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

One Shots: The destiny of dragons

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World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...

Lord of the Rings Online is still working on closed server transfers, believe it or not

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Oh look at that: Hell is freezing over. That must mean that Lord of the Rings Online's team is actually making progress on allowing...

Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?

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Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s first 64 bit server and Lanterns of the Mist event are live today

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Cormyr is officially here in Dungeons and Dragons Online today - that's the first 64 bit server the 18-year-old MMORPG has ever had. Studio...

Lord of the Rings Online says Legacy of Morgoth is on track for early November launch

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"Everything seems to be cooking along just fine." That's the word from Lord of the Rings Online's team regarding the upcoming early November release...

LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria

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With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...

Lord of the Rings Online hands out expansion level boosters, shows Legacy of Morgoth instances

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Lord of the Rings Online is full steam ahead for this fall's Legacy of Morgoth expansion, but you won't have to wait until next...

The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs let you filter out or change sounds?

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There's an interesting, if lesser known, feature in Lord of the Rings Online that allows players to filter out unwanted sounds from the game....

LOTRO dev says that 2024 was ‘a recovery year’ but there’s plenty in the works for 2025

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As Hobbits trick-or-treat and Elves preen in anticipation for their visual glow-up, Lord of the Rings Online's lead designer took to Twitch last week...

LOTRO Legendarium: Should all LOTRO expansions include ‘special systems?’

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It's been an exciting week for Lord of the Rings Online as full details and testing for this fall's expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, arrived...

The Stream Team: Enjoying the Harvestmath festivities in Lord of the Rings Online

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MOP's Chris and his Happy Cappy Nirlun the Bear-Chested are off to enjoy Harvestmath in Lord of the Rings Online! There's quests to be...
Keep your cat in a box.

Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?

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In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...

Lord of the Rings Online gets its Harvestmath fall festival underway

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What's the best Lord of the Rings Online festival? That's a point of fierce debate among the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, but there's a...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 488: Amazon vs Amazon

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Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, New World Aeternum, Throne and Liberty, Lord of the Rings Online's Legacy of Morgoth, and fall expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on what we're willing to do for long-term MMO rewards.

Lord of the Rings Online begins testing its Legacy of Morgoth expansion

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The very first public beta for Lord of the Rings Online's fall expansion is now up on the Bullroarer server. Legacy of Morgoth is...
Everybody good over here? Everybody harvesting? Great.

Lord of the Rings Online’s Harvestmath festival arrives this week

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Is there a more delightful and spooky place to be for the Halloween season than Middle-earth? Lord of the Rings Online hopes you feel...

Lord of the Rings Online’s next premium housing will most likely be Elf and Umbar-themed

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Elvish fans rejoice: Lord of the Rings Online's team announced that it's been working on "Elf-themed premium housing" for the MMO's next neighborhood, although...

LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 most metal titles in all of Lord of the Rings Online

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You know, I'm simply not a guy who likes to slap titles onto my character's name in MMOs. Never have been, probably never will...

The Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?

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The year isn't quite over yet, but maybe it's time to face the truth that 2024 is in the final quarter. Hopefully it's been...

LOTRO sweetens Legacy of Morgoth pre-orders with level boosts, defends lack of ‘special system’

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Following both excitement and criticism over the announcement and pre-order packages this week for Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth, SSG Executive...

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