American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist
This time last year, I polled the Massively OP writers for their opinions on which MMOs had had the best year, or half year,...
LOTRO releases 10th anniversary soundtrack
A week after announcing Composer Chance Thomas' return to score the upcoming Mordor expansion, Lord of the Rings Online revealed another musical treat. The...
Choose My Adventure: Exploring the purpose and plan of this community column
You are no doubt staring at the title image above and thinking to yourself that it really does not look like a Neverwinter screenshot....
LOTRO patch lays the foundation for its Mordor expansion
We don't even know the name of this fall's Lord of the Rings Online expansion yet, but the game is already laying down the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.
LOTRO confirms Chance Thomas’ return to score Mordor, says it will be his ‘darkest’ work yet
It was perhaps the worst-kept secret for Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Mordor expansion, but now it's officially confirmed: Composer Chance Thomas is...
LOTRO teases special announcement coming at noon today
Fans of Lord of the Rings Online will want to tune in to a special dev livestream today at noon eastern for a special...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best dungeon crawling experiences?
Dungeons are deeply on my mind as of late, mostly because I've been missing doing them in MMORPGs. It's odd: In particular MMOs, I...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 118: Crowfall breaks up the band
Justin and Bree discuss ESO Morrowind, Crowfall, Wild West Online, Destiny 2, Funcom financials, Star Citizen, SWTOR, Dreamfall Chapters, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on dating in MMOs.
LOTRO Legendarium: Bingo Boffin’s unexpected journey
In addition to playing a lot of fantasy and sci-fi MMORPGs, I'm an avid reader of novels in the same genres. I never quite...
Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs
Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...
Global Chat: Is Ashes of Creation worth backing?
With all of the hullabaloo going on concerning Ashes of Creation and its Kickstarter campaign, a few bloggers are asking themselves whether or not...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Neverwinter to be part of D&D’s June story reveal event
Wizards of the Coast is putting out the call for streamers, movers, and shakers to assemble in Seattle, WA on June 2nd and 3rd...
Global Chat: Die inventory management die!
Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
Turbine renews Asheron’s Call domain through 2022
It's weird to think that it's already been a few months since Asheron's Call and its sequel were shut down by Turbine. Yet there's a...
The Stream Team: A Cinco de Mayo pajama party in LOTRO
Have you heard of that MMO Book Club? (Don't worry, no actual books are involved!) This group is moving together to a new MMO...
Global Chat: Happy 10th birthday, LOTRO!
With Lord of the Rings Online hitting its 10th anniversary this past week, plenty of bloggers are enjoying the festivities and recalling some of...
LOTRO confirms a multi-boss raid for its Mordor expansion
When it comes to Mordor, is there any zone better suited to large, epic endgame fights? Yet when Lord of the Rings Online players...
Wanna try new MMORPGs? Join the MMO Book Club
Long ago when we were between MMOs, my guild went through several months of playing a new game every week thanks to the magic...
