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 aims to fix session play, opens Ill Omens skirmish event

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There was an interesting thread on the official Lord of the Rings Online forums earlier this week asking Standing Stone to make the combat...

Battle Bards Episode 162: Mystery abounds

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Do you love a good mystery? A hidden secret? A riddle wrapped in an enigma and presented on a platter of puzzle? Then you’re...

Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?

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The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...

LOTRO Legendarium: Revisiting Riders of Rohan in Lord of the Rings Online

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It's finally time: We're heading back to Rohan. On Lord of the Rings Online's progression servers, at least -- the live servers have hosted...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?

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No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing new raid and Rohan housing

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Hot on the heels of yesterday's rollout of Riders of Rohan on the progression servers, Lord of the Rings just started testing Update 25.4...

Dungeons and Dragons Online upgrades to 64-bit client, adds Alchemist class

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Heady times have arrived for Dungeons and Dragons Online, as it joins its sister game LOTRO today in upgrading to a 64-bit client. Standing Stone...

Lord of the Rings Online activates Riders of Rohan, hands out cloaks and armor

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Lord of the Rings Online players are about to ride for ruin (in a good way), thanks to today's unlock of Riders of Rohan...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Riders of Rohan arrives on progression servers this week [Updated]

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Update: It's Wednesday. Saddle up and ride for the horse kingdom: Riders of Rohan is coming to Lord of the Rings Online's progression servers this...
I am not supporting this lizard-shooting quest.

The Daily Grind: Is there a thing you secretly love in an MMO you hate?

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Let's give credit where credit is due: Just because we dislike a game doesn't mean we dislike every last thing in it. Most of...

The MOP Up: Outlaws of the Old West wipes its servers

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The survival sandbox that brought you Bigfoot (for some reason) is now triggering a region-wide apocalypse. OK, it's just a server wipe for Outlaws...

Massively Uplifting: Saving lives and wildlife, studios and gamers start 2020 with compassion and charity

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A new year has begun, and many folks are looking ahead to a better 2020. And who might be making it better? Gamers! Many...

Global Chat: Do you binge-play MMOs?

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With TV streaming services that dump entire seasons of shows on us at once, we have become a society that is used to binging...

One Shots: Dragons — why’d it have to be dragons?

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Dragons: They come in every shape, size, and element, and about all of the ones that have ever been invented exist inside one MMO...

LOTRO Legendarium: Rating the best active racials in Lord of the Rings Online

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Picking a race to play in Lord of the Rings Online isn't as consequence-free as you might encounter in other MMORPGs. For starters, the...

Massively Overthinking: The one about MMORPG content roadmaps

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You know what word I love to hear from MMORPG developers? Roadmap. If you're a millennial or older, you surely remember roadtrip life before...

Lord of the Rings Online releases a three-pack of Minas Morgul dungeons

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If you think you have seen all of the dark terrors that Minas Morgul has to offer, think again. Lord of the Rings Online...

Daybreak says its studio split-up will have ‘no impact’ on Standing Stone, LOTRO, or DDO

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Following the big (but not unexpected) announcement that Daybreak is fracturing into a trio of studios underneath a publishing arm, one of the questions...

Battle Bards Episode 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2

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For the first time since Episode 50, the Battle Bards crew returns to the theme of cover songs of MMO tracks. Several extremely musicians...

The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites

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One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...

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