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Welcome back to another quick spin through MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Fortnite - It doesn't look as if gaming companies are feeling too hopeful...

Yes, I'm kind of nuts about the Lord of the Rings Online soundtrack. It could be because I've played this MMO more than most...

Just when I thought we were getting to a quieter point in the year where I could engage in a leisurely wrap-up of the...

Maybe at this point, Frodo and Sam should feel some pity toward the rest of us. After all, Lord of the Rings Online players...

Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...

Two years after fraud ruined his company, Chance Thomas is back. The Academy Award-winning composer (and composer of great portions of Lord of the Rings...

MMO twitter has been ablaze since yesterday's announcement that Daybreak is being bought up in its entirety by Swedish games company Enad Global 7,...

Whew. We're finally getting close to the end of 2020, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it...

Following yesterday's revelation that Daybreak has been sold to Swedish company Enad Global 7 for $300M, the bosses at Daybreak's substudio have all now...

I've been covering the MMORPG genre professionally for well over 10 years now, and a whole lot has changed in that timespan, including the...

Justin and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2 Truce, Final Fantasy XIV, and Wizard 101, with adventures in New World and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on WoW marketing and our defining MMORPGs.

What could be evil about game studios giving out daily treats to its players? Settle back, folks, because Going Commando is going to tell you...

For a good long while now -- years, really -- I've joined the chorus of voices that have been asking Standing Stone Games to...

One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...

Lord of the Rings Online players have been clamoring for a lot more communication from SSG this year, especially from the game's higher-ups. This...

Hey, Bree isn't here on the podcast today! It's going to be anarchy, fridge raiding, and free love! Or it'll be Chris and Justin...

Even the most jaded opponent of Fallout 76 has to admit that Bethesda has been making progress in bringing the online RPG up to...

When Lord of the Rings Online ramped up to its launch in early 2007, Turbine offered a tantalizing deal to potential players. If they...

A while back, Massively OP's MJ and the D&D night crew explored Garl's Tomb in DDO. There, they vanquished mant troglodytes and learned the...

Lord of the Rings Online's unique PvP scene -- which is called PvMP or "monster play" -- is one of the more underdeveloped and...