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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best skybox?
A while back, I was playing Lord of the Rings Online when a player in chat remarked that he had spied a specific constellation in the night sky. How often do you look up?
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
The Daily Grind: What do you hope Amazon’s LOTR MMO does differently from LOTRO?
In the comments of our pieces on Amazon's second go-round with the Lord of the Rings IP in the MMO space, multiple MMO gamers...
Lord of the Rings Online raises legendary item level cap, says three more updates are on the way for 2023
That shiny, glowy super-weapon that you've been lugging all over Middle-earth is about to get even more powerful than before. Lord of the Rings...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 423: The Overwatch MMO we’ll never get
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's LOTR title and shade for LOTRO, Overwatch 2's PvE debacle, Worlds Adrift's return as Lost Skies, and delays for Nightingale, Ashfall, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO and Torchlight II, plus mailbag topics on character build freedom and the natural and unnatural ends of MMO characters.
The Daily Grind: Why did you delete the last MMO character you deleted?
Every deleted MMO character has a story. Sometimes the concept or name sucked. Sometimes you decided on a different race or faction. Sometimes you...
LOTRO Legendarium: Amazon plays at making a Lord of the Rings MMO… again
Weren't we just here?
I mean, that's what everyone's thinking, am I right? It was just three years ago that I penned a column about...
Annoyed with LOTRO’s scaling and launcher issues? An MMO dev has tips for solving them yourself
Whenever we write a Lord of the Rings Online article here on MassivelyOP, it's inevitable that someone - usually someones - will pop into...
Amazon Games VP throws shade at LOTRO over new Lord of the Rings project
With the recent announcement of a new Lord of the Rings MMO in development by Amazon Games, one would expect the newcomer to follow...
EG7 Q1 2023: EG7 pulled in a record $54M last quarter, and Daybreak is a huge chunk of it
Enad Global 7 aka EG7, the company that owns Daybreak, Standing Stone Games, and Piranha Games and is effectively still being run by Daybreak...
Lord of the Rings Online promises that it’s ‘not going away’ after Amazon MMO announcement
As exciting it's been to hear that Amazon is working on a Middle-earth MMO again, some Lord of the Rings Online fans expressed concern...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 422: Two Lord of the Rings MMOs to rule them all
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's new LOTR MMO (again), LOTRO's King's Gondor, WoW's Fractured in Time, official WoW Classic hardcore, Diablo IV, FFXIV, and financials for NCsoft, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and SWG Legends.
Amazon has revived its Lord of the Rings MMORPG, now collaborating with Embracer
Amazon and Embracer announced this morning that they're building a new MMORPG based on The Lord of the Rings.
To understand what the heck is...
Lord of the Rings Online addresses new siege system and tougher landscape difficulty
With Update 36's first preview on the test server this past week, Lord of the Rings Online fans and devs alike find themselves looking...
One Shots: Who left the gas stove on?
So. This is awkward. I know everyone has an excuse why you were definitely not messing around with the giant's gas stove in Blade...
LOTRO Legendarium: A look back at Lord of the Rings Online’s Fate of Gundabad
When Lord of the Rings Online released Mines of Moria in November 2008, the expansion became one of the most amusedly divisive in the...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your monthly MMO budget?
Unless you are fabulously wealthy, you probably maintain some sort of budget for your discretionary expenses, and if MMOs had their way, they'd claim...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 36 and the King’s Gondor region
Bullroarer is open for business in Lord of the Rings Online, and this particular run on the test server is a big deal as...
Lord of the Rings Online teases new housing neighborhood, patches Gwathrenost raid
The newest raid in Lord of the Rings Online has only been live for a week now, but it already needs some patchin' and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 421: Beyond time and space
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Unraveled, SWTOR Old Wounds, Gamigo's move out of MMOs, Chrono Odyssey's reveal, EVE's 20th anniversary, LOTRO's new raid, and Villagers and Heroes' housing patch, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on WoW's wild lore.
