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

LOTRO opens Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra T3 this week, plus check out this amazing player-made map

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Lord of the Rings Online is unleashing its 32.0.3 patch today, and while that's perhaps not the most exciting name, there's still some good...

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO beginner zone?

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When it comes to MMO nostalgia, is there anything greater than the places where you first stepped foot into the game? Beginner zones not...
Sad elk in snow.

LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online

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Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...

One Shots: Murder palaces are always so inviting

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The Secret World was always good at creating spaces that you take one look at and go, "Nope! Not going to walk in there!...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?

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The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....

Lord of the Rings Online’s Shadowfax server moves into Rohan

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Lord of the Rings Online's super-speedy server is now riding, not walking, toward Mordor. That's because Shadowfax has now unlocked the horse-crazy expanse of...
Sometimes you know there's an ongoing story.

Lord of the Rings Online patch adjusts legendary item rewards and new raid

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Lord of the Rings Online players will log in later today to a game mildly improved from where they last left it. Update 32.0.2...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends added apartments to Bespin to celebrate its sixth year as a rogue server

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Last spring, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dazzled Star Wars fans with the introduction of the planet Bespin and Cloud City, but...

Standing Stone Games ‘curious’ about how Lord of the Rings Online works on Steam Deck

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As a possible console edition of Lord of the Rings Online tantalized the imaginations of the game's loyal community, this past week's launch of...

Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?

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To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...

LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring LOTRO Update 32’s Angle of Mitheithel

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Even after a decade-and-a-half of constant expansion, Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has more left to show us than is currently on the...

EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO

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Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...

The Daily Grind: Are you looking for reasons to *not* play MMOs?

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Earlier this week, I was chatting with MOP's Chris about Conan Chop Chop when he mentioned that the game is surprisingly intense. "It will...

Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?

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It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...

DDO’s Update 53 goes live with adventure pack, free unlocks, and anniversary giveaways

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Someone over at SSG really likes alliteration, apparently. Last week, LOTRO received its Rangers and Ruins update, and now Dungeons and Dragons Online is...

Lord of the Rings Online unlocks the doors of its Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra raid this week

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Lord of the Rings Online's newest 12-person raid is about ready to open for business. Standing Stone Games announced that the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force

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Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.

The Daily Grind: Are you more about setting or lore in MMOs?

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I have never really thought of myself as a lore person. I don't go into an MMO and memorize the lore or the backstory,...

One Shots: Stepping back from the brink

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A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...

Dungeons and Dragons Online announces new producer and a packed 2022 roadmap

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Like its counterpart in Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online now has a producer of its very own. Standing Stone Games...

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