American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
Massively OP Podcast Episode 362: Eternal Winter, Eternity’s End, End of Dragons
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, Black Desert Mountain of Eternal Winter, DDO's 16th anniversary, WoW's Eternity's End, EverQuest II's level-agnostic server, and Elder Scrolls Online's account-wide achievements, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, ESO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a voicemail on faction identity in MMOs.
Star Wars Galaxies Legends added apartments to Bespin to celebrate its sixth year as a rogue server
Last spring, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dazzled Star Wars fans with the introduction of the planet Bespin and Cloud City, but...
Dungeons and Dragons Online makes several races and classes permanently free to mark its 16th anniversary
It's time to wish a happy 16th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons Online, but it's also time for players to get a pretty sizeable...
Standing Stone Games ‘curious’ about how Lord of the Rings Online works on Steam Deck
As a possible console edition of Lord of the Rings Online tantalized the imaginations of the game's loyal community, this past week's launch of...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring LOTRO Update 32’s Angle of Mitheithel
Even after a decade-and-a-half of constant expansion, Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has more left to show us than is currently on the...
EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO
Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...
The Daily Grind: Are you looking for reasons to *not* play MMOs?
Earlier this week, I was chatting with MOP's Chris about Conan Chop Chop when he mentioned that the game is surprisingly intense. "It will...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
DDO’s Update 53 goes live with adventure pack, free unlocks, and anniversary giveaways
Someone over at SSG really likes alliteration, apparently. Last week, LOTRO received its Rangers and Ruins update, and now Dungeons and Dragons Online is...
Lord of the Rings Online unlocks the doors of its Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra raid this week
Lord of the Rings Online's newest 12-person raid is about ready to open for business. Standing Stone Games announced that the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force
Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.
The Daily Grind: Are you more about setting or lore in MMOs?
I have never really thought of myself as a lore person. I don't go into an MMO and memorize the lore or the backstory,...
One Shots: Stepping back from the brink
A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...
Dungeons and Dragons Online announces new producer and a packed 2022 roadmap
Like its counterpart in Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online now has a producer of its very own. Standing Stone Games...
The Daily Grind: Are there places you linger in MMOs just to listen to the soundtrack?
In my years of both playing MMORPGs and talking with other players, I've noticed a trend among some of us where we'll find ourselves...
Lord of the Rings Online’s newest region is a ‘much needed break’ from gloomy zones, dev says
Lord of the Rings Online is putting its newest raid through the crucible before it goes live next week. SSG announced that the 12-player...
The Stream Team: A giant problem in Dungeons & Dragons Online
House Deneith has some big problems in DDO. Giant problems. As in, specifically a problem with giants. An army of large proportions is besieging...
Lord of the Rings Online holds hiring spree, weathers post-patch bumps
Lord of the Rings Online is going on a bit of a hiring spree these days as Standing Stone Games seeks to fill several...
Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 32: Rangers and Ruins
What's that, February? You're already full to the gills but you can't stop chowing down on new MMO content? Well then, open up and...
