The spring content patch for Lord of the Rings Online is shaping up to be both cheerful and ambitious. Update 48: A Glorious Hunt went up on the Bullroarer test server this week with the new Rivendell housing zone, support for UI scaling in plugins, and the final Umbar zone, Pahar Hatokáli. Rivendell Steadings is […]

In the middle of layoffs and future uncertainty for Fortnite, the popular PvP title is latching onto Game of Thrones for its next cross-promotional boost. There’s going to be a new ice area while players can grab skins for Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and the Night King. And this is just the beginning of the rest of […]

Many of the bravest souls emerged from Lord of the Rings Online’s Shire — but it is less-well-known that some of the fluffiest butts also came from this pastoral paradise. Ladies and gentlemen and Free Folk of Middle-earth, presenting… Sir Flufferbottom of Little Delving! “I have my goat and my flowery outfit, time to talk […]

For Lord of the Rings Online players who found their characters stuck on an unwanted — or closed — server, developer SSG has some good news: You might be able to move to a better home right now. Yesterday, the studio announced that it is re-activating transfers from the old 32-bit “dark world” servers to […]

It’s the Eye of the Titan, it’s the thrill of its plight Risin’ up to the challenge of its survival And the first known Warforged wasn’t built by Cannith And we learn that by staring into the Eye of the Titan House Cannith’s claims to have created the Warforged in Dungeons & Dragons Online? Rubbish! […]

This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by something MOP reader Zulika said last month in comments about Smed’s new MMOFPS. “More and more I am just glad past me was around to experience MMOs starting in 2000.” OK, obviously Zulika was throwing deserved shade on some of 2025’s excesses, but let’s talk about more […]

The door to Bilbo’s Haunted Burrow creaked back open as Lord of the Rings Online welcomed back the Harvestmath Festival on Thursday. The expansive annual event, which runs through November 3rd, includes activities in a haunted Hobbit home, a chilling maze, and even a sad story about a long-dead character that takes you through one […]