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

EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO

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Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...

The Daily Grind: Are you looking for reasons to *not* play MMOs?

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Earlier this week, I was chatting with MOP's Chris about Conan Chop Chop when he mentioned that the game is surprisingly intense. "It will...

Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?

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It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...

DDO’s Update 53 goes live with adventure pack, free unlocks, and anniversary giveaways

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Someone over at SSG really likes alliteration, apparently. Last week, LOTRO received its Rangers and Ruins update, and now Dungeons and Dragons Online is...

Lord of the Rings Online unlocks the doors of its Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra raid this week

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Lord of the Rings Online's newest 12-person raid is about ready to open for business. Standing Stone Games announced that the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force

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Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.

The Daily Grind: Are you more about setting or lore in MMOs?

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I have never really thought of myself as a lore person. I don't go into an MMO and memorize the lore or the backstory,...

One Shots: Stepping back from the brink

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A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...

Dungeons and Dragons Online announces new producer and a packed 2022 roadmap

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Like its counterpart in Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online now has a producer of its very own. Standing Stone Games...

The Daily Grind: Are there places you linger in MMOs just to listen to the soundtrack?

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In my years of both playing MMORPGs and talking with other players, I've noticed a trend among some of us where we'll find ourselves...

Lord of the Rings Online’s newest region is a ‘much needed break’ from gloomy zones, dev says

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Lord of the Rings Online is putting its newest raid through the crucible before it goes live next week. SSG announced that the 12-player...

Lord of the Rings Online holds hiring spree, weathers post-patch bumps

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Lord of the Rings Online is going on a bit of a hiring spree these days as Standing Stone Games seeks to fill several...

Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 32: Rangers and Ruins

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What's that, February? You're already full to the gills but you can't stop chowing down on new MMO content? Well then, open up and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 360: The flood of the Lost Ark

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Justin and Bree discuss Lost Ark, Conan Chop Chop, Lord of the Rings IP, WoW 9.2, and TitanReach, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Lost Ark, plus a mailbag topic on zones we just can't stand.

Lord of the Rings Online’s producer: ‘We not only want to maintain the value of this IP but grow it’

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Lord of the Rings Online Producer Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy sat down for an hour-and-a-half interview last week with YouTuber Bludborn, talking about a wide...

One Shots: Please, please stand in the fire

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While any seasoned MMORPG player may look at our first screenshot, courtesy of Utakata in Blade and Soul, and start developing sympathetic twitches, don't...
Donkeys cannot use horse gear.

The Daily Grind: Do you make use of ‘mule’ characters in MMORPGs?

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Back in the long long ago, the concept of a mule in an MMO - that is, a character you rolled but didn't really...

Lord of the Rings gaming rights are going up for sale – what will this mean for LOTRO?

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Hobbits everywhere woke up yesterday to signs across the Shire declaring that it was for sale. And not just that neighborhood, either; all of...
Bundles.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall

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Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online must extract itself from its currency quagmire

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Lord of the Rings Online began 2022 on a most curious note: an abrupt and not-very-well-explained announcement of significant changes to the game's biggest...

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