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
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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
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 patch fixes a few issues with its newest raid
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 75: Future oracles
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Guild Wars 2, Shards Online, LOTRO & DDO, FFXIV, Black Desert, and more, with a mailbag question on boosting GW2 characters.
LOTRO’s Weatherstock takes the stage this Saturday
Lord of the Rings Online's long-running player concert series is poised to make a triumphant return this weekend with Weatherstock VIII.
"Weatherstock is the largest...
Lord of the Rings Online has ‘big’ plans for Mordor
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Dungeons and Dragons Online teases possible third expansion
Believe it or not, a third expansion for Dungeons and Dragons Online could be in the cards for the fantasy game.
Responding to players' concern...
Lord of the Rings Online lets players collect stable-masters
There's a lot of ground to cover in Lord of the Rings Online. Players have made their ways across large stretches of Middle-Earth, and...
Lord of the Rings Online players wear yellow to honor a fallen friend
This past weekend you might have seen a particular hashtag pop up on Twitter, #YellowforTinki, and wondered what it meant. Apparently it was in...
Massively Overthinking: What’s never going to happen in your favorite MMO?
Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's...
Turbine layoffs confirmed: Turbine is transitioning into a ‘mobile’ dev studio
We've updated the end of this post with Warner Bros.' statement to us.
It sounds as if Turbine may have been hit with another round...
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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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 71: Falling to the Force
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
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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The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a movie next?
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LOTRO tester previews Throne of the Dread Terror raid
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Global Chat: Is casual raiding important for MMOs?
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
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
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...
