Standing Stone Games

Standing Stone Games is an American game development studio focused on the continued development and operation of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Based in the Greater Boston area, it maintains The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, combining ongoing game development with the technical and community work needed to sustain persistent online worlds.

The studio was established in December 2016 by development teams departing Turbine. Its formation brought the continued development and operation of both games into a dedicated company, while Turbine shifted its attention toward mobile games. Standing Stone Games therefore represents a continuation of the teams’ work on these titles, rather than the original developer of their initial releases.

Development and live operations

The studio’s capabilities span expansion production, content updates, persistent world design, fantasy role-playing systems and narrative development. Its ongoing responsibilities also include server infrastructure, legacy engine maintenance, customer relations and community support. Together, these activities support both the evolving game experience and the underlying operation of its established online titles.

For The Lord of the Rings Online, its development work includes expansions such as Mordor, Minas Morgul, Fate of Gundabad, Corsairs of Umbar and Legacy of Morgoth. Its work on Dungeons & Dragons Online includes Mists of Ravenloft, Masterminds of Sharn, Fables of the Feywild, Isle of Dread and Magic of Myth Drannor.

Standing Stone Games operates as a dedicated development studio within Daybreak Game Company, with its own engineering, design and community teams. Although its launch was publicly presented as an independent studio partnering with Daybreak as publisher, subsequent corporate filings established its position as a wholly owned Daybreak subsidiary. Daybreak became part of Enad Global 7 in December 2020.