lord of the rings
Casually Classic: How Burning Crusade revolutionized WoW questing
While it's been a blast stepping back into an era where I can re-experience World of Warcraft as it once was, playing WoW Classic...
Global Chat: What can fill that ‘new MMO’ void?
MMO blogger Digital Visceral asked the question, "Where have all the good MMORPGs gone?" but the underlying question isn't one of scarcity or burnout....
LOTRO Legendarium: How much value does a VIP subscription offer these days?
Probably the biggest question any Lord of the Rings Online player has to ask him or herself is whether to go subscription or free-to-play...
The Stream Team: Sauntering into LOTRO’s Ill Omens skirmishes
The Ill Omens skirmish event in LOTRO has started! Even though Massively OP's MJ never quite finished unlocking the Mirkwood ones, she is able...
Dungeons and Dragons Online is releasing its own ‘mini-expansion,’ Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, this summer
The anniversary festivities aren't the only thing en route to Dungeons and Dragons Online: Standing Stone Games' Rob Ciccolini just dropped a letter from...
Lord of the Rings Online runs another Update 29 playtest
For another short period of time, a test window has opened for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 29. This spring patch is bringing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 310: The BlizzConline afterparty
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzConline 2021, World of Warcraft Chains of Domination, WoW Classic Burning Crusade, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2 Resurrected, Hearthstone, Overwatch 2, New World, ArcheAge, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on WoW's current newbie experience.
Global Chat: Why do devs amputate content from MMOs?
MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom tackled an issue that's a standing pet peeve for me: When game developers take away systems, content, and fun toys...
LOTRO producer Q&A: Legendary item revamp, closed world transfers, difficulty sliders, and more
Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini joined the Friday Lord of the Rings Online livestream this week to do a seat-of-his-pants Q&A with fans who showed...
Lord of the Rings Online finally sells War of the Three Peaks DLC for LOTRO Points
Last fall's War of the Three Peaks release for Lord of the Rings Online should've been an exciting moment -- but instead it was...
Lord of the Rings Online nerfs Ill Omens event rewards
If you thought that the trio of top-shelf items that Standing Stone Games released with this year's Ill Omens event sounded way too good,...
Lord of the Rings Online informal player survey highlights the least and most popular classes
If you've ever wondered which class is the most popular in Lord of the Rings Online, Squirle over at LOTRO Players has your back....
LOTRO Legendarium: How can LOTRO become more alt-friendly?
Lord of the Rings Online has so much to offer players, from an expansive world to thousands of quests to, um, chicken soccer. But...
Massively Overthinking: Do you need to be the hero in MMOs?
MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently tweeted that he'd had a "debate with some devs who asserted that videogames require the player to be the...
Check out this amazing player-created trailer for LOTRO’s Mordor expansion
Do you remember back in 2017 when Lord of the Rings Online released that embarrassingly bad trailer for the Mordor expansion that was in...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing its mid-level Wildwood update
As Lord of the Rings Online players wait in breathless anticipation of this year's producer's letter (soon! soon!), the game's first major update of...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about wings on MMO characters?
I know that we get into some pretty esoteric topics here in The Daily Grind, but this may take the cake. Wings. Wings on...
Lord of the Rings Online hedges on new server, rolls out Ill Omens event
Astute Lord of the Rings Online players may have noticed that one promise from last year's producer's letter never came to be, which was...
LOTRO’s upcoming Wildwood content drop won’t be a ‘mini-expansion’
Last fall's move to start charging every Lord of the Rings Online player -- including subscribers -- for what was a glorified content update...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking Lord of the Rings Online’s Eriador zones from worst to best
Probably like many of you, I have gone through the initial zones in Lord of the Rings Online more times than I can count...
