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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

Massively Overthinking: The one about MMORPG content roadmaps

Bree Royce - January 23, 2020

You know what word I love to hear from MMORPG developers? Roadmap. If you're a millennial or older, you surely remember roadtrip life before...

Lord of the Rings Online releases a three-pack of Minas Morgul dungeons

Justin Olivetti - January 22, 2020

If you think you have seen all of the dark terrors that Minas Morgul has to offer, think again. Lord of the Rings...

Daybreak says its studio split-up will have ‘no impact’ on Standing Stone, LOTRO, or DDO

Justin Olivetti - January 21, 2020

Following the big (but not unexpected) announcement that Daybreak is fracturing into a trio of studios underneath a publishing arm, one of the...

Battle Bards Episode 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2

Justin Olivetti - January 19, 2020

For the first time since Episode 50, the Battle Bards crew returns to the theme of cover songs of MMO tracks. Several extremely musicians...

The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites

Justin Olivetti - January 19, 2020

One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of...

The Stream Team: Warm melodies at LOTRO’s Winterstock

MJ Guthrie - January 17, 2020

What better way to spend a Friday night at a concert with friends? LOTRO's annual Winterstock is this weekend, and Massively OP's MJ is...

Lord of the Rings Online players remember Christopher Tolkien

Justin Olivetti - January 17, 2020

Kites soared and fireworks burst overhead last night in Lord of the Rings Online, as the player community gathered together to pay tribute...

2012’s Riders of Rohan expansion gallops to LOTRO’s Legendary servers in February

Bree Royce - January 13, 2020

Just last week I asked Justin how long he'd have to wait for his progression server toons in Lord of the Rings Online...

One Shots: Worse homes and gardens

Justin Olivetti - January 12, 2020

Probably the only thing that is holding me back from embracing a career as a lifelong mega-villain is that I can't conform to the...

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

Bree Royce - January 9, 2020

A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a...

Lord of the Rings Online begins testing three new Minas Morgul instances

Bree Royce - January 9, 2020

Lord of the Rings Online's Bullroarer test server is delivering up a new patch today as 25.2.1 - and new instances - run...

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019

Eliot Lefebvre - January 1, 2020

The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year

Bree Royce - December 31, 2019

MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards end today with our pick for Schlag meme of the year. For those who never dip down into the...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: MMO mascot of the year

Bree Royce - December 28, 2019

MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for MMO mascot of the year. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden...