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

LOTRO Legendarium: Maximizing your character’s first 20 levels in Lord of the Rings Online

19
Probably more times than I can count, I have started up new characters in Lord of the Rings Online and gone through those oh-so-familiar...

Fallen Earth may be returning soon in ‘classic’ form

13
The other night in LOTRO kinship chat, we were discussing our favorite MMOs. When I mentioned Fallen Earth as one of mine, a friend...

Lord of the Rings Online fixes traceries issues with Update 30

9
Confused Hobbits and Elves trying to navigate their way through LOTRO's new legendary item system may find some solace in the fact that SSG...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most chill MMO for when you want to relax?

34
Even as the video game industry keeps trying to go bigger, more epic, and more bombastic in its games, I've noticed that there's this...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 343: Mysterious and spoopy

10
Justin and Bree discuss Halloween MMOs, Path of Exile, Star Trek Online, Book of Travels' early access, DDO's freebies, LOTRO's latest patch, and the FFXIV Endwalker media tour, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World, and Book of Travels, plus a mailbag question on orbital video game enjoyment.

Choose My Adventure: Lord of the Rings Online might have been a bad choice for this column

5
So as that headline suggests, I probably mad a bad call adding Lord of the Rings Online as an option for a CMA column....

Lord of the Rings Online strives to shore up PvP content for ‘balance and accessibility’

2
The long-suffering PvMP -- that's "player vs. monster player" to you -- community in Lord of the Rings Online is getting an unexpected spotlight...

One Shots: Gnome mercy

21
For today's headline picture, I'll let Minimalistway explain why you have a pint-size Great Gnomeregan Run marathoner from World of Warcraft waving frantically at...

LOTRO Legendarium: Embracing the journey that is Lord of the Rings Online

15
I know that there are a whole lot of things I should be talking about Lord of the Rings Online in this week's space,...

Lord of the Rings Online’s revamped legendary item system is a hot mess

69
Lord of the Rings Online's long-awaited and much-needed overhaul to its legendary item system arrived earlier this week. But instead of succeeding in its...

Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?

33
Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...

EverQuest and more Daybreak MMOs roll out Halloween 2021

2
EverQuest is having a good week: First Daybreak announced the game's next expansion, Terror of Luclin, and now it's rolled out the annual Halloween...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO classes added later in a game’s lifespan ended up being amazing?

21
This week, Lord of the Rings Online players are getting to roll their first brand-new class -- the Brawler -- since the Beorning came...

LOTRO expansion pre-patch adds Halloween, Brawlers, LI revamp, and housing hook consolidation

16
While Standing Stone Games might not be calling today's Lord of the Rings Online update the expansion pre-patch, but... it's the Fate of Gundabad...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 342: From New World to Old Camelot

14
Justin and Chris discuss New World, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and Dark Age of Camelot, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and New World, plus mailbag topics on polling MMO players, out-of-game MMO promos, and 'managed decline' works for MMOs.

PSA: Lord of the Rings Online’s current legendary items will be ‘frozen’ next week

12
This coming Wednesday, October 13th, is a pretty important date for Lord of the Rings Online players, as that's when the legendary item revamp...

LOTRO explains the Brawler’s mechanics as chicken hockey returns

3
When it comes to the Brawler, there's only one solution needed for all of life's problems, and that's to strike them as hard as...

Lord of the Rings Online dazzles you with the Brawler’s sweet moves

5
Hey kids, did you hear that Lord of the Rings Online is getting a brand-new class this fall? We jest, of course, because Standing...

Choose My Adventure: It’s bear time in Lord of the Rings Online

3
It has been a few years since I made my way back to Lord of the Rings Online. I remember being around the game...
COOKING'S DONE

Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!

2
Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT