Tuesday, Nov 17
Players interested in returning for the event need only download the game, or patch to the latest version. Codemasters has re-activated the accounts, so you'll find your characters ready and waiting to head back into Middle-Earth and prepare for the arrival of Siege of Mirkwood.
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There are many wonderful features within Lord of the Rings Online, especially with Siege of Mirkwood edging upon the horizon like a merchant's ship carrying treasure chests full of shiny new features. However, for many a person, the game just doesn't click into place. Whether it's becaus...
In the latest developer diary, it's been revealed that weapon speeds will now be standardized by weapon level and type, making sure that all one-hand maces of the same level swing at the same speed. This is key, as previously players were taking slower weapons to maximize their damage, eve...
Today marks the official NDA (non disclosure agreement) lift on Lord of the Rings Online's newest expansion: Siege of Mirkwood. The latest addition to virtual Middle-earth is set to release on December 1st, but many players have already been enjoying the new content on the Bullroarer te...
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Joystiq, Ten Ton Hammer Headlines
Saturday, Nov 14
While we knew Lord of the Rings Online had player housing, we never quite expected it to be so small. We're kidding, of course! This great image is actually of a cute little sandcastle easter egg that was discovered by the adventurous Warden, Elizibeth Hathaway. Here's the note we got in to go...
Thursday, Nov 12
Turbine is continuing to tease us with Lord of the Rings Online screenshots in the weeks leading up to the December release of the Siege of Mirkwood expansion. Until now, we've seen quite a few general screenshots of different regions in the Mirkwood area, covering Dol Guldur, Gathburz, t...
Friday, Nov 6
As we visited the lands of Lord of the Rings Online yesterday for a bit of spooky fun, today we thought we'd take a peek in at Dungeons and Dragons Online. While this isn't specifically a Halloween shot, we thought the spooky summons was a nice counterpoint. This image comes to us from Tanek, wh...
We've been enjoying the gorgeous screenshots and trailers from Turbine in the weeks leading up to the release of Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, and the latest LotRO developer diary gives a behind the scenes look at creating the regions in Mirkwood.
Thursday, Nov 5
The Lord of the Rings Online expansion Siege of Mirkwood is set for release at the beginning of December, and Turbine takes us farther into the forest of Mirkwood today with brand new screenshots of the Ashenslades region. It's a bit farther in -- you can see Dol Guldur looming in the backgro...
Let's be honest, people play new content for the rewards." Perhaps not the most uplifting or metaphorical way to start off a developer diary, but if nothing else you need to give Lord of the Rings Online credit for being so direct about it. But with the most recent developer diary regarding th...
While we didn't get in a bunch of Halloween shots, we did get a handful in, which I'll be sharing with you as we move into another great weekend full of gaming fun. Today's not-so-spooky image comes to us from the Lord of the Rings Online Landroval server, which seems to be a great place to be if y...
Tuesday, Nov 3
Turbine is stepping it up with their newest Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood trailer, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur. The voice acting, editing, music, creatures and setting are all enthralling to a degree that goes beyond our standard expectations. We've no doubt this one will get pe...
Monday, Nov 2
With the Siege of Mirkwood expansion less than a month away from launch, Turbine is keeping an eye on it's current Lord of the Rings Online players with their special pricing deals. Each deal includes the phrase "and get Mirkwood for free!" and they've included something for every pricing...
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Thursday, Oct 29
With the release of the Lord of the Rings Online expansion Siege of Mirkwood barely over a month away, Turbine continues to keep interest and anticipation high by releasing screenshots, trailers, and even treating us to a developer tour.
Monday, Oct 26
If you've been faithfully following along with the Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood beta, you may be excited by what you've heard -- or even seen yourself -- so far. The new expansion, which is set to launch on December 1st of this year (December 3rd for EU), centers around the fores...
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Joystiq, Ten Ton Hammer Headlines
Saturday, Oct 24
Lord of the Rings Online fans are looking forward to the December 1st release of the Siege of Mirkwood expansion, and Turbine is keeping our interest high with regular doses of video, pre-order information, screenshots, and beta news. Now we've got some beautiful new screenshots to add t...
