American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 things we know about the Mordor expansion
We are one month into 2017, and already the MMO genre is brimming with anticipation over several upcoming expansions. One of those has no...
Recapping the Asheron’s Call sunsets
Just before Christmas, we learned the sad news that Turbine would not be transferring Asheron's Call and its revivified sequel to Standing Stone as...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most notable copycat MMORPG of all time?
A few weeks ago, I logged into Lord of the Rings Online for the first time in what I think is a few years....
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s update 34 encourages you to not fear the Reaper (Difficulty)
Seasons don't fear the reaper, nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain. You can be like they are, and considering the new...
Perfect Ten: MMO NPC lives from best to worst
The lives of NPCs are unpleasant within MMOs. Imagine coming into existence knowing that you are forever doomed to perform one singular function, one...
Battle Bards Episode 91: Forest Tales
Take a stroll through the trees and become totally lost in the foliage, drinking in the sounds of the forest with today’s show, as...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up in Lord of the Rings Online
What is with me and ending this feature in slightly snowy pine-forested woodlands? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to happen twice...
The Daily Grind: Have any 2017 previews sucked you back into MMOs?
One thing I look forward to at the start of every year is seeing all of the producer's letters, states of the game, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 102: Sailing into the future
Justin and Larry discuss LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Star Trek Online, Asheron's Call, H1Z1, Black Desert, and Guild Wars 2, with a special Bree monologue about the new comment system.
LOTRO’s Mordor expansion will take place after the destruction of the One Ring
When Lord of the Rings Online players finally step foot into the dreaded land of Mordor this summer, they will make one shocking discovery: The...
Global Chat: Interior decorating in MMORPGs
With Elder Scrolls Online's new housing system coming early next month and LOTRO testing out some much-needed housing improvements, homemaking seems to be a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?
In Andrew's retrospective of Asheron's Call 2 last week, he mentioned that the game had a music system, something I'd long since forgotten, if...
LOTRO saddles a free horse for VIP members
To both reward current subscribers and encourage new ones to hop on board, Lord of the Rings Online is gifting VIP accounts with a...
One Shots: A purrrfect sunset
What makes a good sunset even better? When you get to curl up with your favorite pet and share a Hallmark moment together.
UpayaCrow kicks...
Lord of the Rings Online lays out its 2017 roadmap
Get ready to assail the foundations of Mordor, Lord of the Rings Online players, because it's going to happen this year.
Standing Stone Games published...
The Daily Grind: Will Turbine announce something big for Asheron’s Call next week?
Asheron's Call is sunsetting next week -- that much we know. But beyond that, we don't know a whole lot about the rushed circumstances...
LOTRO preps the bleak Wastes for Update 20
In an interview with MMORPG.com, Standing Stone opened up some more about the pre-expansion update that's coming to Lord of the Rings Online in...
Choose My Adventure: Nice things about Lord of the Rings Online
The thing about the level of Lord of the Rings Online that I'm playing at is that they are not exactly replete with choices....
Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores
I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you dread repeating on alts?
As a habitual and lifelong altoholic, I am quite used to walking a new generation of characters in the footsteps of their forefathers and foremothers....
