American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
LOTRO promises more details about upcoming 64-bit servers in January
As Standing Stone Games' dev team spins down for the holidays, one final 2024 LOTRO stream came out of the studio last week tidying...
One Shots: Striding boldly through fields of sunflowers
With the chill of winter and color leeching out of nature during this month, it's certainly nice to be able to visit warmer seasons...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: Best MMO critter
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best MMO critter. The Golden Yachties series is our run of fauxwards, named...
The Stream Team: Night Falls on Stormreach in Dungeons & Dragons Online
The healers of House Jorasco in Dungeons & Dragons Online discovered that a cult called the Disciples of Rage plan to attack the Night...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2025
This might just be my favorite roundtable of the year: It's time to lay down our predictions for the MMORPG genre for 2025. And...
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s latest update addresses lag spikes caused by pets and hirelings
Dungeons & Dragons Online is a creaky ol' game by Standing Stone Games' own admission, but ideally things should be working better for everyone...
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2025 roadmap includes an expansion and new 64-bit servers
I'm sorry but what is this - a Lord of the Rings Online roadmap published before Christmas?! I might still be scarred from the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play
Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.
Lord of the Rings Online’s map of the Shire was used in a War of the Rohirrim film promo
We named the maps in Lord of the Rings Online somewhere in the middle among the worst to best maps in MMOs, but apparently...
One Shots: Fully furnished and in need of a yard sale
Hey look, everyone, it's RimaHadley! Welcome back to the big leagues, AKA "that goofy Sunday column where we get to stream our games, one...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s run in 2024
How do we sum up the entire year of Lord of the Rings Online? That's always a hard task, but if I had to...
Lord of the Rings Online welcomes back the Yule Festival, adjusts account reputation system
The snowballs are flying and the theater critics are sharpening their quills as the Yule Festival returns for another season in Lord of the...
Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s unusual gift of time
When starting a column, I've found it's always best to kick off with gripping subject matter, so let's talk about scheduling!
Earlier this year, I...
The Stream Team: Wrapping up the Gianthold Wastes Saga in DDO
The end is nigh! The end of Dungeons & Dragons Online's Gianthold Wastes Saga, that is. Tonight, Massively OP's MJ is embarking on the...
Dungeons and Dragons Online releases update 71: Fall of the Night Brigade
Did you think that you were going to get out of 2024 without becoming a rat? Your number's up, pal, because Dungeons and Dragons...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2
Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
Lord of the Rings Online’s Yuletide Festival arrives this week with new rewards
One of Lord of the Rings Online's best annual festivals is set to return this Thursday. The Yuletide Festival arrives in all versions of...
Lord of the Rings Online sells a new Rohirrim bundle, looks for volunteer mods for official Discord
Who wants to adopt the bestest boy of all of Middle-earth? Standing Stone Games put a few Rohirrim store bundles together for Lord of...
The Stream Team: Hobgoblins and A Cabal for One in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Massively OP's MJ and her D&D night crew are on hand to help open the gates into Gianthold Tor in DDO. However, apparently a...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