Friday, Oct 23
Of course, Lord of the Rings Online is hardly the first time you've been tasked with invading someone's home for little reason other than it being convenient, but the argument outlined here is rather compelling and interesting. It also comes to an interesting conclusion after all the mor...
Tis the season for spooks and spectres, and we can tell you honestly - Ringwraiths are some scary, scary things! That said, today's Lord of the Rings Online is all treat and no trick! This great image was sent in to us from Tiki on the Brandywine server, who captured this image after a long nig...
While the post is specifically talking about Lord of the Rings Online, it can easily apply to many other games, and we can all think of rewards that were similarly important and yet less than overwhelming. Part of the reason behind this, of course, is that MMOs need to have a power curve ramp-...
Thursday, Oct 22
Turbine is encouraging North American Lord of the Rings Online players to give my.lotro a try if they haven't yet, by offering some in-game rewards in the form of a lottery. Players just need to log in to my.lotro to see what drawings they are eligible for, enter, then check back after the drawi...
Monday, Oct 19
European Lord of the Rings Online fans are anxious to get their hands on Siege of Mirkwood, especially after Codemasters told them about the great pre-order deals being offered. Players who purchase the expansion will receive the Harbinger's Cloak, and players purchasing the expansio...
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gossipgirlmd (WordPress), Softpedia, Kotaku, The Ancient Gaming Noob
Thursday, Oct 15
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Lord of the Rings Online, Expansions, Launches, News items Yes thank you, we think we will. In fact, we can't wait.Continue reading Lord of the Rings Online releases Siege of Mirkwood trailer
Wednesday, Oct 14
Coming hot off the heels of Turbine's Siege of Mirkwood pre-order announcement comes the European pre-order details from Codemasters. While the European players won't be able to simply upgrade their subscription plans to a multi-month plan to get the expansion for free, they do get a ve...
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gossipgirlmd (WordPress), Softpedia, Kotaku, The Ancient Gaming Noob
Friday, Oct 9
This week, we see a few new additions to the master list. Dragon's Call has announced its closed beta starting soon, while two well-known classics -- EverQuest: Underfoot and Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood -- are currently testing their expansions in a closed beta.
Lord of the Rings Online fans excited about Siege of Mirkwood have even more to anticipate: in an interview with Gamerzines this morning, Turbine's PR Manager Adam Mersky confirmed the launch of Volume III in early 2010. Siege of Mirkwood will conclude Volume II: Mines of Moria, leaving t...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Back at PAX09, we brought you information on Lord of the Rings Online's latest expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. Unfortunately, at that time we weren't able to show any images of the breathtaking views Turbine treated us to -- at least not until now.
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Lore, Massively meta, Hands-on, Roleplaying, Choose my Adventure At this end of our second trip through the Choose my Adventure series, it's time to say goodbye to Lord of the Rings Online, reflect on what we've accomplished and o...
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Joystiq, CVG Online, Examiner.com
Sure, it's the middle of the work week. It means there's a couple of more days to slog through (or zip through, depending on your job) before it's the weekend. However, if you need a moment of relaxation, you can always fire up your favorite MMO for a little while and relax there! If you're still...
From the last "Ask the Dev Team" session with the Lord of the Rings Online developers, we knew that some changes were coming to the game's Legendary Weapon system. The latest Developer Diary entry is devoted entirely to filling in some of the details on these changes, which should come into...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Turbine announced today that they have set up dedicated Youtube channels for Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online. They added something special for fans on the Lord of the Rings Online channel and uploaded the videos from LotRO's "Beyond the Shadows: Making of the Game...
Wednesday, Sep 30
As the Massive Hobbits recovered from last week's beating by Grimbark, we spent this week showing Book 3 who's boss. Now well into the eastern North Downs, the Trollshaws and finally Rivendell, we're suited up and ready to finish out the LotRO edition of Choose my Adventure in style next we...
