American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
One Shots: Castle Redskull
As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online takes much-needed steps forward
I don't know about you, Lord of the Rings Online fans, but I am really, really digging these quarterly producer's letters. It feels like...
LOTRO is making tons of expansion content permanently free, adding a new Hobbit zone
Hey, do you like free stuff? Lord of the Rings Online's March 2022 producer letter has arrived, and it's promising tons of free stuff...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best animal taming mechanics?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back that made me all nostalgic for Ultima Online. The player was looking for MMOs...
The Stream Team: Spies and jumping puzzles in Dungeons & Dragons Online
The Blood Tide still ebbs! Just because Massively OP's MJ saved House Deneith's outpost in DDO, doesn't mean there's not more to that story...
Lord of the Rings Online studio says payments from Russia are blocked
Due to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine and the sanctions levied at Russia, it's become difficult to make any purchases in Lord of...
Lord of the Rings Online welcomes spring with its annual festival
With the weather around here vacillating between "balmy and welcoming" to "blizzard warning" on a daily basis, I know that spring is moving back...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you returned to more than any other?
I learned a while back that I really need to stop making bold proclamations that, "I'm leaving this game for good, and I mean...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 364: Turtle power!
Justin and Bree discuss Elite Dangerous console, EVE Online's P2W controversy, Guild Wars 2's turtles, and WoW's expansion reveal, with adventures in DDO, WoW Classic, SWG Legends, and GW2, plus mailbag topics on WoW free-to-play and New World's MMO pedigree.
One Shots: My best buddy and me
One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs
In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...
LOTRO opens Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra T3 this week, plus check out this amazing player-made map
Lord of the Rings Online is unleashing its 32.0.3 patch today, and while that's perhaps not the most exciting name, there's still some good...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO beginner zone?
When it comes to MMO nostalgia, is there anything greater than the places where you first stepped foot into the game? Beginner zones not...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online
Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...
One Shots: Murder palaces are always so inviting
The Secret World was always good at creating spaces that you take one look at and go, "Nope! Not going to walk in there!...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?
The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....
The Stream Team: Celebrating Dungeons & Dragons Online’s sweet sixteenth
If games could drive, Dungeons & Dragon's Online would get its license this week! (Well, I'd stay off the roads if I saw a...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Shadowfax server moves into Rohan
Lord of the Rings Online's super-speedy server is now riding, not walking, toward Mordor. That's because Shadowfax has now unlocked the horse-crazy expanse of...
Lord of the Rings Online patch adjusts legendary item rewards and new raid
Lord of the Rings Online players will log in later today to a game mildly improved from where they last left it. Update 32.0.2...
