American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Perfect Ten: 10 small Guild Wars 2 details that make it special
I find that there's this special window of time that happens when you return to an old favorite MMO that shouldn't be missed. It's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 411: The way to Wayfinder
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon, Throne & Liberty, New World, Wayfinder, DDO, Gamigo, and RIFT, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, New World, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on putting ourselves in MMOs and themed character designs.
Lord of the Rings Online’s delvings to see nerfs, improvements, and dungeon expansion
When Standing Stone Games introduced the delving system with last year's Before the Shadow mini-expansion, it was banking hard on this difficulty slider being...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Shadowfax server heads toward its final stretch with Minas Morgul unlock
Lord of the Rings Online's fastest progressing (and least populated) server is nearing its final months of existence, as Standing Stone Games has plans...
One Shots: That moment when you missed your cruise ship’s departure
The day had started so promisingly. You had docked in a tropical port full of free-flowing wine, endless parties, numerous souvenir shops, and nary...
The Game Archaeologist: The tale of Infinite Crisis, Turbine’s extremely short-lived DC Comics MOBA
Sharp minds will recall that back in 2012, EA Mythic attempted to turn its declining MMO fortunes by repackaging Warhammer Online into a MOBA...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
Games startup Elodie Games announces Project Skies, a ‘social cooperative action RPG game’
At this point, we all see a press release from a new startup studio with tons of investment money touting devs from the likes...
Lord of the Rings Online increases its virtue and legendary item cap, talks about ‘new work in Gondor’
In case you missed it -- possibly because it wasn't initially broadcast to all channels -- Lord of the Rings Online recently increased both the virtue...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Update 58 gives away a free dungeon and anniversary cosmetics
As Dungeons and Dragons Online reaches its 17th anniversary, Standing Stone Games is spreading the celebration far and wide with this week's Update 58:...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s 17th anniversary event kicks off this Wednesday
You know how you hate all those websites that make you feel ancient by reminding you that such-and-such is this many years old already?...
The Daily Grind: Do you join serious or goofy guilds in MMOs?
A while back in Lord of the Rings Online, I saw an ad for a guild float by that made me giggle when usually...
The Stream Team: Into LOTRO’s Ill Omens
It's been a while since LOTRO has run the Ill Omens event, and now that it is live again, Massively OP's MJ is going...
EG7 Q4 2022: Revenues are up thanks to mobile as LOTRO sees ‘mainstream resurgence’
Enad Global 7's Q4 2022 investor report dropped over the weekend, with a recap of the year for Swedish games corp EG7 and its...
One Shots: Flash, flash, hundred-yard dash
Rumor is, if you can run fast enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Go back in time? Sure. Quick dry jeans? Definitely. Continually...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why flying would have ruined LOTRO’s Middle-earth
Despite the title up there, this column isn't really about flying. I'm just getting that out of the way right here. I actually have...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite biome type in MMOs?
A while back, Pantheon posted some slides for some of its in-production biome types that caught my attention. Obviously, the mockups are slick, and...
The Stream Team: Seizing the Dawn in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Over the last few DDO adventures, Massively OP's MJ has been searching for lost/stolen/hidden planar eyes. Tonight, her search focuses on The Eye of...
Lord of the Rings Online is adding the infamous wayward rock as housing deco
One of the weirdest MMORPG stories of 2022 was the saga of Lord of the Rings Online's pet rock, a giant boulder a developer...
