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Lord of the Rings Online opens the Corsairs of Umbar expansion for player testing
The first round of public testing for next month's Lord of the Rings Online expansion popped up on the Bullroarer test server yesterday as...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 441: A Blizzard trick or treat
Justin and Bree discuss MMO Halloween events, Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, WoW Classic's LFD, Embers Adrift, and Ship of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on the potential for WoW on console and Gamepass.
Lord of the Rings Online’s Combe forester event has been pulled for the third time
Stop us if you've heard this one: Standing Stone Games has pulled the Combe Forester event from Lord of the Rings Online yet again. As...
EverQuest, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, and more fundraise for this year’s Extra Life push
It's the season for the annual push by gamers and game studios to support Extra Life, the charity that raises money for Children's Miracle...
Lord of the Rings Online previews two Corsairs of Umbar zones
With the expansion coming in November, a new Extra Life campaign, and the Harvestmath festival keeping things spicy, Lord of the Rings Online has...
One Shots: A most adorable destroyer of the cosmos
As we enter the delicious aroma of fall and the spine-shivering thrills of Halloween, is there any MMO that deserves to be revisited this...
LOTRO Legendarium: What could a LOTRO challenge server look like?
Lord of the Rings Online's legendary server experiments aren't done yet. Even though it's been a while since we've seen a new shard come...
Third time’s a charm? Lord of the Rings Online’s Combe forester event is finally live
If it seems as if Standing Stone Games has been talking about the Combe Forester event in Lord of the Rings Online for an...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Harvestmath Festival returns with a new mount and cosmetics
Lord of the Rings Online's autumn events are underway today as the Harvestmath Festival has officially returned to Middle-earth - and it's got fresh...
LOTRO fine-tunes the Mariner while DDO makes stomach polyps a safe place to be
It's mid-week patch madness for both of Standing Stone Games' MMORPGs as one of them marches toward an expansion and another away from one.
Lord...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 440: It’s fall MMO content, y’all
Justin and Bree discuss New World's Rise of the Angry Earth, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, and Final Fantasy XIV's Growing Light, with a mailbag question on which studios could do justice to World of Warcraft.
LOTRO is ‘tackling something more difficult and interesting’ with Corsairs of Umbar’s story
With Corsairs of Umbar on the way next month in Lord of the Rings Online, players will be getting to go to this southern...
Global Chat: So who’s ready for EverQuest 3?
Hibernating fans of the EverQuest franchise stirred from slumber this past month to hear that EG7 and Daybreak may actually be progressing with a...
LOTRO Legendarium: Are we ready for LOTRO’s Corsairs of Umbar?
They say that as you get older, time seems to pass by much more quickly. Perhaps that explains why 2023 feels like it's been...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most chaotic behavior you’ve seen from MMO players?
A week or two ago, I found myself discussing Ultima Online by way of trying to convince our work chat that players often do...
EverQuest’s 30th expansion, Laurion’s Song, launches in December – with class swapping
With Lord of the Rings Online and EverQuest II both debuting new expansions this week, you had to figure EverQuest was close behind, and...
Lord of the Rings Online opens preorders for Corsairs of Umbar expansion, launching November 1
As expected - although not as properly communicated from the studio - Lord of the Rings Online's Corsairs of Umbar is officially open for...
The Daily Grind: How do you want to be remembered in MMOs when you’re gone?
Last weekend, it became public knowledge that a prominent - probably the most prominent - player on my Lord of the Rings Online server...
Tomorrow’s Lord of the Rings Online patch notes appear to include the Mariner class itself
Standing Stone Games is being weirdly cagey about its release schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's Corsairs of Umbar, but if our guess...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of shapeshifter classes in MMOs?
Albion Online's upcoming Wild Blood update includes a new weapon with a unique attribute: It allows players to shapeshift into specific critters. Also golems....
