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

Lord of the Rings Online wants to know what you want from your VIP sub

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Never say the devs aren't listening: Standing Stone Games apparently is. Lord of the Rings Online forumgoers learned this lesson today when in a player-started...

One Shots: All giant spiders, all the time

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Sometimes I am just so proud of our One Shots crowd here at Massively OP. I keep coming up with ludicrous screenshot challenges and...

Battle Bards Episode 120: Short stuff

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Look down — and it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever see! That’s because fury and death arrive in the form of short character...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy

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Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.

Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Northern Mirkwood soundtrack

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One of the most pleasant surprises I experienced in a while came a week or so ago when Standing Stone Games announced that it...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy the Daybreak-owns-Standing Stone Games rumor?

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Buried in the Daybreak ruckus of last week was the rumor that Daybreak is not in fact merely the publisher of Standing Stone Games'...

One Shots: A well-rounded Hobbit (breakfast)

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With the prodigious and well-known appetite of Hobbits, it's a total surprise to me that the Shire hasn't been stripped bare with these creatures'...

EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose

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How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 167: Daybreaking news

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Justin and Bree host a special edition of the podcast focused entirely on the Daybreak denial and layoff story as it's unfolded.
Nope!

Daybreak has now been hit with layoffs [Confirmed]

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Daybreak has now confirmed the layoffs, and we've got lots more information from our own sources - see below for updates and context. Multiple game...
Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?

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Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...
But now, it's more money.

Lord of the Rings Online takes a step forward in lockbox transparency

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Ever since Standing Stone Games started ramping up the prominence of Lord of the Rings Online's lockboxes following last year's Mordor expansion, the microtransactions...

Daybreak update: Chief Publishing Officer Laura Naviaux has left the company

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Yesterday, Massively OP put together a piece on MMO company Daybreak Games Company and its corporate overlords, chronicling the US government's asset freeze of...

The Stream Team: Celebrating 11 years of Lord of the Rings Online

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It's been 11 years, and Massively OP's MJ is no where near tiring of roaming Middle-earth in LOTRO. (She's also no where near finishing...

Daybreak says it has ‘no affiliation’ with Columbus Nova, the company it said bought it in 2015

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Note: We've updated this piece heavily at the end with Daybreak's statements and further links. A chain of business connections could have a real and...

The Daily Grind: What was the most disappointing MMO expansion of all time?

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Best and worst, top and bottom: It's fun to discuss video game in absolute extremes (at times). And I'll bet that a lot of...

Lord of the Rings Online talks Update 23, Mordor’s difficulty, lag, and more

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Now that Lord of the Rings Online has emerged from Mordor, it's preparing to go back in the future. SSG's Rob Ciccolini and Jerry...

Check out these jaw-dropping LOTRO panoramas

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One of the true joys for many Lord of the Rings Online fans is being able to explore an intricate and often gorgeous-looking Middle-earth....

Lord of the Rings Online celebrates its eleventh birthday

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Not that Hobbits need much of an excuse to throw a party, but it just so happens to be Lord of the Rings Online's...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight

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Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.

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