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Joystiq, CVG Online, Examiner.com
Tuesday, Sep 29
Recently, Turbine collected a batch of questions from the community for the Lord of the Rings Online developers to answer. Due to the amount of quality questions taken in, the devs decided to respond to more of them than they initially anticipated, and the answers will be given out over a nu...
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Business models, Expansions, MMO industry, News items Gallery: The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood expansion Continue reading Turbine announces the release date of The Siege of Mirkwood expansion
Sunday, Sep 27
One of the things that many decry is the lack of RPG when it comes to our favorite MMORPGs. That said, if you're looking for a great role-playing community, Lord of the Rings Online appears to have just what you're looking for. Witness today's One Shots image, captured at a recent RP event by Ha...
Wednesday, Sep 23
It has finally happened. After all of this time, the Massive Hobbits have finally met their match in Garth Agarwen. Underleveled? Perhaps, but enough of it was completed to still get a good story out of it -- even if we were 5-6 levels too low for the instance in the first place.
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Joystiq, CVG Online, Examiner.com
Wednesday, Sep 16
Last year on Bilbo Baggins' birthday (the 22nd of September), a special quest involving Bilbo and Frodo was made available to Lord of the Rings Online players. This year the birthday celebration has started early, almost a week before the actual date. LotRO Europe is giving away a very spec...
Tuesday, Aug 18
MMOs tend to have dedicated fan bases and everyone has their favourite: Aion, City of Heroes, WoW, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online ... the list goes on and on. Everyone has their own personal favourite or the hip one that everyone and their pet goldfish is currently engrossed in. For example...
Thursday, May 28
Pretty confusing, right? That's why Turbine has this handy-dandy guide covering all the essentials about Destiny Points, how they work and what you can use them towards. If you're new to Lord of the Rings Online, or you're just the kind of player who shirks destiny and its silly points, rea...
Friday, Apr 24
As our LotRO 2nd anniversary coverage continues, we're pleased to bring you some of the latest news from a recent conference call we had with Turbine. This call involved Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer of LotRO, Harry Teasley, Art Director for LotRO and Adam Mersky, Director of Comm...
Thursday, Mar 5
If, as a Lord of the Rings Online player, you're either confused or completely in the dark where it concerns the upcoming Volume II: Book 7 crafting instances for Lord of the Rings Online, LotroLife has got you covered. The guide is pretty in-depth about everything an aspiring crafts-pers...
Friday, Feb 27
Turbine has just announced a brand new public test server for Lord of the Rings Online called Bullroarer. This test server will allow plays to experience content before it is ready to go live, allowing the players to help test the content and give their feedback. You will need to download Bul...
Thursday, Feb 19
The guide itself is composed of lists of monsters, crafting tips and quest lines for the entirety of the Old Forest. Plus, at the end of the guide it even points players to their next destination. So if you've been stuck in this region of Middle-earth for a while (as many are always likely to do)...
Monday, Feb 9
In "What's Your Anti-Warcraft?" Cavalli looks at the good, bad, and the ugly among the MMOs on the market. He praises the virtues of Lord of the Rings Online with its ability to pull you into the setting, the riskier style of EVE Online, and the personal legacy of achievements you can establi...
Tuesday, Feb 3
You may not have heard, but Runewalker's Runes of Magic is a free-to-play/free-to-download fantasy MMORPG that features a large world, avatar appearance customization, dual-class specialization, interesting combat mechanics, player housing, crafting, high-end PvE raiding, a...
Monday, Jan 26
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Classes, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Rumors If you play a Rune-keeper in Lord of the Rings Online, we've got some good news for you. According to a recent forum post by a Turbine employee, the Rune-keeper will be enjoying some brand new item...
Friday, Sep 19
All day today and until September 26th, you'll find special missions and secret booty for all players. What makes it even better is a special 14-day trial, so you can try it all out for free. Plus, if you fear your Pirate-speak isn't up to par ...or yarr... today, Flying Lab has created a handy Pirate R...
