American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Players express anger over Lord of the Rings Online adding high-end gear to lockboxes
Long ago, Lord of the Rings Online first experimented with having stats on gear you can buy for real money. We bring this up...
Dungeons and Dragons begins testing Mists of Ravenloft expansion with a new race
A week after Dungeons and Dragons Online teased the reveal of the much-anticipated Mists of Ravenloft expansion, the MMO started testing some of the...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
Lord of the Rings Online has hit the third wave of testing for its next major patch
Boy, what more do you need to test out the latest Lord of the Rings Online patch on its test server? Do you need...
Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?
Do you ever give MMOs a questioning stare and find yourself asking to no one in particular, "What is up with Daybreak these days,...
Dungeons & Dragons Online teases Mists of Ravenloft expansion, buffs Clerics and Favored Souls
It's always a crapshoot whether or not smaller patches are going to pay out with exciting features or fail to make a blip on...
Lord of the Rings Online tested Dungeons of Naerband and the Court of Seregost this past weekend
Did you take part in the last dungeon testing on the Lord of the Rings Online test server? If so, you'll have the context...
The MMO Book Club votes between Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, DCUO, EverQuest, RuneScape, ArcheAge, and WoW
Hey, remember the MMO Book Club? That's the Reddit-and-Discord group that allows members to vote on a game to play, then organizes a guild...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six places LOTRO could go after Mordor
It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
DDO Players invites Massively OP to chat about gaming, news writing, and podcasting
Haven't had enough of listening to your Massively Overpowered team yakking on and on in both the Massively OP Podcast and Battle Bards? Then...
Jukebox Heroes: Music from Destiny 2, LOTRO, Absolver, Black Desert, and Champions Online
Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.
LOTRO’s Ugrukhor isn’t too happy with the state of affairs in Mordor
The power vacuum created after the fall of Sauron in Middle-earth has wide-spread ramifications for Mordor (the country) and Mordor (the expansion). In its...
One Shots: A bridge too far
One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...
Lord of the Rings Online invites players to test out two new dungeons
There was a bit of a problem with Lord of the Rings Online's first attempt to test its next two dungeons on the test...
The Daily Grind: Do you like MMO quests with fail conditions?
In my recent forays into Dungeons and Dragons Online, I was forcibly reminded just how different this game in comparison of your standard MMORPG....
LOTRO starts testing Mordor instance cluster, talks about its soundtrack and lore
Even though the doors leading into Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor were busted wide open, not all secrets -- and features -- were...
Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore
In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.
Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
Lord of the Rings Online Roglarg trailer shows that there is no love lost between spider and orc
How many official videos will it take to wash out the taste of that terrible Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor launch trailer? At...
