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

LOTRO and DDO’s Standing Stone Games invites fans to a meetup during PAX East

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If you're heading out to PAX East next month and have any affinity for Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online,...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever ruined an MMO character to the point of deletion?

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I was hanging out in City of Heroes a few weeks back when someone in chat mentioned that back in the day, he had...

One Shots: What am I looking at here?

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Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10 ways LOTRO was vastly different at launch

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While I would argue that Lord of the Rings Online has grown in a remarkably cohesive way since its launch, what we have here...

The Stream Team: Retrieving magical vineyard gems in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Even after Massively OP's MJ cleared the dangers in the DDO winery, she still can't get any wine from the Martikov family because they...

LOTRO activates two weeks of free gold Hobbit presents for subbers as it reshuffles spring schedule

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Are you subscribed to LOTRO or coasting on a lifetime sub these days? Then consider this a friendly prompt to log into the game...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 39 contains a whole lot of class changes

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Lord of the Rings Online's winter instance update went into a third round of testing this week with one of its four dungeons --...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo

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Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.

Dungeons & Dragons Online begins taking applications for its next player council

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The time for opinionated yet active fans of Dungeons & Dragons Online to perhaps gain the direct ear of Standing Stone Games is nigh,...
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The MOP Up: Undecember creates one-player raids

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Just because you're a social pariah doesn't mean that you can't raid in Undecember! The hack-and-slash multiplayer RPG pumped out a new patch that...

One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship

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I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...

LOTRO Legendarium: Rethinking LOTRO’s landscape soldiers

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In December 2009, Lord of the Rings Online added one of its most unique side systems with skirmishes. Not only were these instances flexible...

The Stream Team: The Final Vintage of Dungeons & Dragons Online

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In true "run there, get that" MMO fashion, the next Dungeons and Dragons Online adventure in the Mists of Ravenloft saga is a chain...

Haven is a co-op focused MMORPG being built by Blizzard, EA, and Turbine veterans

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Merriam-Webster defines the word "haven" as "a place of safety offering favorable opportunities or conditions," but one might argue that most MMORPGs aren't...
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Lord of the Rings Online pushes closer to Update 39’s release as it tests more dungeons

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Could Lord of the Rings Online's Update 39 be coming very soon? It's starting to feel that way, especially as the instance-heavy patch goes...
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The Daily Grind: What are the most recent three MMO classes you’ve been playing?

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Take a deep breath and let go of the fear that we were going to fling some overly obtuse topic your way. Today is...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing

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Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.

EG7 Q4 2023: DCUO’s delayed latest-gen console launch hurt Daybreak’s revenues last quarter

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While bigger games companies continue to flail, EG7 actually managed to grow last year, as its latest investor report demonstrates, with overall revenues up...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s latest U66 test includes tumbling and two more dungeons

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The next round of testing for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 66 is underway and features two new dungeons and a fun "experimental feature." The...

You can now buy River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online with store currency

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Even with Update 39 undergoing testing on Lord of the Rings Online's Bullroarer server, things are pretty quiet for our favorite Middle-earth MMO right...

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