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Lord of the Rings Online’s huge server migration targets early March
While the exact date hasn't been revealed, the moment when Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers go online and much of the...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO have a ‘Pre-Searing’ experience you keep coming back to?
Over the holidays, inspired entirely by Carlo's reminiscing on the game, I logged into Classic Guild Wars to thumb through my characters and see...
Lord of the Rings Online dev Q&A talks about class revamps, kinship refresh, and the next roadmap
When two chatty Lord of the Rings Online veteran developers get together for a livestream to talk shop, everything and anything is on the...
Speak friend and enter: Lord of the Rings Online has finally launched its official Discord
If you can remember last July - and I realize last July was several decades ago, but bear with me - you might recall...
EG7 Q3 2024: Palia hits console this spring as EverQuest, LOTRO drive Daybreak revenue
EG7 - that's the Swedish games conglom that bought up Daybreak and then kinda got taken over by Daybreak, amusingly - released its year-end...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish ran on a potato? (Not a literal potato)
Not quite a year ago, I asked the MOP readers about the best MMOs for playing on a potato - you know, a crap...
LOTRO Legendarium: Baubles are the stealth feature LOTRO needed
Cast your memory back to last fall when Lord of the Rings Online's current expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, was announced. While there was excitement...
Blizzard lays out the design pillars for World of Warcraft’s accessible neighborhood housing
The news that World of Warcraft is getting housing with its next expansion, Midnight, shocked the whole MMORPG genre - and us too, as...
Lord of the Rings Online continues to test its new raid and clarify server transfer questions
February is shaping up to be a very busy month for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with the coming of Update 43 and...
Here’s (almost) everything you need to know about transferring to Lord of the Rings Online’s upcoming 64-bit servers
Are you hungry for 64 bits of mega power? Then you're probably itching to hop in to the upcoming 64-bit servers in Lord of...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2025?
You know, you're not reading this piece until January, but I sat down to write it ahead of the turn of the year, when...
One Shots: Prop painting is a contact sport
If you go to an art school where they teach the art of Pictomancy, you're going to want to stash those small, fine brushes...
LOTRO Legendarium: How well does Lord of the Rings Online fulfill class fantasy?
It was several World of Warcraft expansions ago -- Legion, most likely -- that the development team at Blizzard really got worked up over...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs where suddenly you’re a different character now
I was recently thumbing through my Lord of the Rings Online screenshots when I stumbled into one I'd taken of a player's extremely smart...
Lord of the Rings Online has begun testing Update 43’s 12-player raid and deed log revamp
Lord of the Rings Online's first big content update of the year is moving down the tracks toward us, propelled by its appearance on...
LOTRO community fansite creates a housing transfer FAQ while it waits for the official version
With the big launch of Lord of the Rings Online's four new 64-bit servers -- two in the US and two in Europe --...
Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?
When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...
Lord of the Rings Online posts its full 2025 event schedule
Are you the type of person who likes to plan ahead, even when it comes to in-game activities? Then you're going to love drinking...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
LOTRO Legendarium: MOP’s guide to unlocking Lord of the Rings Online content in 2025
While Lord of the Rings Online is a tremendous MMORPG that I would recommend to anyone in a heartbeat, I won't deny that its...