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American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.

Massively Opinionated: WoW vs. LOTRO vs. the banker

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In this augural episode of Massively Opinionated, Larry, Mike, Richie, and Tina debate the topic of what makes the MMORPG genre special in 2015.

Global Chat: Are WoW Tokens worth it?

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The debut of World of Warcraft Tokens into the game's economy has caused quite a stir, particularly after the prices plunged during the first...
What will we do?

LotRO stars in new Vanderbilt online gaming course

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How does a seven-week course in gaming centered around Lord of the Rings Online grab you? Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative is...
Red sky at night, everything's boned.

Take a peek at the new areas and instances of Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 16

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The next big update to Lord of the Rings Online brings players ever closer to Mordor, which anyone with passing familiarity with the story...

Not So Massively: Star Wars Battlefront is revealed; GTA 5 beats Skyrim

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It's been a big week for competitive play in MOBAs. League of Legends opened the registration on its European Battlegrounds tournament and lifted the...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why LOTRO needs a progression server

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At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate...

Infinite Crisis has basically made me a MOBA fan

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It's 1989. My buddy and I are in a comic store and raising our eyebrows at this odd little one-shot called Gotham by Gaslight....
Infinite Crisis

Infinite Crisis adds Flash costume, profiles voice talent

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Veteran voice actor Steve Blum is the star of Turbine's latest Infinite Crisis featurette. Blum gives us a bit of background on new champion Lex...

Massively Overthinking: The pure PvE ‘niche’ of MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There...

Not So Massively: LoL nerfs Nidalee, Hearthstone bans mods, and Path of Exile talks Act IV

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League of Legends finally applied a nerf to controversial champion Nidalee, but players warn that it won't harm her jungling potential. Riot Games has...

Lord of the Rings Online announces 8th anniversary awards

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Lord of the Rings Online turns -- wow -- eight years old this month, which means that the game is not only throwing an...

The Daily Grind: What promised yet undelivered feature sticks in your craw?

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There are few things more annoying than a developer promoting an upcoming feature or change and then never delivering on it. Four expansions later,...
This failed for lots of reasons, let's be real.

Infinite Crisis unmasks Lex Luthor

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Turbine published a feature on its newest Infinite Crisis champion this week. Lex Luthor is the man of the hour, and he'll be available...

LOTRO explains new legendary imbuement system, preps anniversary

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One of the big ticket items for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is a revamp of the legendary item system with something...

Global Chat: Are MMO players too mean to game developers?

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Is it too easy to forget that MMOs, like all video games, are made by people just like you and I? Belghast over at...
For one reading of this sequence of words, this looks right.

Dungeons & Dragons Online drops Update 25 and the Temple of Elemental Evil

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So what is the Temple of Elemental Evil? Is it a temple devoted to evil performed by elementals? Is it a temple devoted to...
Infinite Crisis

The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MOBA class?

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The strangest thing has been happening to me here lately. I... I think I'm becoming a MOBA fan. It's not that I had anything...

Get a sneak peek of LOTRO’s Update 16

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Lord of the Rings Online is gearing up for a big content push this month with Update 16. The devs put the patch on the...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why you need to read the books if you play the game

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While my Kindle is loaded with so many new books I've yet to read that I really should take a few months off to...
Infinite Crisis

Infinite Crisis enables 1v1 Crime Alley for the weekend

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Are you tired of running Coast City in Infinite Crisis? Turbine is throwing you a bone, albeit a temporary one, in the form of...

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