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

The MOP Up: Heroes of the Storm mains Hanzo (December 10, 2017)

0
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem

19
One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....

Ask Mo: Counting the hits and misses of our 2017 predictions

14
As we do every year, today we’re going to peer back into the depths of last year's staff predictions for the genre and the games...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?

22
If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...

The MOP Up: Pocket PUBG (December 3, 2017)

1
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem

49
You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...

Battle Bards Episode 110: Acoustic guitar

4
The Battle Bards are quite familiar with the power of the strummed guitar and lute, knowing that such simple instruments can bring down walls,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police

14
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.

LOTRO Legendarium: They’re taking the Hobbits to Erebor!

12
With some depressing news bouncing around the MMO genre as of late, it was particularly welcome to read an upbeat and exciting producer's letter...

All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2017

31
Step aside, turkey and fambly rage: It's time to buy stuff. Because we don't already unload our wallets the rest of the year on...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2017

8
Stately resting between the gaudy purple and orange of Halloween and merry red and green of Christmas is the earth tone-saturated Thanksgiving. While no...
Yet.

Lord of the Rings Online makes Mordor and High Elves available for points

15
Some people would rather spend points on expansions and races in Lord of the Rings Online rather than parting with real money. Good news...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: MMO things to be thankful about this year

7
It's kind of hard to be thankful this year. Sure, some good things have happened this year, but we also have some things that,...

Lord of the Rings Online is heading to Northern Mirkwood, Erebor, and Minas Morgul

24
Don't get too comfortable in Mordor just yet, because Lord of the Rings Online is preparing to send its players to the far reaches...

LOTRO Legendarium: What the Amazon TV series means for Lord of the Rings Online

33
If you haven't been paying attention to the television market over the past few years, you might have missed the fact that we are...

The Daily Grind: How can MMOs repurpose older zones?

36
One of the best gaming experiences that I had this past year was going through the entirety of the Bingo Boffin storyline from start...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

18
Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMORPG combat pet?

58
As a die-hard fan of pet classes in MMOs, I've played just about any that were available in the games that I've tried. Naturally,...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate

26
Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...

The Daily Grind: What older MMO systems do you wish devs would upgrade?

58
Perhaps few things bug me so much as when developers introduce a meaty gameplay system into an MMORPG only to neglect or abandon it...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT