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Lord of the Rings Online reactivates transfers from ‘dark worlds’ and select servers

10 October 2025 at 23:30
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 […]

Massively Overthinking: Is there a specific year of MMOs you’re glad you lived through?

10 October 2025 at 07:00
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 […]

Lord of the Rings Online’s Fall Festival returns with cobwebs and cauldrons

9 October 2025 at 23:30
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 […]
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