American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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Massively Overthinking: What MMO topics have you changed your mind on over the years?
On last week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering a fun question from MOP reader and listener Pieter about...
Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online just made most content free for the next few weeks
Just in this morning's roundup, the MOP commenters were debating whether and how to play Lord of the Rings Online during the virus-induced downtime...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Update 46 and Lost Gatekeepers adventure pack hit the test server
Dungeons and Dragons Online fans eager to see update 46 are in for a treat this week, as Standing Stone Games has released the...
Lord of the Rings Online spruces up its spring festival
With all that's going on, it might be easy to forget that spring is here -- and with it, Lord of the Rings Online's...
The Stream Team: Ending Ill Omens in Lord of the Rings Online
LOTRO's Ill Omens event is ending, and Massively OP's MJ wants to gather a few more tokens. That means she's heading into a number...
One Shots: Stitching a world together
MMORPGs are well-known for featuring an entire Sonic series' worth of contrasting biomes. And while that's great for lovers of variety, the art teams...
Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home
We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
The Stream Team: Moving through Moria in LOTRO
Massively OP's MJ has been taking part in LOTRO's Ill Omens event, but she's hit a big snag: She never finished enough epic questlines...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 262: Holly Holly oxen free
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Holly Longdale's departure, City of Heroes' Homecoming video ban, PlanetSide 2's Escalation, Black Desert's birthday, Cryptic's chat nuke, Guild Wars 2's next episode, changing MMO opinions, and MMO automation, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends.
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
LOTRO Legendarium: Five ideas for special servers in Lord of the Rings Online
At PAX East recently, Standing Stone Games teased some details of Lord of the Rings Online's future. I'm going to hold off on talking...
DDO and LOTRO’s Standing Stone Games is hiring a character artist
Considering how small Standing Stone Games' team is at the moment, the announcement that it is hiring a Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of...
One Shots: Breaking the speed of awesome
Face it: No matter how long you live, you'll never look as amazing as Utakata here in Blade and Soul. Apparently she's being shot...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on funding, development, launch, and business models
Upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia has been somewhat dark over the last year as its developers hunkered down to develop rather than hype. But...
LOTRO’s future includes River-Hobbits, Mission feature, and a new type of server
The folks over at MMO Central have posted a couple of interviews with Standing Stone Games that sheds some additional light on Lord of...
The Stream Team: Ready for DDO’s Redfang
If descending into a pit of traps and spiders in the Marketplace sounds like a great time, DDO has the place for you! And...
Lord of the Rings Online introduces a new raid and several class adjustments in its latest update
Hope you're up on your Sindarin, because the latest content update for Lord of the Rings Online has a whole mess of it. Specifically,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 261: PAX yay, GDC nay
Justin and Bree discuss PAX East, GDC, the coronavirus' impact on gaming, Magic Legends, Population Zero, Marvel Future Revolution, LOTRO and DDO, Funcom and Dune, and City of Heroes, plus adventures in AQ3D, CoH, and SWG Legends, with mailbag topics on everything MMOs and the doom of WildStar.
One Shots: The Mo Army marches on
Has there ever been a figure as majestic, as inspiring, as armor-plated as Massively OP mascot Mo? Probably, but that didn't stop our antsy...
PAX East 2020: LOTRO plans Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding plus 2021 expansion as DDO teases unicorns
If you skipped out on PAX because of contagion concerns, or just missed the Standing Stone party last night because all the MMOs piled...
