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

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...

The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO dungeons?

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If a theme has emerged in my 2016 gaming habits so far, it has to be my renewed love of running dungeons in MMORPGs....

Lord of the Rings Online celebrates nine years in Middle-earth

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In the Lord of the Rings, it took Frodo and Sam less than a year to travel from the Shire to Mt. Doom. In...

Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes

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There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 61: Update-o-rama!

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.

The Daily Grind: What are your current MMO goals?

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I've noticed that several of my friends have taken to drawing up monthly goals for their MMO sessions, an activity that I've been doing...

Global Chat: An MMO to call home

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Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...

Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up

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In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...

Lord of the Rings Online mini-expansion brings Pelennor Fields and level cap increase

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“Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere...

How Turbine built Lord of the Rings Online’s Battle of Pelennor Fields

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Turbine Design Lead Ben "DrOctothorpe" Schneider has a meaty design blog out for Lord of the Rings players anxiously awaiting the launch of Update...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?

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Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you played the longest?

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Is it a disheartening or an uplifting activity to check your /played for an MMO? I usually think it's astonishing that I've been able...

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