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Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
LOTRO is once again giving away 26 quest packs and selling eight more for cheap
With Gundabad fast approaching this fall, Standing Stone Games is rolling out the red carpet for Lord of the Rings Online players who might...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
Global Chat: New World beta pleases some, fails to grab others
The buzz around MMO Town these days is on New World, and specifically, the open beta that wrapped up last week. So far, the...
One Shots: Boom, said the world
You'd think that a world that's already been nuked into a radioactive wasteland wouldn't need any additional bombs lobbed at its surface, but several...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why do we know so little about Fate of Gundabad?
Over the past few months, my general sense of rising hope for Lord of the Rings Online has been tempered by a nagging disquiet...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
Lord of the Rings Online does some more work on the Brawler and LI 3.0
If you haven't yet gotten an advance look at the new Brawler class and the revamped legendary item system for Lord of the Rings...
Perfect Ten: Shapeshifting classes in MMOs
After my wife and I saw an X-Men movie a while back, we got into a discussion about what mutant power we'd pick for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 338: No power in the multiverse can stop Raph Koster
Justin and Bree discuss Elyon, Lost Ark, New World, Crowfall, LOTRO, and Raph Koster's multiverse, with adventures in Runes of Magic, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on when leaving an MMO isn't an option and whether WoW is still an MMO.
LOTRO Legendarium: Analyzing the first look at Brawler and Legendary Items 3.0
Friends, I am genuinely so excited to be a Lord of the Rings Online player these days. It feels like this year in the...
EG7’s acting CEO Ji Ham discusses investment in existing Daybreak games and support of a ‘AAA project’
Last week we noted that Enad Global 7's acting CEO Ji Ham, who himself was tapped for the position in a surprise management shake-up,...
The Daily Grind: What are your ‘problematic faves’ in MMOs?
A couple of years ago, our staff did a piece on problematic faves - you know, games or IPs or studios or whatevers that...
Lord of the Rings Online tests Brawler and Legendary Items 2.0, reveals fall expansion name: Fate of Gundabad
It's as big of a week for Lord of the Rings Online as possible without an actual release. That's because Standing Stone Games finally...
Lord of the Rings Online to preview Brawler class and Legendary Item improvements this week
Lord of the Rings Online fans are due for a preview of their future this week, as SSG is running a preview test for...
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s many MMO spin-off digital card games
One thing that I deeply admired about old Sony Online Entertainment was that it strove to experiment, innovate, and take risks. Sometimes those special...
MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
The Daily Grind: How long a commitment are you willing to make to an MMORPG?
During a MOP Podcast back in August, our own Justin noted that he'd lost interest in the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard server...
Dungeons and Dragons Online seeks out a new producer, improves its grouping tool
Seeing as how getting a producer has helped to kickstart communication and organization over at Lord of the Rings Online, SSG apparently figured that...
