American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
Lord of the Rings Online is still working on closed server transfers, believe it or not
Oh look at that: Hell is freezing over. That must mean that Lord of the Rings Online's team is actually making progress on allowing...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new server is running smoothly, but some items are missing
It was an inauspicious start for Dungeons and Dragons Online's new premier 64-bit server, as the Cormyr shard experienced some of the worst slideshow...
The Stream Team: Into The Crucible in Dungeons & Dragons Online
If any aspirants want to join the Storm's Fist faction of the gathering army in Dungeons & Dragons Online, they must first prove themselves...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new 64-bit server was offline all night thanks to build problems
So Dungeons and Dragons Online's Cormyr server launch yesterday did not exactly go to plan. Readers will recall that Standing Stone Games launched the...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s first 64 bit server and Lanterns of the Mist event are live today
Cormyr is officially here in Dungeons and Dragons Online today - that's the first 64 bit server the 18-year-old MMORPG has ever had. Studio...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 490: What’s old is new again
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Wayfinder, Pax Dei, Tarisland, DDO, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, New World, WoW, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on solo vs. group MMO play.
Lord of the Rings Online says Legacy of Morgoth is on track for early November launch
"Everything seems to be cooking along just fine." That's the word from Lord of the Rings Online's team regarding the upcoming early November release...
Dungeons and Dragons Online is launching its 64-bit server next week
Dungeons and Dragons Online is getting mighty ambitious with a new event called Lanterns in the Mist that's currently winding its way through testing....
LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria
With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...
Lord of the Rings Online hands out expansion level boosters, shows Legacy of Morgoth instances
Lord of the Rings Online is full steam ahead for this fall's Legacy of Morgoth expansion, but you won't have to wait until next...
The Stream Team: Shop ’til You Drop during DDO’s Night Revels
Dungeons & Dragons Online has a new quest this year for its Night Revels event, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to Halloween it...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs let you filter out or change sounds?
There's an interesting, if lesser known, feature in Lord of the Rings Online that allows players to filter out unwanted sounds from the game....
LOTRO dev says that 2024 was ‘a recovery year’ but there’s plenty in the works for 2025
As Hobbits trick-or-treat and Elves preen in anticipation for their visual glow-up, Lord of the Rings Online's lead designer took to Twitch last week...
The MOP Up: Ethyrial adds guilds and guild leveling
We'll start today's leftover news roundup with the word that Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore added guilds with Patch 3.2.2!
"They can be created for the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Should all LOTRO expansions include ‘special systems?’
It's been an exciting week for Lord of the Rings Online as full details and testing for this fall's expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, arrived...
The Stream Team: Enjoying the Harvestmath festivities in Lord of the Rings Online
MOP's Chris and his Happy Cappy Nirlun the Bear-Chested are off to enjoy Harvestmath in Lord of the Rings Online! There's quests to be...
The Stream Team: Mercs make a Foundation of Discord in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Curse those arcane mercenaries! In DDO's Gianthold Wastes saga, the Stormreaver's forces are bolstered by a large group of them from the Aurum organization....
Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?
In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...
