American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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One Shots: Zen and the art of motorcycle flying
As we all well know, motorcycles are among the safest forms of transportation ever devised. This is especially true if you careen off-road without...
Lord of the Rings Online executive producer hints that 2023 expansion is ocean-themed
While Lord of the Rings Online fans are still waiting to get a full view of this fall's mini-expansion, Before the Shadow, the studio...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Minstrel revamp is a master class in studio obstinance
Does anything in this world produce a cold sweat faster than a developer abruptly announcing, "Oh hey, we're going to retool your class?" Unless...
The Stream Team: Aiding dragons to squash the Cults of the Dragons Below in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Massively OP's MJ and her D&D night crew helped some dragons find and rescue their comrades last time in DDO's Dragonblood Prophecy. Next up...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever returned to an old MMO and fallen in love?
Earlier this month, MOP's Eliot penned a WoW Factor that doesn't quote but certainly does evoke the ol' Heraclitus quote about how you cannot...
Dungeons and Dragons Online brings back its popular Crystal Cove event with a few tweaks
It's time to jam on your pirate hat, affix any sort of bird to your shoulder, and head out to Dungeons and Dragons Online's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 388: Elyon descends through finite care
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Wrath pre-patch, New World's new servers, Elyon's sunset, Bless Unleashed's sunset, EVE Online Uprising, Star Trek Online's Wil Wheaton, and Temtem's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, with a lightning round of MMO questions from the mailbag.
One Shots: A line-up of champions
You know that you've finally made it as a bona fide hero when you are asked to line up in a dramatic group pose....
Lord of the Rings Online is about to give soloers a way to earn raid gear
In an hour-and-a-half Q&A video this past Friday, Standing Stone Games' Allan "Orion" Maki took the center stage to field numerous questions from the...
Lord of the Rings Online tests new Minstrel changes, monster play on Bullroarer
Lord of the Rings Online players have a few more days to check out the upcoming patch 33.2 as the revised version is now...
Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
The Daily Grind: Do you like knowing how your MMO is made if it spoils the world?
Lately I've been listening through a Lord of the Rings Online YouTube series in which the game's lead world builder goes zone by zone...
One Shots: Where’s Utakata this week?
Part of the sublime joy of One Shots is being able to follow around different Massively OP readers in their adventures through MMORPGs. Out...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs bring back the fog of war?
The other day, I was reminded by a fellow Lord of the Rings Online player of something that I had completely forgotten: That the...
Lord of the Rings Online defends controversial Minstrel changes
This week's out-of-the-blue announcement that Lord of the Rings Online was testing a massive overhaul to the Minstrel class caused no end of consternation,...
The Stream Team: Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Dragonblood Prophecy
With a game called Dungeons & Dragons Online, you expect there to be dragons. And there are! Massively OP's MJ is embarking on an...
Global Chat: How is WildStar’s rogue server doing?
Plenty of people both here on Massively OP and out in the MMORPG community continue to hold a torch for the late, great WildStar....
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new update adds class archetypes, revamps an encounter, and applies balance changes
Update 56: Archetypes and Archvillains is arriving today to players of Dungeons and Dragons Online, bringing with it a host of updates that appear...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing new class/race combos and major Minstrel rework
The next Lord of the Rings Online update may sound like music to players' ears -- or it may be a discordant jangle. That's...
Lord of the Rings Online shuts down its Anor server today, but characters are retrievable through Dec 31
It's the end of an era for Lord of the Rings Online, as the game's original progression server comes to the end of its...
