lord of the rings
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2018
Unlike with Halloween and Christmas, it seems like MMORPG developers never quite know what to do with the Thanksgiving holiday. Vastly fewer games celebrate...
LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey
Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle...
LOTRO brings back Bingo, blots out bleeds
Everybody's favorite hard-drinking, crazy-swimming Hobbit is back in Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games brought Bingo Boffin and his questline to the...
LOTRO enables free character transfers between legendary servers
Players and kinships separated by the confusion and chaos when Lord of the Rings Online opened up twin legendary servers last week now have...
The Daily Grind: Are special MMO servers worth a subscription?
With all of the special legacy and progression servers being started up across the MMORPG genre, I've noticed that there's an interesting factor that...
One Shots: Winter is… here!
As I'm prepping this column, we're in the middle of a nice early November snowstorm. I'm sort of wondering where fall went and why...
Jukebox Heroes: RuneScape’s orchestral album
I have been saying for years that RuneScape has a truly impressive yet overlooked body of video game music. To my knowledge, it's the...
Leaderboard: Are you playing on Lord of the Rings Online’s progression server?
So many people showed up to play on Lord of the Rings Online's progression server Anor yesterday that SSG had to rush to put up...
The Stream Team: Stepping onto LOTRO’s legacy server
Although Massively OP's MJ has no plans to make a life on Anor, LOTRO's brand-spanking new legacy server that just launched, she's still willing...
Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to its first progression server
It's time to go back to the Shire once again.
Today, Lord of the Rings Online opened up its first "legendary" progression server, Anor. Subscribers...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most iconic MMORPG moment or accomplishment in your memory?
Over the weekend, my husband and I decided to let our son watch bits and pieces of Fellowship of the Ring. My kid is...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary progression server, Anor, launches November 8
Score one for MOP's Justin: He noted this morning that SSG has been systematically counting down through Lord of the Rings Online's updates on...
Original LOTRO and DDO creator Turbine Entertainment changes its name to WB Games Boston
As the Fourth Age begins, Turbine Entertainment retreats into the east where it will continue to be diminished. The studio that formerly brought us...
LOTRO’s progression server may slow down experience gain (and that’s a good thing)
When Standing Stone Games first announced Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming progression server, the community had plenty of suggestions to how the studio...
LOTRO eyes Beornings for a revamp and breaks down giant invisible walls
Good news for Beorning players in Lord of the Rings Online: You look like you are due for some class love from the developers....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.
The Stream Team: Creeping into the new Lord of the Rings Online Halloween area
Things got a lot spookier when Massively OP's MJ moved to LOTRO's new quest area for Halloween! Now she's even more excited to do...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wistmead surprises and progression servers
What a week this has been! Originally I was all gung-ho to talk about nothing else than all of the new Halloween content that...
Lord of the Rings Online tackles Q&A on progression server, plans November release
Lord of the Rings Online's surprise announcement of an incoming progression server certainly stirred up interest and debate this week. While it's intriguing, a...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?
When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...
