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

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With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...

Daybreak’s $300M sale to EG7 is all wrapped up just in time for Christmas

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Just days before Christmas, one of the biggest MMORPG studio deals this year has fully completed. Enad Global 7 announced that it closed the...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, now affectionately named the Golden Yachties in honor of that dumb meme about how games bloggers are sailing...

The Stream Team: Say yes to the Yule in Lord of the Rings Online

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The Yule Festival has returned to Middle-earth, but it may be in danger! Lobelia Sackville-Baggins was named the official Yule-planner of Hobbiton this year,...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Player Housing, which was awarded to The Elder Scrolls Online last...

One Shots: Memories in crystal

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We don't just take screenshots of MMOs to impress each other but to cement memories that would otherwise fade away to the ravages of...
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Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?

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If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...

The Daily Grind: Are you playing the same MMO at the end of 2020 that you were in January?

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Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020

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Ho ho ho, it's Santa's younger brother Derrick here to do all of the jobs that Nick can't be bothered with this holiday season!...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 301: Hurtling into Oblivion

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's Gates of Oblivion, Crimson Desert, Elite Odyssey, Ark 2, Black Desert, WoW Shadowlands, PSO2, LOTRO, EverQuest, and FFXIV, with adventures in WoW, SWTOR, and CoH, and a mailbag topic on CoH Brutes that spirals into meta and endgame discussion.

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2020, which was awarded to Blizzard last year...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Event of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Event of 2020, which was awarded last year to AdventureQuest 3D...

Lord of the Rings Online now lets you change your character’s race

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If your Lord of the Rings Online Dwarf secretly yearns to walk in the secret ways of the Elves, or if your Hobbit would...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Trend of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Trend of 2020, which last year went to the rise of...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Most Underrated MMO

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Welcome to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year 2020 awards! Every year, we poll our writers on the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...
It's Lord of the Rings. There's your elevator pitch.

The untold story of Lord of the Rings’ cancelled MMORPG

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Considering how popular the Middle Earth IP is, it is no surprise that there have been multiple stabs at creating a Lord of the...

Lord of the Rings Online starts Yuletide, improves PvP, and unlocks progression Gondor

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MMO Business Roundup: Activision’s Netflix lawsuit, Tolkien’s house, Roblox in China, and more

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Welcome back to another quick spin through MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Fortnite - It doesn't look as if gaming companies are feeling too hopeful...

Jukebox Heroes: The quieter side of Lord of the Rings Online’s soundtrack

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Yes, I'm kind of nuts about the Lord of the Rings Online soundtrack. It could be because I've played this MMO more than most...

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