American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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LOTRO Legendarium: 10 features that would make LOTRO even more fun
For me, it's been a great month of easing back into Lord of the Rings Online after taking a sabbatical from Middle-earth. With the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the newest class you’ve played in your oldest MMO?
I don't know about you, but I am not always that adventurous when it comes to picking a new class to play in an...
The Daily Grind: Do you reroll old familiar classes on MMO progression servers?
When Aion Classic opened its doors last month, I saw an intriguing thread on the game's subreddit about what class they were going to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six suggestions to improve LOTRO’s business model
First of all, I want to give praise where it's due: Lord of the Rings Online has done a great job in 2021 shedding...
A new ‘Treasure Bugan’ event spices up LOTRO’s dungeon runs
Lord of the Rings Online is filled to the brim with instances, but weirdly enough, not as many players use the instance finder as...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 331: The transparency episode
Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Chronicles of Elyria, Camelot Unchained, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Swords of Legends Online, Elyon, Warframe, and Path of Exile, with adventures in FFXIV, WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Albion Online, plus mailbag topics on Crowfall's marketing and its roleplay problem.
Relive LOTRO’s Weatherstock XIII player concert series with these videos
This past weekend, Hobbits and Elves (and other Free Peoples of Middle-earth) put down their swords and took up lutes, drums, and oboes for...
One Shots: A back warmer for cramps
When you're rocking some bad back pain or a spite of cramps, it certainly helps to have something warm to rest against. Loosens up...
LOTRO Legendarium: What returning to LOTRO feels like
I don't think that I have ever rage-quit Lord of the Rings Online, but I certainly have put it down often enough. That's pretty...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most useful MMO tidbit you’ve learned recently?
No matter how long I've spent playing an MMORPG, there seems to be no end to the new things I can learn about any...
LOTRO considers improving its business model as players present Weatherstock XIII
After years of guarded communication, Lord of the Rings Online’s fanbase has a new champion in Producer Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy, who joined SSG a...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the noisiest fanbases
In my particular neck of the woods, there are a lot of big fans of the Boston Red Sox. There's also something of a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 330: Swords of Crows Online
Justin and Bree discuss the launches of Crowfall and Swords of Legends Online, Fallout 76, WoW's story mess, and Elite Dangerous, with adventures in Albion Online, LOTRO, SWG Legends, Crowfall, WoW Classic, and FFXIV, plus a quick mailbag topic on Albion crafting.
Dungeons and Dragons Online previews Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
If there is one constant in the gaming universe, it's that developers love their quest title puns... and their alliterations. We don't blame Dungeons...
Global Chat: Exuberant over SWTOR’s combat styles
The recent announcement of this fall's Legacy of the Sith expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has (as expansion announcements tend to do)...
The Game Archaeologist: Why 2008 was one of the wildest years for MMORPGs
In the relatively short history of MMORPGs so far, there have been a few years that I would say were watershed moments for the...
Massively Overthinking: Which of the summer MMO launches captured your time and attention?
OK folks: We're in the thick of summer now, a summer that's seen an endless parade of MMO launches, mobile ports, expansions, classic servers,...
Perfect Ten: Worst MMO expansion names of all time
Back when Daybreak announced that EverQuest's 19th expansion would be titled Rain of Fear, I instantly found myself tripping over the name. I shouldn't...
LOTRO’s Classic server ‘wouldn’t work’ with current tech, SSG says
Standing Stone Games is probably getting sick of being asked all of the time about a Lord of the Rings Online classic server. Despite...
LOTRO producer talks Gundabad, Brawler, and LI revamp in new stream
Lord of the Rings Online's new producer, Oleg "Raninia" Brodskiy, is helping SSG make big strides toward becoming more communicative and transparent ever since...
