lord of the rings
Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?
In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...
Lord of the Rings Online gets its Harvestmath fall festival underway
What's the best Lord of the Rings Online festival? That's a point of fierce debate among the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, but there's a...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing its Legacy of Morgoth expansion
The very first public beta for Lord of the Rings Online's fall expansion is now up on the Bullroarer server. Legacy of Morgoth is...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Harvestmath festival arrives this week
Is there a more delightful and spooky place to be for the Halloween season than Middle-earth? Lord of the Rings Online hopes you feel...
Lord of the Rings Online’s next premium housing will most likely be Elf and Umbar-themed
Elvish fans rejoice: Lord of the Rings Online's team announced that it's been working on "Elf-themed premium housing" for the MMO's next neighborhood, although...
LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 most metal titles in all of Lord of the Rings Online
You know, I'm simply not a guy who likes to slap titles onto my character's name in MMOs. Never have been, probably never will...
The Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?
The year isn't quite over yet, but maybe it's time to face the truth that 2024 is in the final quarter. Hopefully it's been...
LOTRO sweetens Legacy of Morgoth pre-orders with level boosts, defends lack of ‘special system’
Following both excitement and criticism over the announcement and pre-order packages this week for Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth, SSG Executive...
Lord of the Rings Online’s update 41.3 tweaks Nazgul attacks, dragon dungeon, and crafting event
Lord of the Rings Online fans should know by now that there's not "one patch to rule them all," nor are all patches of...
LOTRO: Legacy of Morgoth opens expansion pre-orders, aims for November 6 launch
Lord of the Rings Online's southward expansion aims to continue into the deserts of Harad next month when Legacy of Morgoth releases. Standing Stone...
LOTRO previews Legacy of Morgoth’s Imhûlar while DDO tests its new 64-bit server
Dungeons and Dragons Online's new 64-bit server looks to be coming to the game sooner rather than later, if Standing Stone Games' testing schedule...
LOTRO Legendarium: Five ways to fully fix LOTRO’s virtue system
Newer players to Lord of the Rings Online may not be aware that the game's virtue system used to be very difficult, requiring certain...
Massively Overthinking: Do you expect compensation for MMORPG trainwrecks?
Earlier this week, Blizzard admitted that a major bug had resulted in serious and permanent data loss for some World of Warcraft players, including...
Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose
Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...
Lord of the Rings Online talks about ‘boat pants’ and the lost Drearspire dungeon
This week on the forums, the chatty developers over at Lord of the Rings Online shared a couple interesting behind-the-scenes tales of content that...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s five least-played classes – and why you should play them
In gaming, I'm often fascinated by "paths less traveled." Maybe it's a leveling expansion everyone ignores, a race that's never picked for a kickball...
LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO’s cosmetic system should be overhauled
Here's a fun bit of trivia for you newcomers to Lord of the Rings Online: Did you know that for most of the first...
LOTRO’s September is full of pirates, birthdays, and treasure bugans
September marks a pretty packed month of events for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with this weekend's Treasure Bugan hunt. Through September 18th,...
Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year
By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...
LOTRO previews its first Legacy of Morgoth expansion zone, Ambarûl
Lord of the Rings Online officially has begun promoting its fall expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, with a series of preview streams hosted by Senior...