lord of the rings
The Daily Grind: Does Daybreak’s involvement with LOTRO and DDO worry you?
Yesterday, we were all pretty astonished to learn that Turbine has spun out Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online --...
LOTRO expands North Ithilien offerings
Are you still reeling from the massive announcement earlier today about the new studio that will be handling Lord of the Rings Online and...
Turbine spins LOTRO and DDO teams out to new studio, using Daybreak as publisher
Welp, didn't see this one coming.
Turbine has just announced that it's spinning off the Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG had the best community in 2016?
A loss of a sense of community is something many MMORPG players lament as our genre approaches two decades, whether they think communities slip away...
One Shots: Lost in space
You might think you're having a bad week. You would be wrong. A bad week is getting podded in the void of space as...
LOTRO’s Yule Festival is delayed until next week
Lord of the Rings Online revelers will have to wait just a little bit longer to join in the holiday season. Turbine announced yesterday...
One Shots: Shifty adorableness
I don't want any of us to be fooled by this picture. Shifty-eyed evil comes in many forms, the most deceptive of which is...
How 2016 took Lord of the Rings Online to the gates of Mordor
As Lord of the Rings Online nears its impressive 10th birthday in April of next year, we see a game that's in many ways...
LOTRO community holds Winterfest, plans interactive book study
While we still don't know when Lord of the Rings Online will be holding this seaon's Yule Festival, the players have taken matters into...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: Night voyage
Hark! What is that over there, on the ocean? 'Tis nothing. Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night in eel-infested...
WoW Factor: Looking forward to World of Warcraft 7.2
It's been a little while, friends, but that happens. Last time I was making bets about what we'd see for World of Warcraft at...
The Stream Team: Checking out LOTRO’s chicken ball
Have you ever played chicken ball? Yes -- you heard that right. Chicken ball. LOTRO has a special sport called Hobnanigans that is all...
One Shots: A horse and his old boy
As much as I admire the world that J.R.R. Tolkien built and his insane attention to detail, language, and extensive back histories of completely...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
One Shots: A home away from home
If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...
Jukebox Heroes: Six pretty great MMO tunes from games you’ve never played
In my years of coverage of MMO soundtrack music in this column and on Battle Bards, I've clearly observed that there are games that...
Shroud of the Avatar on Tolkien influences and town sieges
Lord of the Rings fans, this week's Shroud of the Avatar newsletter is going to look mighty familiar to you: Level Designer Esteben Zaldivar...
Sit down for an hour with the LOTRO devs
There doesn't need to be a major release on the horizon to create an excuse to interview MMO devs, are we right? The crew...
The Stream Team: Checking into LOTRO’s Inn of the Forsaken
You say you want another LOTRO stream? Massively OP's MJ has you covered! A couple friends are joining her for a trip to the...
