Summary: <p></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p>Chris and Bill take an unexpected journey into the world of MMOs to discuss the news of the creation of Standing Stone Games, the end of Asheron's Call, and the addition of player housing to Elder Scrolls Online.</p> <br> <p><a id="more-6676975"></a></p> <br> <h3><strong>What we did in game:</strong></h3> <br> <p><strong>Bill:</strong></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WoW</span></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p><strong>Chris:</strong></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WoW</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Final Fantasy XV</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titanfall 2</span></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p><strong>Chat Room:</strong></p> <br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Aker2007 :</strong> I have been playing Final Fantasy XV, WoW, Hearthstone, Pokémon Go, and Heroes of the Storm</span></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>GumpsGang :</strong> In game: big push in DDO (Lv 14 to 24) ... LOTRO Yule ... Fell into a GW2 hole for a week with a new Warrior a couple of weeks ago ... and finally back to ESO for double XP</span></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>Patreon shout out</strong></p> <br> <p><a href="https://patreon.com/mmoreporter"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://patreon.com/mmoreporter</span></a></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p><strong>We’re trying out Podbean:</strong></p> <br> <p><a href="http://mmoreporter.podbean.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">mmoreporter.podbean.com</span></a></p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <h3><strong>News:</strong></h3> <br> <p><strong>LOTRO & DDO moving to new publisher - Standing Stone / Daybreak</strong></p> <br> <p><a href="https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/standing-stone-games-%E2%80%93-message-rob-ciccolini"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/standing-stone-games-%E2%80%93-message-rob-ciccolini</span></a></p> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The game teams responsible for The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) and Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) are now moving from Turbine to Standing Stone Games, a newly formed indie game studio.</span></li> <br> </ul> <br> <ul> <br> <li> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Standing Stone Games, a newly-independent studio staffed by people who have been working on DDO and LOTRO for many years. </span> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quote from Jerry Snook (on the record) - who is moving to Standing Stone Games:</span></li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li><strong>“Standing Stone Games is independently owned, and has no connection to Turbine or WB.”</strong></li> <br> </ul> <br> <p> </p> <br> <ul> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our development continues on track, and the plans we have already announced remain firmly in our future view. Again, although we are a new studio, we are also the same developers who have been and will continue to work on our games. </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Future Plans: </span><a href="https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7677438#post7677438"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7677438#post7677438</span></a> </li> <br> </ul> <br> <p><br><br></p> <br> <p><strong>Asheron’s Call and AC2 are closing Jan 31</strong></p>
