American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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The Daily Grind: What are the most recent three MMO classes you’ve been playing?
Take a deep breath and let go of the fear that we were going to fling some overly obtuse topic your way. Today is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing
Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.
EG7 Q4 2023: DCUO’s delayed latest-gen console launch hurt Daybreak’s revenues last quarter
While bigger games companies continue to flail, EG7 actually managed to grow last year, as its latest investor report demonstrates, with overall revenues up...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s latest U66 test includes tumbling and two more dungeons
The next round of testing for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 66 is underway and features two new dungeons and a fun "experimental feature."
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You can now buy River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online with store currency
Even with Update 39 undergoing testing on Lord of the Rings Online's Bullroarer server, things are pretty quiet for our favorite Middle-earth MMO right...
LOTRO Legendarium: How to walk away from LOTRO (for a while)
Even when you love an MMORPG a whole lot, it's rarely feasible to play it as steadily and at the same intensity over the...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever lost a house in an MMO?
Last week, fellow MMO blogger Belghast wrote a blog post that sent a shot of panic through my own heart: He tells the tale...
The Stream Team: Solving Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Sealed in Amber
In DDO, Ravenloft's Strahd has no dearth of enemies. A dusk elf named Kasimir Velikov has followed the guidance of his treacherous dead sister,...
Dungeons & Dragons Online is giving away archetypes, mounts, and more for the Year of the Dragon
Dungeons & Dragons Online teased its Year of the Dragon promotion last weekend, but now it's here: The D&D MMORPG will be following along...
Working As Intended: City of Heroes macros and popmenus for noobs
In my first braindump on City of Heroes for this column, I tried to ease superhero fans into the world of modding the 20-year-old...
Lord of the Rings Online U39 hits Bullroarer for Corsairs of Umbar instance and raid testing
Lord of the Rings Online has opened the Bullroarer test server for players' first look at update 39 as of today. The heart of...
Lord of the Rings Online preps Update 39 testing, Dungeons & Dragons Online readies Year of the Dragon
Standing Stone Games' weekend livestreams for both Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online have both come to pass, and while...
The Stream Team: A Mad Tea Party in Dungeons & Dragons Online
When hunting a vicious vampire that has been terrorizing an area, it is important to... stop and attend a tea party?! Massively OP's MJ...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
The MOP Up: DDO’s Snowpeaks Festival returns
Just because winter is in full swing doesn't mean it has to be dour! Dungeons and Dragons Online is keeping things lively with the...
The Stream Team: Returning to DDO’s Ravenloft castle for A Raven at the Door
With such a big castle, it is understandable that Massively OP's MJ couldn't explore all of the vampire's home in DDO's Ravenloft during her...
Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs
During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup
Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s systems designer talks about the epic destiny refresh
With a whole lot of systems under review for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 66, it's only logical that the games systems designer emerge...
Lord of the Rings Online dev stream expands on last week’s roadmap previews
The release of Lord of the Rings Online's 2024 roadmap this past week only seemed to fuel more questions than it did supply answers,...
