American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s many MMO spin-off digital card games
One thing that I deeply admired about old Sony Online Entertainment was that it strove to experiment, innovate, and take risks. Sometimes those special...
MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
The Daily Grind: How long a commitment are you willing to make to an MMORPG?
During a MOP Podcast back in August, our own Justin noted that he'd lost interest in the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard server...
Dungeons and Dragons Online seeks out a new producer, improves its grouping tool
Seeing as how getting a producer has helped to kickstart communication and organization over at Lord of the Rings Online, SSG apparently figured that...
Perfect Ten: MMO character customization options that don’t get enough love
There are two types of people in the world: those who can't get through the character creation menu fast enough to start playing "LordBladezz"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 337: Desperation is a good look on you
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW and the Blizzard scandal, Fallout 76, DokeV and New World at Gamescom, Daybreak, TitanReach, and Into the Echo.
Lord of the Rings Online’s super-speedy progression server moves into Moria on September 1
After just two months of blitzing through Shadows of Angmar content, Lord of the Rings Online's Shadowfax legendary server will unlock the Mines of...
The Daily Grind: What are your fall MMO plans?
After a brief August lull in the crazy launch cycle that's been 2021, we're looking to ramp back up again with a lot of...
Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre
The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s Rhovanion zones from worst to best
A while back, I amused myself by ranking all of the Eriador zones in Lord of the Rings Online. It was a fun exercise...
LOTRO community Q&A asks about closed server transfers, graphics upgrades, and new events
It's not your imagination: Lord of the Rings Online really has been doing a whole bunch of interviews over past month or two. The...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why Lord of the Rings Online is worth playing in 2021
It has come to my attention that there are more MMO nomads than normal this summer who are casting about for a new game...
The Daily Grind: List your favorite expansion to every MMO you’ve played
Lists -- we're doing one today. And it has the potential to be a really fun one!
The challenge is fairly simple: Make a list...
Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs
MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 MMO pet peeves
In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...
LOTRO producer interview talks more about legendary item and monetization revamps
You'd barely even know that there's an expansion on the way for Lord of the Rings Online if you only took in the current...
Lord of the Rings Online progression server moves forward into the Mordor expansion
If you're among those playing on the Lord of the Rings Online Anor Legendary World (aka progression server), then your time has come to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 335: Farewell Astellia
Justin and Bree discuss Astellia Online, Guild Wars 2, Blizzard, and No Man's Sly, with adventures in LOTRO and FFXIV, plus mailbag topics on Diablo's sudden spotlight and the fate of the Blizzard name.
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s choose-your-own-ruleset
Earlier this summer when Lord of the Rings Online kicked off its second batch of progression servers -- the slow Treebeard and speedy Shadowfax...
