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

Lord of the Rings Online devs discuss Rohan housing, new hooks, and future neighborhoods

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So who wants to talk Lord of the Rings Online housing? Yao at French fansite D&Co du Milieu recently landed a fun new interview...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 276: Opening the doors to Torchlight III and New World

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, Torchlight III, EVE Online, Phantasy Star Online 2, Playable Worlds, ArcheAge, EverQuest, and EverQuest II, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on moderating chat toxicity and the impact of modding on games like Fallout 76.

Lord of the Rings Online’s temporary PvP server arrives this week

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Are you ready for something a little different in Lord of the Rings Online? Standing Stone Games is but a few days away from...

LOTRO Legendarium: 6 tips for fun and profitable deed hunting

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Just because you've hit the level cap or come to the end of available quests in Lord of the Rings Online doesn't mean you've...

Lord of the Rings Online players host Shirefest 2020 this weekend

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You might not be able to go out to packed concerts this summer -- but that shouldn't stop you from getting jiggy with crowds...

Massively Overthinking: Do you keep MMOs installed for the login freebies?

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MOP reader Styopa proposed this fun topic for Massively Overthinking this week, prompted, he said, by Standing Stone Games' recent promotions for Lord of...

Perfect Ten: The most fun pre-launch MMO runs

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You know what's really fun? The build-up to an MMO's release, especially when you're really invested in that particular game. Some of my fondest...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 275: What truly matters

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Justin, MJ, and Bree talk Black Lives Matter, Path of Exile, Elite Dangerous, FFXIV Fanfest, with adventures in ESO, WoW, Astroneer, LOTRO, Subnautica, SWG Legends, and mailbag topics on redesigning mages and what WoW did right.

One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?

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Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...

LOTRO Legendarium: Are LOTRO’s new PvP servers a good idea?

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If you haven't been tracking this, you should be aware that Lord of the Rings Online has been running the new "Tournament of the...

LOTRO’s and DDO’s freebie content codes are going live today [Updated: They’re here!]

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Fun fact: Our story on how Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online were going to be extending their content promotion...

The Daily Grind: Would you do MMO quests if they didn’t offer rewards?

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Does everything we do in an MMORPG have to be motivated by a reward? I was thinking about that the other day in Lord...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 274: Greymoor, BlizzCon, and Guild Wars 2

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Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor, Guild Wars 2 No Quarter, LOTRO and DDO's new monetization, and BlizzCon's cancellation, with adventures in ESO, Fallout 76, GW2, SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Minecraft Dungeons, plus mailbag topics on international releases and dream MMOs.

Global Chat: Does SWTOR fail in the end for (Han) soloers?

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As his name suggests, FibroJedi is a big Star Wars: The Old Republic player -- but even so, he is not above criticizing the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?

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A few weeks back, I was swapping my SWG Legends character to a new class when my five-year-old daughter started begging me to swap...

Lord of the Rings Online confirms Summer Festival and Farmer’s Faire for August

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For those Lord of the Rings Online players who work their free time in-game around events, there's been an asterisk on the game's Summer...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...

LOTRO and DDO extend promo, give away zones, discount expansions, and sweeten subs

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OK, everybody who has had a beef with how expensive the cumulative content is for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons...

The Daily Grind: What MMO content are you totally sick of doing?

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The other day I was questing my way through the Shire in Lord of the Rings Online and chatting to my kinship about how...

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