American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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Dungeons and Dragons Online reveals its expansion’s head vampire
Every MMO expansion needs a great headlining villain, a character who inspires fear, dread, and most importantly of all, makes you so infuriated that...
Lord of the Rings Online reverses course on incomparable gear rollback compensation
It took 'em a day, but it looks as if Standing Stone Games is going to do the right thing for Lord of the...
Lord of the Rings Online drops update 21, immediately rolls back upgrades
Update 21 has arrived for Lord of the Rings Online, which means the two new dungeons that have been getting tested for the past...
Check out character creation, outfits, and hirelings for Dungeon & Dragons Online’s Raveloft jaunt
Looking forward to stepping into Ravenloft with Dungeons and Dragons Online: Mists of Ravenloft? Sure, theoretically you shouldn't be excited because you might get...
LOTRO explains the conundrum of destroying the ring, announces Mordor soundtrack release
Put yourself in the shoes of the head writer of Lord of the Rings Online. How would you approach the climactic moment of the...
Standing Stone defends LOTRO lootbox plans
Pretty cheesed off over Lord of the Rings Online's plans to stuff best-in-slot gear into lootboxes with the upcoming instance cluster? Don't hold your...
Players express anger over Lord of the Rings Online adding high-end gear to lockboxes
Long ago, Lord of the Rings Online first experimented with having stats on gear you can buy for real money. We bring this up...
Dungeons and Dragons begins testing Mists of Ravenloft expansion with a new race
A week after Dungeons and Dragons Online teased the reveal of the much-anticipated Mists of Ravenloft expansion, the MMO started testing some of the...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
Lord of the Rings Online has hit the third wave of testing for its next major patch
Boy, what more do you need to test out the latest Lord of the Rings Online patch on its test server? Do you need...
Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?
Do you ever give MMOs a questioning stare and find yourself asking to no one in particular, "What is up with Daybreak these days,...
Dungeons & Dragons Online teases Mists of Ravenloft expansion, buffs Clerics and Favored Souls
It's always a crapshoot whether or not smaller patches are going to pay out with exciting features or fail to make a blip on...
Lord of the Rings Online tested Dungeons of Naerband and the Court of Seregost this past weekend
Did you take part in the last dungeon testing on the Lord of the Rings Online test server? If so, you'll have the context...
The MMO Book Club votes between Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, DCUO, EverQuest, RuneScape, ArcheAge, and WoW
Hey, remember the MMO Book Club? That's the Reddit-and-Discord group that allows members to vote on a game to play, then organizes a guild...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six places LOTRO could go after Mordor
It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
DDO Players invites Massively OP to chat about gaming, news writing, and podcasting
Haven't had enough of listening to your Massively Overpowered team yakking on and on in both the Massively OP Podcast and Battle Bards? Then...
Jukebox Heroes: Music from Destiny 2, LOTRO, Absolver, Black Desert, and Champions Online
Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.
LOTRO’s Ugrukhor isn’t too happy with the state of affairs in Mordor
The power vacuum created after the fall of Sauron in Middle-earth has wide-spread ramifications for Mordor (the country) and Mordor (the expansion). In its...
Asheron’s Call emulator lead explains what went down with the cease-and-desist
What are lawyers good for? Pouring lemon juice on the open wounds of an MMO community desperately trying to hold on to the remnant...
