lord of the rings
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...
Lord of the Rings Online enables premium housing upkeep
If you've bought yourself a nice premium house in Lord of the Rings Online, you'd better be ready to keep the thing up. The...
Global Chat: How SWTOR could fix its expansion missteps
Debate and discussion continue in the MMO blogosphere over SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion, with many writers criticizing the expansion's format and...
LOTRO mini-patch disables premium housing upkeep for the time being
Following last week's release of Update 19 in Lord of the Rings Online comes the traditional "fix all the things we done broke in...
Lord of the Rings Online interview grapples with premium housing and evictions
In an additional pair of interview segments, LOTRO Community Manager Cordovan tackles several topics of interest from the community, including personal loot systems, crafting...
The Stream Team: Hobbits invade Lord of the Rings Online’s haunted burrow
Why stick with haunted houses when you can have a haunted burrow? LOTRO's Halloween celebration includes dark and twisty tunnels that run beneath Bag...
LOTRO releases Update 19: March of the King with new premium housing
Mr. Frodo, the word is given: Lord of the Rings Online is rolling out Update 19: March of the King today.
Update 19 is a...
Lord of the Rings Online slightly delays Update 19, and here are four ways to pass the time
While Lord of the Rings Online's Update 19 was originally scheduled to be released today, Turbine made the decision to delay it while the...
Turbine previews LOTRO update 19, says Mordor will come in a 2017 expansion
Next week in Lord of the Rings Online, the banners will fly, the forces of the Enemy will quake, and the king will march....
This other Eternal Crusade challenges players to become the lord of the rings
All right, kiddos, it's time to get very confused -- and perhaps a little bit bemused -- over the announcement of a new mobile...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most welcoming community you’ve experienced?
There's nothing worse for me when I'm playing an MMORPG than to be in a game where the community is either purely toxic or...
LOTRO’s lore dev to talk with the Tolkien Professor
Lord of the Rings Online is nothing if not steeped in a vast body of lore, and the game's main keeper of that knowledge is...
Lord of the Rings Online goes up to the front door of Mordor and knocks
An event nine years in the making is about to unfold in Lord of the Rings Online: Players will finally cross the border of...
