpenGL deprecation could spell trouble for some MMOs on Mac

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Get all the "haha people game on Macs?" out of your system right off the bat because this one isn't funny. MOP tipster Apparition...

Lord of the Rings Online 22.2 update is live with sweeping class balance changes, wearable instruments, and new story quests

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It's release day for Lord of the Rings Online. Update 22.2 is the big ol' class balance patch that everyone's been fussing about for...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why Mordor fails and Northern Mirkwood succeeds

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When Lord of the Rings Online turned its sight toward Mordor, it had been running off of a rather hot streak. Not perfect, mind...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best mount selection?

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Lately my attention has been arrested by all of the news coming out about Battle for Azeroth's mounts. I know it's totally dorky, but...

The Stream Team: Springing into LOTRO’s Spring festival encore

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Spring has resprung! The spring festival has returned to LOTRO for an encore, which means Massively OP's MJ can participate! She'll be running the...

Lord of the Rings Online continues to iterate on its class change patch, extends spring festival

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The third build of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22.2 is now up on the test server, and players can preview it to...
This was a television show.

Perfect Ten: The unique pitfalls of licensed MMOs

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Making a list of the "biggest" MMOs currently running is always an exercise in frustration. It's easy to put a few things on the...
Pictured: Deep hurting.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.
Ah, no.

LOTRO’s Spring Festival has returned for an encore through Memorial Day

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Spring may not have left yet, but The Lord of the Rings Online's seasonal festival already had. But now it's back! This is great...

Lord of the Rings Online’s 2018 roadmap includes a huge northern expansion and seasonal instances

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Don't call it a full-fledged expansion, but Lord of the Rings Online's next content update may be nearing that level of content and focus. Standing...
Oh, you're busy, we can come back later.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online

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Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.

Global Chat: The MMO expansion lifecycle

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With the ever-developing, ever-growing nature of MMORPGs, the expansion truly has a life of its own. By now we are well acquainted with the...

LOTRO Legendarium: A whirlwind of activity in Lord of the Rings Online

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If you haven't noticed already, an extended silence from me in this column space usually means that I've taken a break from Lord of...

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