American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs
When I first started MMOs, the idea of mains and alts was bizarre to me. Why would I spend time on a second character...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Before the Shadow’s new starter area and skirmish
You know that agonizingly delicious sensation of encountering an MMO drop that has so much stuff to explore that you hardly know where to...
EG7 Q3 2022: LOTRO’s monthly active players are up 11% compared to last year
If you can pull your eyes away from the Activision-Blizzard/NetEase trainwreck that unfolded overnight, then we've got a blast of new financial news for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 396: Crowfalling
Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Blue Protocol, SWTOR, New World, Q3 2022 financials (for Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, NCsoft), and new patches (for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE Online, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online), with a mailbag topic covering Shadowbane, Second Live, Secret World, and Ultima Online.
Lord of the Rings Online goes Before the Shadow today with new zones, leveling changes, and delving system
You can't walk into Mordor, but you can download a new mini-expansion for Lord of the Rings Online today -- provided that you've purchased...
One Shots: Officially up to no good
Hey, I hope everyone had a good week of recovery from all of those MMO Halloween festivities because One Shots is back -- and...
The Daily Grind: How frustrated do you get with MMO delays?
With all of the MMO releases happening this month, I was banking on the rollout of New World's fresh start servers, LOTRO: Before the...
The Stream Team: Defending the DDO caravan
Dungeon & Dragons Online isn't just about dungeons and dragons! No, there are open spaces as well as plenty of other critters -- just...
Lord of the Rings Online enters the final phase of testing for Beyond the Shadow
So yesterday, November 8th, was supposed to be the day that Lord of the Rings Online's Before the Shadow launched. But of course, on...
Dungeons and Dragons Online releases Update 57 Grip of the Hidden Hand today – here are the patch notes
Today marks a new content update for Dungeons and Dragons Online with the arrival of Update 57: Grip of the Hidden Hand, bringing a...
LOTRO Legendarium: What class should you pick in LOTRO?
Hunter.
Thanks for coming to the column! See you in the next one!
What, you want a bit more than that? Sheesh, fine. I'll stop amusing...
SSG has delayed Lord of the Rings Online’s Before the Shadow to November 15
Well, it's not exactly an impossible-to-fathom move given that it's baked into preorder verbiage, but it's going to be irritating nonetheless: Standing Stone Games...
Perfect Ten: 10 great reasons to revisit older MMORPGs
When one MMO dies, it forces us to look at the rest of the bunch through the sunglasses of mortality. The finite nature of...
One Shots: Hamming it up for Halloween
It's that time of year again! That's right, it's National Cat Day (October 29th)! So find the nearest cat, bow deeply to it, and...
The Stream Team: Wandering Wistmead and other Halloween fun in Lord of the Rings Online
It just isn't the Halloween season for Massively OP's MJ until her Hobbit takes a jaunt through the Haunted Burrow in LOTRO. Along with...
The Stream Team: The Snitch and the Lich in Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Night Revels
It's time once again for some Halloween fun in DDO! The Night Revels has returned, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to collect chocolates...
Massively Overthinking: Do you have a love/hate relationship with specific MMO content?
This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired by one of Justin's Daily Grinds, ironically. It was the one about the best online card game you've...
LOTRO continues Before the Shadows testing while DDO answers community questions
The latest build for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 34 -- better known as Before the Shadow -- is up on the Bullroarer...
Dungeons and Dragons Online previews Update 57, ends sixth hardcore season
Think you've seen and mastered every quest in Dungeons and Dragons Online? That will no longer be the case when Update 57: Grip of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 394: To pre-patch or not to pre-patch
Justin and Bree discuss New World's Brimstone Sands, World of Warcraft's Dragonflight prepatch, LOTRO's inbound QOL improvements, City of Heroes Homecoming's big balance patch, and FFXIV's 6.25, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and CoH, plus a mailbag topic on useless inventory clutter in MMOs.
