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Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?
Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...
EG7 Q2 2023: Daybreak’s MMORPGs are ‘predictably stable’
It's starting to look as if the Daybreak-run EG7 conglom is finally at the end of its bonkers revenue run: According to the Swedish...
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to get River-hobbits in your hands by the end of August
Lord of the Rings Online is progressing slowly but surely to Update 37 later this month with the much-anticipated addition of the playable River-hobbit...
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
Global Chat: Fresh voices on the MMO blogging circuit
It's August, which means that it's also Blaugust -- an annual celebration of blogging! For this month, experienced bloggers and newbies alike are joining...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 432: Palia breaks through to the other side
Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.
The Daily Grind: Do you ever use MMOs to do things you can’t do in real life?
My allergies have been so dreadful this spring and summer that I've really struggled - going outside literally means risking serious rashes as pollen...
Lord of the Rings Online highlights its new cash shop and flexible coupon system
Lord of the Rings Online's fancy new storefront is the talk of the town this week... or, at least, the talk of this past...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s forests from maddening to awesome
J.R.R. Tolkien famously loved nature, and that passion seeps into his creation of Middle-earth. To him, the great outdoors was not something to be...
LOTRO and DDO return to service after a full day of productive downtime
While Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players had to go touch grass instead of play their MMOs yesterday, it...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
Albion Online’s new legendary items will be one-of-a-kind craftables with unique histories
Albion Online's next big update is already set to be loaded with new content, and Sandbox Interactive is previewing yet another chunk of it...
LOTRO and DDO go offline for 23 hours to add new storefront, LOTRO adds River Hobbit starting instance
Here's hoping that all you Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players have alternate sources of entertainment today because pretty...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 431: FFXIV Dawntrail and Path of Exile 2
Justin, Eliot, MJ, and Chris discuss Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail at Fanfest and Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2 at ExileCon, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, AdventureQuest 3D, Astroneer, and Craftopia.
Lord of the Rings Online readies its revamped in-game storefront
Lord of the Rings Online's ancient and creaky in-game store is about to get a high-gloss makeover come next Wednesday. Standing Stone Games announced...
One Shots: Dance like no one’s watching
Let's kick off this week with period-appropriate disco music, fancy threads, and the coolest Orc you peons ever saw. Minimalistway is tearing up the...
Lord of the Rings Online players are putting on a ‘summer musical review’ this weekend
Back in March, we covered the fabulous effort of a player-run theater troupe in Lord of the Rings Online to adapt Sondheim and Lapine's...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO on the cusp of a crafting renaissance?
There are a lot of big and interesting projects in the works for Lord of the Rings Online's Updates 37 and 38 -- too...
Obituary: Former Lord of the Rings Online lore-master Berephon has passed away
Old school Lord of the Rings Online players may remember a developer by the name of Jonathan Rudder -- or as he was called...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing River-hobbits but delays (part of) the stat squish
River-hobbits are back on the menu in Lord of the Rings Online, as the much-anticipated new racial variant was put on the test server...