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The landscape of any long-running MMORPG is bound to be littered with various developer experiments that were tried and later abandoned. Lord of the...

At PAX East recently, Standing Stone Games teased some details of Lord of the Rings Online's future. I'm going to hold off on talking...

It's finally time: We're heading back to Rohan. On Lord of the Rings Online's progression servers, at least -- the live servers have hosted...

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...

When we gave Lord of the Rings Online the award this year for the Most Underrated MMORPG on the market, it came with plenty...

Here's an esoteric tidbit for you today: Way back in 2010 when I took over the Lord of the Rings Online column at old...

To kick off this early look at Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul, I want to start by taking a step back to...

While the (hopeful) launch of Minas Morgul is still over a week away, players who have pre-ordered the newest Lord of the Rings Online...

While we have known for a long while that this was coming, the official announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's 2019 expansion was...

When you get a little bored of the normal questing flow or dungeon hopping in Lord of the Rings Online, there are plenty of...

Depending on how you count it, at the present Lord of the Rings Online boasts somewhere around 45 zones -- a vast improvement on...

When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...

While you can and will find roleplaying active in many MMOs, there's something very conducive to Lord of the Rings Online's design and community...

Ever since the first year of Lord of the Rings Online's operation, I've always been head-over-heels for the Lore-master class. Everything about it seemed...

I can't recall the last time I felt pulled in two different directions in an MMORPG, but over the past couple of weeks, Lord...

Oh. Oh no you didn't, Kotaku. You didn't just sit there, scratching your head for an easy post, and then write up an essay...

A few weeks ago I embarked on an experiment that I had hoped would make for a fascinating column. Basically, I created a brand-new...

The schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's special events keeps us hopping most of the year-round, as Standing Stone Games weaves major festivals,...

Making your way through Lord of the Rings Online's Moria can be a unique experience -- for both good and bad reasons -- but...

Out of all of Lord of the Rings Online's additional features that it has added post-launch, skirmishes have my vote as one of the...