American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
One Shots: You shall not pass unless you really, really want to
Ever since Fellowship of the Ring came out, every wanna-be wizard with a staff thinks that they can camp out on bridges and forbid...
LOTRO Legendarium: The great server transfer nightmare of 2025
Can I be real with you right now? I really don't want to write this column. I wish I didn't have to, not just...
Lord of the Rings Online devs talk about Rivendell housing and a new homestead currency
Providing a welcome distraction from the ongoing saga of Lord of the Rings Online's troubled server transfers was a new We Have a Cave...
The Stream Team: A Sharn Welcome in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Having sailed across the Thunder Sea, Massively OP's MJ has entered DDO's city of Sharn to find clues regarding the stolen Stormreach Beacon. Unfortunately...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
Lord of the Rings Online patches the old deed log back in today as transfers surpass 1M characters
It's patch day for the long-suffering Lord of the Rings Online playerbase as the patch originally planned for Wednesday is finally launching today. Update...
World of Warcraft teases its housing decoration tools, including 3-axis rotation and dyes
When Blizzard last talked about World of Warcraft's housing, it was a vague overview of the studio's philosophies that left a lot of players...
Dungeons & Dragons Online releases update 72.1 today with a free raid for all
It's the year of the snake, which means that it makes a certain amount of sense that Dungeons & Dragons Online has a new...
Lord of the Rings Online speeds up 64-bit server transfer rate but sees more failures in the process
Lord of the Rings Online isn't out of the woods yet as the studio and playerbase alike continue to grapple with the unprecedented server...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 509: Lord of the Transfers
Justin and Bree discuss the LOTRO transfer mess, the return of APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth, Throne and Liberty's Wilds of Talandre, Guild Wars 2's Repentance, Elder Scrolls Online's Fallen Banners, and Fractured's new owners, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Diablo 3, and Farm Together 2, plus a mailbag topic on gating story beats with raiding.
Here’s where the Lord of the Rings Online server transfer situation stands as queues surpass 48 hours
We're on the seventh day of transfer chaos over at Lord of the Rings Online now and about to venture into week two. Here's...
One Shots: Clean up on aisle everything
If you came here hoping to find beauty and wonder encapsulated in a single picture, look away, for Minimalistway is bringing you nothing but...
LOTRO Legendarium: The forging of new communities in LOTRO’s great server migration
As I write this, it's Tuesday morning, and we are well underway in what I'm calling the Great Server Migration of 2025 in Lord...
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to finally open 64-bit servers today as transfers remain in limbo
On the dawn of a day that was supposed to be the next great era of Lord of the Rings Online's history, a week...
The Stream Team: Finding Forgewraiths in Dungeons & Dragons Online
When there's something weird in the neighborhood, who ya gonna call? OPTV! Massively OP's MJ has heard of some desperate residents in DDO's Cogs...
Lord of the Rings Online’s transfer woes persist into third day, 64-bit servers coming Friday
Suffice it to say, this hasn't been the triumphant week that Standing Stone Games was hoping for Lord of the Rings Online. What was...
Lord of the Rings Online delays 64-bit server debut as transfer system is hammered
This is our utter lack of surprise that yesterday's massive attempt to allow Lord of the Rings Online players to move all of their...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 508: Stars Reach fires up crowdfunding
Justin and Bree discuss Stars Reach's Kickstarter, LOTRO's U43 and server transfers, Jake Song departing ArcheAge Chronicles, Dauntless' sunset, and Monster Hunter Wilds' debut, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Undermined, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on the Elder Scrolls Online difficulty situation.
Lord of the Rings Online has opened transfers to four new 64-bit worlds today (and it’s a cheerful mess)
Hopefully many of you were able to reserve your names yesterday on Lord of the Rings Online's four new 64-bit realms, but there's something...
The Daily Grind: What MMO gameplay feels like ‘homework’ rather than fun?
One of the reasons I've been enjoying Guild Wars 2 so much for the the last seven months is that it doesn't assign me...
