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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

Why I keep returning to Lord of the Rings Online

Jef Reahard - November 13, 2015 39

I got sucked into Lord of the Rings Online last weekend and I'm not sure why. There's no new Hobbit movie forthcoming (thank funk). I haven't...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite LOTRO zone?

Jef Reahard - November 12, 2015 54

I'm back in Lord of the Rings Online this week, and though I'm still working my way through western Gondor at the moment, I...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you played the most?

Jef Reahard - November 9, 2015 146

I updated Lord of the Rings Online over the weekend, and as I was looking at the game in my Steam list, I was...

Perfect Ten: Why making an Old West MMO would be challenging (but worth it)

Justin Olivetti - November 5, 2015 127

The western has been limping along for decades now, occasionally rearing its head to produce a well-loved movie or game smash hit before disappearing once...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO starter zone?

Justin Olivetti - November 4, 2015 126

A lot of love and attention is poured into beginning zones by developers. After all, these are players' first steps into your world, so...

Global Chat: The frustrations and joys of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns

Justin Olivetti - November 3, 2015 62

The player debate and analysis over the virtues and vices of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has -- unsurprisingly -- evoked strong opinions...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 36: Team Sparkles

Justin Olivetti - November 3, 2015 22

Justin and Bree discuss the World of Darkness sale, Star Trek Online, LOTRO's Minas Tirith, and Marvel Heroes, with mailbag questions on minimum viable products and social ecosystems.

The MOP Up: Free Tribes for all (November 1, 2015)

Justin Olivetti - November 1, 2015 15

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 ushers in the Siege of Minas Tirith

Justin Olivetti - October 27, 2015 36

Lord of the Rings Online players have finally made it to one of Middle-earth's most famous metropolises: Minas Tirith. Today the game has released Update...

LotRO’s Siege of Minas Tirith update ‘coming soon’

Jef Reahard - October 23, 2015 22

Turbine has published a website update that previews Lord of the Rings Online's Update 17, otherwise known as the Siege of Minas Tirith. The patch...

LOTRO bribes players to test new datacenter

Justin Olivetti - October 22, 2015 26

Lord of the Rings Online is calling its playerbase to jump on the Bullroarer server this Saturday to help test out a new datacenter...

LOTRO players host RP and music event this Saturday

Justin Olivetti - October 16, 2015 19

If you don't have plans this Saturday, consider swinging over to Lord of the Rings Online, where a group of players will be holding...

There were some decent tabletop Star Trek games, but no.

Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)

Eliot Lefebvre - October 15, 2015 80

Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...

Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?

Justin Olivetti - October 6, 2015 79

World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...

Battle Bards MMO music podcast goes on an endless journey

Justin Olivetti - October 6, 2015 5

Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns for its 60th episode in which the co-hosts explore the theme of "endless...

Check out preview videos for the next Lord of the Rings Online update

Eliot Lefebvre - October 5, 2015 36

Minas Tirith is a big deal in Lord of the Rings Online; everything bringing player characters closer to Mordor is important, and Minas Tirith...

Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions

Bree Royce - October 1, 2015 63

In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...