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’s first raid in almost three years goes live today alongside housing tweaks

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Lord of the Rings Online's 18.2 update goes live today; in fact, the servers should be up shortly after this article is published. Notably, today's...

The Daily Grind: Did you buy any MMOs during the Steam sale?

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Steam's big summer sale is over today -- about five hours from the time this post goes live, smack in the middle of 4th-of-July...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 71: Falling to the Force

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Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR's Dark vs. Light campaign, plus ESO, WoW, SOTA, WildStar's character boosts, EQII's $400 guild halls, and LOTRO's new raid, with a mailbag question on the Steam summer sale.

Lord of the Rings Online explains how it’s building its first raid in nearly three years

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Well here's a nice Friday surprise: A Lord of the Rings Online dev diary, all official-like! Turbine Content Designer Ryan “Pinion” Penk previews the raid...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best thief class in an MMORPG?

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Back in April, I wrote a Daily Grind about MMORPG classes we hate to play, and rogues and thieves topped my list. But I...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a movie next?

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Now that the Warcraft movie is out and about and apparently its handlers are contemplating sequels, I have a burning question for you: Which MMO would...

LOTRO tester previews Throne of the Dread Terror raid

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Turbine is showing renewed enthusiasm for group content in Lord of the Rings Online, and as we learned earlier this spring, that includes a...

Lord of the Rings Online reveals new raid bosses, starts spring festival

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Like the tides and fashion, raids in MMOs fall in and out of popularity in any given title. Lord of the Rings Online has...

Global Chat: Is casual raiding important for MMOs?

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When it comes to the subject of raiding, one might get the impression that there are only two factions involved: those who are hardcore...

Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch

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The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...

Lord of the Rings Online suspends digital sales until June

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We've included Turbine's statement to us at the end of this piece. Lord of the Rings Online is suspending its online sales for the duration...

Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype

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Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...

Lord of the Rings Online finally makes slayer deeds easier to complete

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Anyone who has ever played Lord of the Rings Online and navigated its virtue system has certainly grappled with the sometimes-insane number of mobs...

LOTRO Legendarium: Nine years in Middle-earth

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There are always those gut-check moments in your life when you realize just how much time has passed. For instance, I'm going to look...

Lord of the Rings Online puts out a call for raid testers

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Battle-hardened soldiers and Hobbits are being called into a special service for Lord of the Rings Online this week. Turbine has put out a...

Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?

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For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry

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Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.

The Stream Team: Party hearty with Hobbits for Lord of the Rings Online’s anniversary

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There's no denying: Lord of the Rings Online throws some pretty good shindigs throughout the year. And the anniversary event is no different; players...

Lord of the Rings Online devs prepare players for Mordor but won’t discuss license renewal

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You might have heard that Lord of the Rings Online is celebrating its ninth birthday this week, especially if you were in attendance for...

The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when a long-awaited MMORPG expansion arrives?

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We've been joking about Lord of the Rings Online never getting to Gondor, never mind Mordor, that I've become super sad that it's actually...

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