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 Daily Grind: Do you ever use MMOs to do things you can’t do in real life?
My allergies have been so dreadful this spring and summer that I've really struggled - going outside literally means risking serious rashes as pollen...
Lord of the Rings Online highlights its new cash shop and flexible coupon system
Lord of the Rings Online's fancy new storefront is the talk of the town this week... or, at least, the talk of this past...
One Shots: Yet not as messy as my teen son’s room
Some weeks we begin our One Shots tour with breathtaking vistas that leave you an emotional wreck as you silently cry at your computer...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s forests from maddening to awesome
J.R.R. Tolkien famously loved nature, and that passion seeps into his creation of Middle-earth. To him, the great outdoors was not something to be...
LOTRO and DDO return to service after a full day of productive downtime
While Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players had to go touch grass instead of play their MMOs yesterday, it...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
Albion Online’s new legendary items will be one-of-a-kind craftables with unique histories
Albion Online's next big update is already set to be loaded with new content, and Sandbox Interactive is previewing yet another chunk of it...
LOTRO and DDO go offline for 23 hours to add new storefront, LOTRO adds River Hobbit starting instance
Here's hoping that all you Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players have alternate sources of entertainment today because pretty...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 431: FFXIV Dawntrail and Path of Exile 2
Justin, Eliot, MJ, and Chris discuss Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail at Fanfest and Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2 at ExileCon, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, AdventureQuest 3D, Astroneer, and Craftopia.
Lord of the Rings Online readies its revamped in-game storefront
Lord of the Rings Online's ancient and creaky in-game store is about to get a high-gloss makeover come next Wednesday. Standing Stone Games announced...
One Shots: Dance like no one’s watching
Let's kick off this week with period-appropriate disco music, fancy threads, and the coolest Orc you peons ever saw. Minimalistway is tearing up the...
Lord of the Rings Online players are putting on a ‘summer musical review’ this weekend
Back in March, we covered the fabulous effort of a player-run theater troupe in Lord of the Rings Online to adapt Sondheim and Lapine's...
The Stream Team: Going to the Marketplace for quests in Dungeons and Dragons Online
The D&D adventures continue on OPTV and this time Chris is headed back into Dungeons and Dragons Online for some more adventuring! This time...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO on the cusp of a crafting renaissance?
There are a lot of big and interesting projects in the works for Lord of the Rings Online's Updates 37 and 38 -- too...
Obituary: Former Lord of the Rings Online lore-master Berephon has passed away
Old school Lord of the Rings Online players may remember a developer by the name of Jonathan Rudder -- or as he was called...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing River-hobbits but delays (part of) the stat squish
River-hobbits are back on the menu in Lord of the Rings Online, as the much-anticipated new racial variant was put on the test server...
SSG opens preorders for Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Vecna Unleashed
Dungeons and Dragons Online's update 60 has launched today, but never mind all that: Buy Vecna Unleashed! You think I'm kidding, but that's pretty...
Dungeons and Dragons Online surveys players on module interest, but ‘be careful not to read too much into it’
What module would you like to see from the TTRPG adapted into Dungeons and Dragons Online? That's the question that Standing Stone Games is...
Revisit Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock XV player mega-concert
If you noticed that fewer Lord of the Rings Online players were actually questing and solving the problems of Middle-earth this past weekend, well,...
Lord of the Rings Online previews fall’s crafting ‘refresh’ and the new Mariner class
While River-hobbits and stat squishes are getting major attention with Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Update 37, it hasn't stopped the studio or...