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 Legendarium: What Daybreak’s sale revealed about LOTRO
Just when I thought we were getting to a quieter point in the year where I could engage in a leisurely wrap-up of the...
Lord of the Rings Online boasts at least 11,000 quests
Maybe at this point, Frodo and Sam should feel some pity toward the rest of us. After all, Lord of the Rings Online players...
Massively Overthinking: MMO cash shop confessions
Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...
Lord of the Rings Online composer revives his music company after ponzi scheme fiasco
Two years after fraud ruined his company, Chance Thomas is back.
The Academy Award-winning composer (and composer of great portions of Lord of the Rings...
Console LOTRO and DCUO’s huge playerbase: Everything we just learned about Daybreak thanks to EG7
MMO twitter has been ablaze since yesterday's announcement that Daybreak is being bought up in its entirety by Swedish games company Enad Global 7,...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2020
Whew. We're finally getting close to the end of 2020, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it...
LOTRO, DDO, EverQuest, DCUO, and PlanetSide 2 studio heads reassure players about Daybreak sale
Following yesterday's revelation that Daybreak has been sold to Swedish company Enad Global 7 for $300M, the bosses at Daybreak's substudio have all now...
The Daily Grind: Do server merges make you worried about an MMO’s health?
I've been covering the MMORPG genre professionally for well over 10 years now, and a whole lot has changed in that timespan, including the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 298: The one with the chocobo
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2 Truce, Final Fantasy XIV, and Wizard 101, with adventures in New World and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on WoW marketing and our defining MMORPGs.
Global Chat: Are login rewards actually evil?
What could be evil about game studios giving out daily treats to its players? Settle back, folks, because Going Commando is going to tell you...
LOTRO Legendarium: Getting a glimpse of LOTRO’s 2021 plans
For a good long while now -- years, really -- I've joined the chorus of voices that have been asking Standing Stone Games to...
Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...
Huge Lord of the Rings Online Q&A talks Gundabad, River-hobbits, Brawlers, and 2021 plans
Lord of the Rings Online players have been clamoring for a lot more communication from SSG this year, especially from the game's higher-ups. This...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 297: Beyond Light
Hey, Bree isn't here on the podcast today! It's going to be anarchy, fridge raiding, and free love! Or it'll be Chris and Justin...
Global Chat: Don’t look, but Fallout 76 is actually good now
Even the most jaded opponent of Fallout 76 has to admit that Bethesda has been making progress in bringing the online RPG up to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Was LOTRO’s lifetime sub the best deal ever?
When Lord of the Rings Online ramped up to its launch in early 2007, Turbine offered a tantalizing deal to potential players. If they...
The Stream Team: Returning to Garl’s Tomb in Dungeon & Dragons Online
A while back, Massively OP's MJ and the D&D night crew explored Garl's Tomb in DDO. There, they vanquished mant troglodytes and learned the...
Lord of the Rings Online tests a major PvP monster play balance pass
Lord of the Rings Online's unique PvP scene -- which is called PvMP or "monster play" -- is one of the more underdeveloped and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 296: Feywild, Markarth, and multiboxing
Justin and Bree discuss Dungeons and Dragons Online, ESO Markarth, WoW multiboxing, Old School RuneScape, and Guild Wars 2 Truce, with mailbag topics on leadership influencing toxicity and a new generation of MMO minigames.
LOTRO Legendarium: How to make Lord of the Rings Online Classic work
Twice now this year we have heard from Standing Stone Games' Jeff Libby that, no, a hypothetical LOTRO Classic isn't in the works, nor...
