American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Lord of the Rings Online brings around the Farmers Faire once more
It's time to celebrate summer in Lord of the Rings Online, and what better way to celebrate than with the Farmers Faire? There is...
Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?
In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...
Lord of the Rings Online is working on ‘remastered’ graphics, delving, and alt leveling path
While Lord of the Rings Online is down a producer, it still has an executive producer overseeing the vision of the long-running MMO. Yesterday,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking the new class/race combos by excitement factor
As we trek through the dog days of summer, the most exciting thing on the horizon for Lord of the Rings Online has to...
Middle-earth Enterprises sends cease-and-desist letter to LOTRO rogue server project
Some Lord of the Rings Online players may have been aware of an unofficial rogue server project that was set to release this month...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 383: New World strikes up the band
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Diablo Immortal, SWTOR, NCsoft Q1, and Guild Wars 3, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, and Glitch, plus a mailbag topic on better terms for MMOs.
Lord of the Rings Online’s free Anor transfers are ‘incoming’ prior to its late August shutdown
The clock is ticking down to the closure of Lord of the Rings Online's original legendary server, and residents are getting a little antsy...
One Shots: You’ll never be this exalted
For your average farmer or scribe in Guild Wars 2's world, they'll never find themselves in the presence of so much swirly, sparkly awesomeness...
Dungeons and Dragons Online sics hounds from hell on permadeath adventurers
Dungeons and Dragons Online players who eagerly jumped into the latest hardcore league run are finding that it's a little more difficult than they...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s latest Hardcore League season is officially underway
Dungeons and Dragons Online players of a certain stripe are likely already familiar with this bit of news, but just in case they aren't,...
Lord of the Rings Online community calls SSG out over stealth nerfs
A follow-up patch to last week's Lord of the Rings Online update made a few improvements to raid groups and allowed players to actually...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 382: Wrath Classic forecasts a frosty September
Justin and Bree discuss New World's server merges, Wrath Classic's September launch, LOTROs 33.1, Pantheon's investment, and Chronicles of Elyria's mess, with adventures in RIFT, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag entries on single-player games, rhythm-based MMO classes, and Firefly.
Global Chat: The virtue of smaller shared worlds
With the rise of online sandboxes and other mini-MMOs (if that oxymoron can exist), several long-time MMO bloggers are praising the virtues and benefits...
The Stream Team: An island spa resort in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Ever want to just buy a personal island and turn it into a luxury spa resort? Well, the mage Skyros did just that in...
LOTRO Legendarium: Update 33.1’s further adventures are more like a light snack
Seeing as how I was somewhat underwhelmed with Lord of the Rings Online's Further Adventures with Bilbo Baggins, I approached this week's new mission...
Dungeons and Dragons Online opens the Skeletons in the Closet raid for Isle of Dread owners
Facing the skeletons in the closet is taking something of a more literal meaning for certain players of Dungeons and Dragons Online today as...
Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 33.1 with the Further Adventures of Elladan and Elrohir
Wake up, you sleepy Hobbits, because it's patch day for Lord of the Rings Online! Update 33.1 arrives today with a new Further Adventures...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 381: The Soulframe of the game
Justin and Bree discuss Warframe's new sibling Soulframe, Guild Wars 2's summer roadmap, LOTRO's producer's departure, SWTOR's creative director's departure, and WoW's Dragonflight alpha, with adventures in City of Heroes, RIFT, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on truly non-instanced open world design.
Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock community concert drew 22 bands this past weekend
Lord of the Rings Online's biggest and most long-running community concert series returned this past weekend to host Weatherstock XIV. Over the course of...
Lord of the Rings Online producer leaves Standing Stone Games after a little over a year
The Lord of the Rings Online community was shocked this weekend to learn that Oleg Brodskiy, more commonly known as "Raninia" on the site,...
