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LOTRO Legendarium: How music binds the LOTRO community together
Whenever I'm reading through JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth novels, one thing that absolutely pops out at me is the Professor's love of song. Music isn't...
Lord of the Rings Online announces the full closure of its old 32-bit worlds at the end of August
When Standing Stone Games revealed its plans for Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers, it left a little bit of leeway in...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMORPG friend list look like a graveyard?
A throwaway comment on Reddit the other day made me vicariously sad: A player named IVRYN posted about "those dudes you have on your...
Lord of the Rings Online players still report missing and delayed transfer escrow, sometimes weeks later
Lord of the Rings Online's studio might claim that the title is in the "home stretch" of its months-long server transfer effort, but for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 521: Switching it up
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening, New World's season servers, Chrono Odyssey, the Switch 2, and all the MMOs of Summer Game Fest, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on raids and storytelling in MMOs.
Lord of the Rings Online is ‘in the home stretch’ of its months-long server transfer process
The effort to move most of Lord of the Rings Online's population from the old 32-bit servers to the improved 64-bit ones is starting...
Dungeons and Dragons titles its summer expansion: The Chill of Ravenloft
This summer's gothic Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion now has an official name: The Chill of Ravenloft. This follow-up to 2017's Mists of Ravenloft...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 520: Get in gamers, we’re going on a road trip!
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening, Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, New World, and City of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on whether a bad MMO is better than none.
Lord of the Rings Online devs weigh in on the fate of the MMO’s old 32-bit servers
Now that the bulk of Lord of the Rings Online's community has likely made the journey from the old servers to the new 64-bit...
Lord of the Rings Online ramps up to this month’s overhauled Midsummer Festival
Lord of the Rings Online is hitting a rare lull following a crazy spring of patches, new servers, and server transfers. However, don't expect...
One Shots: A time to reflect
Your pause to read this week's One Shots -- the modern version of the ol' weekly funnies in the newspaper -- is a good...
LOTRO Legendarium: Could LOTRO use its monster player classes for something other than PvP?
To my knowledge, Lord of the Rings Online is unique in the MMORPG space in that it had to create a special faction of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 519: Kit and kabang
Justin and Bree discuss Chrono Odyssey, Blue Protocol Star Resonance, Fractured Online, Defiance, Lynked Banner of the Spark, and Wildgate, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, Palia, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus a mailbag topic on AI in MMOs.
Lord of the Rings Online dev confirms that the Angmar Sorceress class is in the works for PvP
If you're familiar with Lord of the Rings Online's dev team at all, you'll know that Lead Designer Allan “Orion” Maki is a massive...
Massively Overthinking: The spectrum of lockboxes in the MMO genre
A while back, I came across a Lord of the Rings Online discussion that leaped out at me because of its unusual turn. The...
LOTRO fixes kinship escrow issues, activates 14th legendary item reward track, and opens Sting today
Mt. Doom must have frozen over because Lord of the Rings Online is actually opening up the many-times-delayed Sting 64-bit server today. And that's...
Lord of the Rings Online is launching Sting tomorrow – and we finally have dates for dark worlds access
Don't look now, but Lord of the Rings Online has finally set a date for not just the launch of the Sting server but...
Lord of the Rings Online is finally selling the Legacy of Morgoth expansion for cash shop currency
Have you been saving up your LOTRO Points like a good little Hobbitling for the most recent Lord of the Rings Online expansion? The...
LOTRO Legendarium: The pros and cons of Lord of the Rings Online’s four newbie zones
When you're starting out in an MMO world, it's nice to have choices -- especially if you plan to roll up an army of...
LOTRO finally activates its anniversary event missions, DDO totes out its last Tavern Tales adventure
If there's a key word for Lord of the Rings Online this spring, it's "Delay." We've seen massive delays in everything from patches to...
