American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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LOTRO producer Q&A: Legendary item revamp, closed world transfers, difficulty sliders, and more
Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini joined the Friday Lord of the Rings Online livestream this week to do a seat-of-his-pants Q&A with fans who showed...
Lord of the Rings Online finally sells War of the Three Peaks DLC for LOTRO Points
Last fall's War of the Three Peaks release for Lord of the Rings Online should've been an exciting moment -- but instead it was...
The Stream Team: Jungle traps in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Do you feel trapped? Weather and more can bring on that feeling. For Massively OP's MJ, that feeling is coming from the next adventure...
Lord of the Rings Online nerfs Ill Omens event rewards
If you thought that the trio of top-shelf items that Standing Stone Games released with this year's Ill Omens event sounded way too good,...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs to get you out of your gaming rut
We have all been there. You've been gaming in your standard comfort MMOs when one day you hit that wall of burnout. You feel...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 309: You can take my loot over my dead body
Justin and Bree discuss Valheim, Elite Dangerous' slave cult, BlizzConline, Hearthstone, WoW's valor, Neverwinter Nights Arelith, Phantasy Star Online 2, Black Desert, and Shadowbane, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWG Legends, and Farm Together, with mailbag topics on full-loot open world PvP and brute-forcing unpopular gameplay design.
Lord of the Rings Online informal player survey highlights the least and most popular classes
If you've ever wondered which class is the most popular in Lord of the Rings Online, Squirle over at LOTRO Players has your back....
Global Chat: Does permadeath mode in MMOs have merit?
Whenever you're stuck for an MMO topic to talk about on a blog, you can never go wrong with chewing on the concept of...
LOTRO Legendarium: How can LOTRO become more alt-friendly?
Lord of the Rings Online has so much to offer players, from an expansive world to thousands of quests to, um, chicken soccer. But...
Massively Overthinking: Do you need to be the hero in MMOs?
MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently tweeted that he'd had a "debate with some devs who asserted that videogames require the player to be the...
Check out this amazing player-created trailer for LOTRO’s Mordor expansion
Do you remember back in 2017 when Lord of the Rings Online released that embarrassingly bad trailer for the Mordor expansion that was in...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing its mid-level Wildwood update
As Lord of the Rings Online players wait in breathless anticipation of this year's producer's letter (soon! soon!), the game's first major update of...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about wings on MMO characters?
I know that we get into some pretty esoteric topics here in The Daily Grind, but this may take the cake. Wings. Wings on...
Lord of the Rings Online hedges on new server, rolls out Ill Omens event
Astute Lord of the Rings Online players may have noticed that one promise from last year's producer's letter never came to be, which was...
The Stream Team: The Tide Turns is the real finale of DDO’s pirate saga
Massively OP's MJ may have said that last time was the last time for DDO's pirate saga. However, today is the real last time!...
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs in MMOs still worth it in 2021?
MOP reader Kaz sent us a note over the weekend alerting us that Star Trek Online's lifetime sub just so happens to be half...
LOTRO’s upcoming Wildwood content drop won’t be a ‘mini-expansion’
Last fall's move to start charging every Lord of the Rings Online player -- including subscribers -- for what was a glorified content update...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking Lord of the Rings Online’s Eriador zones from worst to best
Probably like many of you, I have gone through the initial zones in Lord of the Rings Online more times than I can count...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 307: Blackwood barges into town
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood, Fallout 76, Star Trek Online, Magic Legends, the GameStop stock thing, and Amazon Game Studios' mess, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on questing vs. grinding.
Lord of the Rings Online’s latest update has broken the patcher for older OS users — here’s how to fix it
This news is for those players of Lord of the Rings Online who are playing the game on a PC running Windows 7 or...
