Lord of the Rings Online defends its decision to plunge back underground in Update 40
As Lord of the Rings Online players dig into Update 40’s current test build, many questions have popped up about the new underground regions — including why the studio is plunging people back into such places. “How many years is enough years before we go underground again?15 Jun 2024LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?MassivelyOp ︎11 Jun 2024Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 41’s new crafting event and PvP improvementsMassivelyOp ︎10 Jun 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?MassivelyOp ︎05 Jun 2024LOTRO celebrates Christmas in June, outlines major Lore-master changesMassivelyOp ︎02 Jun 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s enormous new Neaths zoneMassivelyOp ︎01 Jun 2024LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Update 41 plans monster play reward track, birding hobby, and coop crafting eventMassivelyOp ︎30 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online to reveal its newest hobby, Birdwatching, this FridayMassivelyOp ︎28 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online’s ultra-slow progression server finally hits level 100 this weekMassivelyOp ︎22 May 2024Update 40.0.1 Release NotesSteam ︎22 May 2024LOTRO squashes a pesky spider (and other bugs) with Update 40.0.1MassivelyOp ︎20 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online begins a weekly quest rollout this WednesdayMassivelyOp ︎18 May 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Moria, Gundabad, and LOTRO’s lessons on underground designMassivelyOp ︎16 May 2024Update 40 Release NotesSteam ︎16 May 2024EG7 Q1 2024: Daybreak still mum on PlanetSide 2, new H1Z1 game hires lead designerMassivelyOp ︎15 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online goes underground with Update 40: Beneath the SurfaceMassivelyOp ︎13 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online readies Update 40 and new supporter pack for this weekMassivelyOp ︎11 May 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Is it worth being a zone completionist in LOTRO?MassivelyOp ︎05 May 2024Lord of the Rings Online is now selling Corsairs of Umbar and the Mariner class for LOTRO pointsMassivelyOp ︎03 May 2024EG7’s 2023 annual report claims Daybreak and SSG collectively count 264 staffersMassivelyOp ︎30 Apr 2024Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 40 pack is meant to be an alternative to city questingMassivelyOp ︎27 Apr 2024LOTRO Legendarium: 27 practical benefits of LOTRO’s player housingMassivelyOp ︎26 Apr 2024LOTRO continues Update 40 testing with underground side quests and bog-guardian shrinkageMassivelyOp ︎20 Apr 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s 17th birthdayMassivelyOp ︎19 Apr 2024Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 40’s load balancing changesMassivelyOp ︎18 Apr 2024Update 39.2 Release NotesSteam ︎17 Apr 2024Lord of the Rings Online patches up ahead of tomorrow’s hamster event I mean anniversary eventMassivelyOp ︎14 Apr 2024Lord of the Rings Online showcases new mount and hamster pets coming with the 17th anniversaryMassivelyOp ︎10 Apr 2024Update 39.1.2 Release NotesSteam ︎10 Apr 2024LOTRO preps T4 Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo, DDO fixes Fred’s First DateMassivelyOp ︎07 Apr 2024Three-hour LOTRO dev interview looks at the past and future of this MMOMassivelyOp ︎06 Apr 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar is a vacation into the unknownMassivelyOp ︎03 Apr 2024Don’t look LOTRO’s free gift horse in the mouth – go get it right nowMassivelyOp ︎02 Apr 2024LOTRO and DDO extend events, promise compensation after weekend outageMassivelyOp ︎01 Apr 2024LOTRO and DDO’s unexpected server outage goes into its third dayMassivelyOp ︎31 Mar 2024LOTRO and DDO are still offline after 24 hours, so you might as well watch DDO’s PAX East panelMassivelyOp ︎