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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

One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!

Justin Olivetti - September 20, 2015 25

"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...

The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home

Justin Olivetti - September 13, 2015 20

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

LotRO’s free server transfers start on September 14

Jef Reahard - September 11, 2015 29

Server transfers for Lord of the Rings Online officially begin on September 14th. Per a dev post published yesterday on the game's official forums, players...

Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG

Bree Royce - September 3, 2015 122

Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...

Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time

Justin Olivetti - September 1, 2015 63

In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...

Lord of the Rings Online opens up free transfers in anticipation of server merges

Eliot Lefebvre - August 27, 2015 14

Right now, you can move your character around servers in Lord of the Rings Online for free. You'll need to take advantage of that...

Global Chat: Returning to WildStar for F2P

Justin Olivetti - August 25, 2015 48

Many WildStar fans, past and present, are digging into the sumptuous buffet of the free-to-play patch on the test server for a better idea...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR

Bree Royce - August 20, 2015 68

Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something! Today's Massively Overthinking question...

The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?

Justin Olivetti - August 15, 2015 166

Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...

The Daily Grind: How do you play Elder Scrolls Online?

Jef Reahard - August 13, 2015 148

I reinstalled Elder Scrolls Online this week, and I don't know why. I mean, I like the game well enough, and did from day...

The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition

Justin Olivetti - August 9, 2015 19

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we're deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Perfect Ten: Clever features that should be in more MMOs

Justin Olivetti - August 7, 2015 99

MMOs are built on the backs of many interlocking systems, some more crucial to the experience than others. While I have great appreciation for...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO festival event is your favorite?

Jef Reahard - August 6, 2015 66

Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival ends this week, and I'm kind of glad. I've been partaking, of course, but it's a grind...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever run an event in an MMO?

Bree Royce - August 4, 2015 71

Long ago, I used to live for player-run MMO events. In old-school MMORPGs, people judged a guild's quality as much on what it did for...

LOTRO announces its 10 surviving servers

Justin Olivetti - August 3, 2015 75

Lord of the Rings Online has begun the process of closing down some of its servers and encouraging players to migrate to one of...

Turbine to announce LotRO server closures on August 3

Jef Reahard - July 27, 2015 62

Turbine has published a blog post detailing Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming server transfers, server consolidation, and data center move. The company hasn't...