lord of the rings
Lord of the Rings Online’s Yuletide Festival is live
Yesterday was Halloween, today is Christmas. That's how it feels like, at least, and Lord of the Rings Online is doing nothing to dissuade...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Vague Patch Notes: Waiting for the MMORPG endings that are never coming
It took some real courage for Naoki Yoshida to get up and announce that Final Fantasy XIV was ending. After an enormously successful run,...
Lord of the Rings Online adds more quests and missions to Corsairs of Umbar
Just when you think you've got a corsair cornered and out of options, he'll surprise you with a trick or two up his sleeve....
Lord of the Rings Online prepares a rewarding Yuletide Festival for this week
Every Hobbit loves a good party and a lot of presents, and they -- and their other LOTRO chums -- will get plenty of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best PvE experience in 2023?
It makes me genuinely happy that this morning's Daily Grind is contentious and has no right answer because we have so many MMOs that...
Lord of the Rings Online preps a Corsairs of Umbar content patch for next week
Speedy LOTRO players who zipped through Corsairs of Umbar and are now twiddling their thumbs impatiently have mere days to wait before more content...
What’s the most cost-effective inventory option in Lord of the Rings Online? One blogger’s done the math
Lord of the Rings Online blogger and guide-maker extraordinaire FibroJedi has pubbed a super useful post this week we just have to highlight because...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new race added to an MMORPG in 2023?
This question is an easy one for me because I play Lord of the Rings Online, which added River Hobbits this year. While there...
The Daily Grind: What was the most important innovation in MMOs in 2023?
It's weird to think about, but I don't really think MMORPGs are particularly innovative. Maybe they never have been. They're always walking a fine...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six very tiny LOTRO details that I love
It's a sign that you're a passionate fan of a franchise when you get so familiar with the source material that small details delight...
Lord of the Rings Online players speculate on possible zone expansions
Here's something fun for Lord of the Rings Online players today: an annotated map of Middle-earth showing both the zones added to the game...
Lord of the Rings Online vows to beef up Corsairs of Umbar’s endgame
One of the criticisms that arrived in the wake of the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion is that it has very little...
EG7 Q3 2023: Daybreak’s MMO revenues dip ahead of Q4 expansion deluge
Daybreak parent company Enad Global 7 has released its Q3 2023 financial report this week, and it's good for the company, if weaker for...
Lord of the Rings Online changes up lockbox offerings, kicks off new legendary reward track
Hope you Lord of the Rings Online fans claimed all of your legendary reward track goodies from Season 7 because as of today's patch,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
The Daily Grind: What’s clogging up your main MMO character’s bank right now?
Lord of the Rings Online seems deliberately designed to make even people who enjoy organizing inventories (me) a wee bit crazy about it. I...
Wisdom of Nym: The best stuff from Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 that’s already in the game
Whatever we were getting back from Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0 is already in the game. Period end. And let's be honest, there was...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO that isn’t technically a cozy MMO?
We have the Lord of the Rings Online general chat to thank for inspiring this Daily Grind, as I recently saw one player make...
