lord of the rings
LOTRO producer interview talks more about legendary item and monetization revamps
You'd barely even know that there's an expansion on the way for Lord of the Rings Online if you only took in the current...
Lord of the Rings Online progression server moves forward into the Mordor expansion
If you're among those playing on the Lord of the Rings Online Anor Legendary World (aka progression server), then your time has come to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s choose-your-own-ruleset
Earlier this summer when Lord of the Rings Online kicked off its second batch of progression servers -- the slow Treebeard and speedy Shadowfax...
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to start rolling out monetization changes in the next year
One of the longstanding criticisms of Lord of the Rings Online revolves around the game's antiquated and frankly expensive business model. We found out...
LOTRO devs talk housing improvements and hook consolidation
Housing may not be at the forefront of Lord of the Rings Online's feature set, but believe it or not, there are some very...
Lord of the Rings Online leak outlines legendary item revamp
Many Lord of the Rings Online players would finger the game's outdated, obtuse, and convoluted legendary item system as the biggest sore spot. And...
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Perfect Ten: The top 10 non-traditional MMO fantasy races
Elves. Dwarves. Humans. Halflings. Gnomes. Hobbits. Dark elves. High elves. Half-elves. Wood elves. Keebler elves. Elvish impersonators.
Are you as tired as I am of...
The Daily Grind: What part of your MMO’s endgame do you participate in?
In the comments of our recent piece on the Guild Wars 2 legendary armory, several of our regular readers got into a discussion on...
One Shots: When the sun goes down over New Yang City
When the sun begins to set over the horizon in Blade and Soul, Utakata knows that another thrilling summer night is about to commence.
But...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 features that would make LOTRO even more fun
For me, it's been a great month of easing back into Lord of the Rings Online after taking a sabbatical from Middle-earth. With the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the newest class you’ve played in your oldest MMO?
I don't know about you, but I am not always that adventurous when it comes to picking a new class to play in an...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six suggestions to improve LOTRO’s business model
First of all, I want to give praise where it's due: Lord of the Rings Online has done a great job in 2021 shedding...
A new ‘Treasure Bugan’ event spices up LOTRO’s dungeon runs
Lord of the Rings Online is filled to the brim with instances, but weirdly enough, not as many players use the instance finder as...
Relive LOTRO’s Weatherstock XIII player concert series with these videos
This past weekend, Hobbits and Elves (and other Free Peoples of Middle-earth) put down their swords and took up lutes, drums, and oboes for...
LOTRO Legendarium: What returning to LOTRO feels like
I don't think that I have ever rage-quit Lord of the Rings Online, but I certainly have put it down often enough. That's pretty...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most useful MMO tidbit you’ve learned recently?
No matter how long I've spent playing an MMORPG, there seems to be no end to the new things I can learn about any...
Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
LOTRO considers improving its business model as players present Weatherstock XIII
After years of guarded communication, Lord of the Rings Online’s fanbase has a new champion in Producer Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy, who joined SSG a...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the noisiest fanbases
In my particular neck of the woods, there are a lot of big fans of the Boston Red Sox. There's also something of a...
