American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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The Stream Team: Flower picking and other Lord of the Rings Online Spring Festival fun
What is more spring-like than enjoying newly bloomed flowers? In LOTRO, it's picking them -- picking them all! The Spring Festival is back, and...
LOTRO and DDO hand out downtime compensation packages as spring festival begins
Freebies! Who wants freebies? Get them while they're hot! Get them while your inventory still has space!
Oh, hello, I see you heard my call....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 212: Harry Potter, progression servers, and No MMO’s Sky
Justin and Bree discuss the Harry Potter mobile MMOARG; progression servers for RIFT, LOTRO, and EverQuest; No Man's Sky's MMO ambitions; WoW 8.1.5; Blade & Soul's next big thing; and The Division 2's sleepy launch. With reader mail on factional divides, the death of playable races, and staying healthy while gaming.
LOTRO assembles a panel of experts to have a deep lore chat
There is nothing if not a whole lot of lore in Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's Middle-earth is positively brimming with it, after all,...
The Daily Grind: When have MMOs successfully put a clever spin on old tropes?
We can all point to the many, many video game and pop culture tropes that infest MMORPGs to both our amusement and annoyance. From...
LOTRO Dwarves delve too deep, progression players rush in to see
Dust off that goat and ride fiercely into Khazad-dûm, for the vast underground kingdom is finally open for business on Lord of the Rings...
The Daily Grind: Has your MMO of choice ever had a major data loss?
When Justin mentioned to me on this week's podcast the rumor that Lord of the Rings Online's and Dungeons and Dragons Online's multi-day downtime...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that let you feel superheroic
So, hey, Captain Marvel is out now! And I'm writing this before having actually seen it, so I can't say word one about whether...
LOTRO’s progression server unlocks Moria this Thursday
A week after Lord of the Rings Online spent several consecutive days in the dark, the Tolkien MMORPG is preparing to send players into...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 211: Carrying the Torchlight
Justin and Bree deep-dive Torchlight Frontiers and discuss Path of Exile's Synthesis, the great LOTRO and DDO outage of 2019, the impending end of Kritika Online and the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2's warclaw, Alganon, and a mailbag topic about housing in MMOs.
LOTRO Legendarium: The return of skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online
Out of all of Lord of the Rings Online's additional features that it has added post-launch, skirmishes have my vote as one of the...
LOTRO and DDO are finally back online after nearly four days down
For a moment there, it looked as though the multi-day saga of LOTRO and DDO downtime was finally over. And then everything blew up.
You...
DDO and LOTRO’s one-day downtime is now at three days and counting
What began as a one-day downtime to work on a data center has now stretched into three days of offline status for both Lord...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for getting your character super drunk?
Fallout 76's dev blog a few weeks ago about its upcoming brewing and distilling skills - which are actually surprisingly detailed - got me...
LOTRO and DDO downtime extends into its second day as datacenter work continues
While we knew that yesterday's extended downtime for both of Standing Stone Games' MMOs was going to be lengthy, initially there was hope that...
Dungeons and Dragons Online teases a new class and adventure packs to come in 2019
With both LOTRO and DDO down for most of today due to server work, there are plenty of MMO gamers looking for something to...
The Daily Grind: Does Neverwinter or DDO handle the D&D license better?
Ooh Justin, them's fightin' words!
We don't often have the luxury of seeing two full-fledged MMORPGs handle the same intellectual property, especially in vastly different...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 210: The spice must flow
Justin and Bree discuss Funcom's Dune, Anarchy Online's prog, Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone, Atlas' wipe, Guild Wars 2's layoffs, DDO's Sharn expansion, and Outlaws of the Old West, with adventures in Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, and SWG; a mailbag question on finding laid-back MMOs; and a sponsored segment on Black Desert.
Get an advance look at Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Tiefling
The excitement is ramping up for Dungeons and Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn, the spring expansion that's already in testing on the Lamannia server. In...
LOTRO and DDO are going offline for a day thanks to server work
Hobbits are taking an extended siesta this week in Lord of the Rings Online. On Monday, March 4th, the game is coming down for a...
