As I walked through the halls of Standing Stone Games, The Lord of the Rings Online had celebrated its 111st 12th birthday just several months prior.
It was one of the few MMOs at the time to take on World of Warcraft and live. It was also one of the first-ever MMOs to go free-to-play and survive the shift. LOTRO, as it’s colloquially known, has even survived a studio change! This game has been here for a long time, and if executive producer Rob Ciccolini has anything to say about it, it’ll never end.
Source: Destructoid Lord of the Rings Online executive producer: ‘I hope this game keeps on going forever, and I’d happily haunt the server room after I die’