lord of the rings
Lord of the Rings Online activates Riders of Rohan, hands out cloaks and armor
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]
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...
The Daily Grind: Is there a thing you secretly love in an MMO you hate?
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
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
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?
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?
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
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...
Lord of the Rings Online releases a three-pack of Minas Morgul dungeons
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
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
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
One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...
The Stream Team: Warm melodies at LOTRO’s Winterstock
What better way to spend a Friday night at a concert with friends? LOTRO's annual Winterstock is this weekend, and Massively OP's MJ is...
Lord of the Rings Online players remember Christopher Tolkien
Kites soared and fireworks burst overhead last night in Lord of the Rings Online, as the player community gathered together to pay tribute to...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever
This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
2012’s Riders of Rohan expansion gallops to LOTRO’s Legendary servers in February
Just last week I asked Justin how long he'd have to wait for his progression server toons in Lord of the Rings Online to...
One Shots: Worse homes and gardens
Probably the only thing that is holding me back from embracing a career as a lifelong mega-villain is that I can't conform to the...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing three new Minas Morgul instances
Lord of the Rings Online's Bullroarer test server is delivering up a new patch today as 25.2.1 - and new instances - run the...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020
All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019
The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...
