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Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey
Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle...
Battle Bards Episode 132: Steampunk
Steam-powered tech, airships, clockwork machines, and automata are the source of inspiration for this week’s episode of Battle Bards! The team scrounged the landscape...
LOTRO brings back Bingo, blots out bleeds
Everybody's favorite hard-drinking, crazy-swimming Hobbit is back in Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games brought Bingo Boffin and his questline to the...
LOTRO enables free character transfers between legendary servers
Players and kinships separated by the confusion and chaos when Lord of the Rings Online opened up twin legendary servers last week now have...
The Daily Grind: Are special MMO servers worth a subscription?
With all of the special legacy and progression servers being started up across the MMORPG genre, I've noticed that there's an interesting factor that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 196: Shire consequences
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Funcom's and NCsoft's next big things, Gamigo's plans for Trion's games, and updates for Warframe, DCUO, and Neverwinter, plus discussion on favorite playstyles, legacy server ideas, and the future of Blizzard MMOs.
One Shots: Winter is… here!
As I'm prepping this column, we're in the middle of a nice early November snowstorm. I'm sort of wondering where fall went and why...
The Daily Grind: What MMO festival reward do you use year-round?
MMORPG holidays are funny events because while we kill ourselves to get thematic costumes, toys, mounts, and other goodies, the second the event is...
Leaderboard: Are you playing on Lord of the Rings Online’s progression server?
So many people showed up to play on Lord of the Rings Online's progression server Anor yesterday that SSG had to rush to put up...
The Stream Team: Stepping onto LOTRO’s legacy server
Although Massively OP's MJ has no plans to make a life on Anor, LOTRO's brand-spanking new legacy server that just launched, she's still willing...
Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to its first progression server
It's time to go back to the Shire once again.
Today, Lord of the Rings Online opened up its first "legendary" progression server, Anor. Subscribers...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most iconic MMORPG moment or accomplishment in your memory?
Over the weekend, my husband and I decided to let our son watch bits and pieces of Fellowship of the Ring. My kid is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 195: April fools at BlizzCon
Justin and Bree cover the BlizzCon mess, Diablo Immortal, WoW Classic, WoW's content plans, Torchlight Frontiers, Shroud of the Avatar, Old School RuneScape, and LOTRO's legendary server, with a mailbag question on noobing it up in WoW.
Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary progression server, Anor, launches November 8
Score one for MOP's Justin: He noted this morning that SSG has been systematically counting down through Lord of the Rings Online's updates on...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to prep for legendary servers
With progression servers on the way for... sometime... this month, many players (myself included) are planning out their brand-new adventures through Middle-earth. There's certainly...
Original LOTRO and DDO creator Turbine Entertainment changes its name to WB Games Boston
As the Fourth Age begins, Turbine Entertainment retreats into the east where it will continue to be diminished. The studio that formerly brought us...
LOTRO’s progression server may slow down experience gain (and that’s a good thing)
When Standing Stone Games first announced Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming progression server, the community had plenty of suggestions to how the studio...
LOTRO eyes Beornings for a revamp and breaks down giant invisible walls
Good news for Beorning players in Lord of the Rings Online: You look like you are due for some class love from the developers....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.
