turbine

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

The Daily Grind: What will be your top three most-played MMOs in 2022?

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A week ago, I asked you folks what your top three most-played MMOs of 2021 were. This week, I want to take a page...

Check out LOTRO’s new housing, zone, and reward track coming soon

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It's not a full-fledged expansion, but Lord of the Rings Online's Update 32 is shaping up to be a meaty content drop indeed. As...

One Shots: Dancers of the Lost Ark

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Every new MMORPG is a tomb waiting to be raided, a dungeon ready for delvings, and a vault ready to be cracked. Adventurers far...

The Daily Grind: What the best character title in an MMO?

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The other day I was wandering around Bree-town in Lord of the Rings Online when I saw an Elf race by with a ridiculously...
It's an old deck, I swear.

Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames

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Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
A world of disappointments.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 357: Microsoft swallows Blizzard whole

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Justin and Bree discuss the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout, the EverQuest franchise roadmaps, Nightingale's ex-MMO status, Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, and the Riot MMO, with adventures in LOTRO and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on Blizzard and games made for streaming.

Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online is fun but would be better with friends

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Once more, I’m reminded that Dungeons and Dragons Online should be part of my regular MMORPG gaming diet, primarily because this game lets me...

LOTRO Legendarium: It’s time to revisit skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online

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Ever since 2009, I've loved skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online. These were a new type of instance that rose to prominence in...

Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?

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Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...

Leaderboard: What types of items do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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Over the weekend, I used up some of the currency sitting on my Lord of the Rings Online account, and I want to talk...

The Stream Team: Recovering books from Dungeons & Dragons Online’s haunted mansion

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Last time, Massively OP's MJ and the group spent their time in Dungeons & Dragons Online's Dread Sea Scrolls quest solving the initial puzzle...

Lord of the Rings Online plans to make class, race, and virtue trait slots unlock by leveling in next update

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The Bullroarer test server of Lord of the Rings Online has put Update 32 out for public testing, and one part of the update...
Remember me? Someone is hoping you don't!

Global Chat: Moar MMO rogue servers, please!

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In the MMO genre, we've been blessed with many great rogue server projects -- but there's always room for more, right? MMO Fallout's Connor...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 356: A long time from now in a galaxy far, far away

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Star Citizen, Black Desert, Elyon, and Neverwinter, with adventures in LOTRO, Crowfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus voicemail topics on alienating MMO design choices and new MMO crafting professions.

The Stream Team: Taking a return trip to Dungeons and Dragons Online

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While most of the Dungeons and Dragons Online livestreams have been with MJ, this time it's Chris's turn to step into the shoes of...

Global Chat: Does Doctor Who have a place in EVE Online?

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As we crack open another edition of Global Chat, The Ancient Gaming Noob tackled the utter weirdness that is a cross-media promotion between EVE...

Lord of the Rings Online defends – and now pauses – controversial pay-to-win currency changes

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(We've updated the end of this article with SSG's afternoon announcement that it will be pausing this plan. The original article follows.) An abrupt announcement...

Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022

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One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...

Lord of the Rings Online plans ‘significant’ changes to Ember, Mote, and Figment currencies

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While Lord of the Rings Online is putting out a small adjustment patch today, it has much bigger things in store for the game's...

The Daily Grind: Should MMO dungeon grouping tools be standard features?

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I've noticed that when the topic of LFG tools and dungeon finders for MMORPGs arises, people have... opinions. Strong, fervent, hearty opinions with chunky...

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