American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Dungeons and Dragons Online kicks off a new permadeath server run next week
Are you ready to die kicking and screaming and cursing the lag gods for your failure -- and then find yourself unable to resurrect...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude in the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and while some folks have probably already kicked back from the table and have started in on the...
PSA: You’ve got one week left to claim a ton of free LOTRO content
If you have even a passing interest (or more!) in Lord of the Rings Online and haven't yet snapped up the massive content giveaway...
Perfect Ten: 10 stock MMO mobs from crummy to cool
My pet theory of MMOs is that they exist in a gaming multiverse with scores of unseen connections. This explains why so many of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 347: Land rush!
Justin and Bree discuss Activision-Blizzard's ongoing Bobby Kotick situation, ArcheAge's move to Kakao, New World, LOTRO, and SWTOR, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Lands Awakened update, plus two voicemails on spears and sidequests in MMORPGs.
Lord of the Rings Online accidentally – and then deliberately – gives out extra level boosts
Some Lord of the Rings Online players are going to be logging into some unexpected good fortune this week. Standing Stone Games said that...
One Shots: After darkness, light
Lord of the Rings Online is a game of great contrasts -- between evil and good, between darkness and light, and between ugliness and...
The Daily Grind: Do you love bumping into your MMO guildies?
One small thing that I very much love about Lord of the Rings Online is that members of my kinship will have their names...
Dungeons and Dragons Online teases 2022’s Isle of Dread expansion
Who's ready for a new Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion? It looks like one is on the way for spring 2022 called Isle of...
Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to the first two Gundabad dungeons
Astute Lord of the Rings Online players may have noticed that Fate of Gundabad arrived this month without a single new instance open for...
Lord of the Rings Online talks about making a ‘taller, deeper, darker’ Gundabad
Many -- not all, but many -- Lord of the Rings Online players are exploring the nooks and crannies of the new zones unlocked...
LOTRO Legendarium: The double-edged sword of being past the books
This past week, Lord of the Rings Online crossed another major milestone in its development as it released its eighth expansion, Fate of Gundabad....
The Daily Grind: What do you think about MMO festival reprises?
One habit that Lord of the Rings Online likes to do is bring back its festivals out of season for a "reprise" -- a...
Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we've already dipped into the part on "load-bearing" playerbases,...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs explain away our infinite resurrections
Why? Why do we die in MMOs and keep coming back to life? Are we in a type of hell defined by endless combat...
Lord of the Rings Online launches its eighth expansion, Fate of Gundabad
Who's ready to get funky with Dwarves underground and Brawlers over the landscape? Lord of the Rings Online players, that's who. Today marks the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 346: Endwalker, ArcheAge, Lost Ark, and New World
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Endwalker delay, WoW's financials and player council, ArcheAge's new publisher, Gamigo's new MMORPG, Lost Ark's beta, New World's state, DDO update 51, Elder Scrolls Online's Deadlands, Harry Potter Wizard Unite's sunset, and Crowfall's freemium update, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, City of Heroes, and Star Wars Galaxies, plus a mailbag topic on worry about the future of the genre.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Should Guild Wars 2 delete leveling?
Leveling is one of those things that you just have to have to count as an RPG, right? It’s expected. At this point, the...
Tamriel Infinium: Should Elder Scrolls Online increase its landscape difficulty?
In so many ways, One Tamriel reinvented the Elder Scrolls Online experience by freeing players to pursue their own paths through the game. I...
LOTRO: Fate of Gundabad is still on track to launch next week — but several features are being delayed
Lord of the Rings Online's newest expansion, Fate of Gundabad, looks to be on track to launch next Wednesday, November 10th, bringing new adventures...