Wednesday, Aug 13
The lore aspect of Lord of the Rings Online is extremely important, as the game is centered around one of the most popular and influential works of fantasy fiction of all time. This makes the game's own storyline and lore a challenge for the game developer's writers to not only stick to the sc...
Tuesday, Jul 22
Filed under: At a glance, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings OnlineWe've created a nice range of guides for Lord of the Rings Online so far, from the very basics to some rather intermediate. While these guides will continue to get more advanced, we wanted to take this opportunity to catch readers up...
Friday, Jul 18
After several months of preparation, tons of screenshots, videos and more, Lord of the Rings Online's Book 14 has a set release date. According to the official site, the servers will be down on Tuesday, July 22nd from 6AM - 12PM Eastern time for the latest content update, Book 14: The Ring-f...
Friday, Jul 4
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Podcasts, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Star Wars Galaxies, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 12 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of June 25th - July 1st. This week Colin Brennan and Adrian Bott up the respectabi...
Thursday, Apr 24
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Podcasts, Age of Conan, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, PvP, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 2 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of...
Wednesday, Apr 16
Lord of the Rings Online's Book 13 update has hit the test server today and we've got a rundown on the laundry list of updates, changes and additions coming to the game. Turbine is knocking it out of the park with Book 13: Doom of the Last-King and they've got the patch notes to prove it. Everythi...
Tuesday, Apr 15
Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches, Previews
Tuesday, Mar 11
An update has been made to the original message detailing the patch downtime at the website. Those waiting anxiously to get their keg will need to wait just one extra day, as the Lord of the Rings Online scheduled downtime has been pushed back to Thursday, March 13th. The time of day will remai...
Friday, Mar 7
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches The Lord of the Rings Online test server has been patched, and the notes have been made available for viewing. The patch should end up on live servers after a testing period on Roheryn, so it's a good heads up for what is ahead.
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wish011.bloggcasting.com
Friday, Feb 29
That's right, more free stuff for those lucky enough to attend Codemasters' Connect '08 on the 14th and 15th of March. The European Lord of the Rings Online website has made it known that everyone attending the event will receive an in-game Ranger cloak for LotRO. This will be the first time t...
Thursday, Feb 28
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Interviews, Patches, Previews, Grouping, Player Housing At the end of every month the Lord of the Rings Online Europe team sits down for a dev chat. February's happened last night at Stratics and this time we got some juice on the upcoming Boo...
Wednesday, Feb 20
We've had punters out there guess at just how long Lord of the Rings Online might be able to last, as well as one particularly detailed and precise look at how Tolkien's Middle-earth might unfold over the years, but Turbine has now given official confirmation that they are in it for the long...
Friday, Feb 8
There were four other MMOs that deserve a mention for being nominated, and these are a mix of new titles and expansions. In no particular order, they are: EVE Online: Trinity, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa. Th...
Monday, Jan 28
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Launches, News itemsTurbine announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online, already available in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, will soon be available in Russia and Eastern Europe. This is something they hint...
Friday, Jan 25
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Final Fantasy XI, Lord of the Rings Online, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, MMO industry, Crafting, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Tabula Rasa, Building a Better MMOusetrap
Deep into testing in Book 12, Lord of the Rings Online devs had little to reveal about the upcoming content patch that wasn't already announced. The juicy parts of this chat are the hints the devs dropped about long range plans for the ...
Monday, Jan 21
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Classes, Patches, Previews, Crafting, PvP, News items, Player Housing The long awaited Book 12 content patch has hit Roheryn, the Lord of the Ring's Online test server today. The lengthy patch notes are available on LotRO's official wiki,...
Tuesday, Jan 8
As promised, a new Lord of the Rings Online dev diary has surfaced giving excruciating detail on the changes to the Guardian class in the upcoming Book 12 content patch. The short version is: tanking is getting both buffs and nerfs; ...
Friday, Jan 4
Codemasters Online are the European distributors of quite a number of MMOs, including Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, RF Online, and ArchLord. These games and more will feature at a brand new community event hosted by Codemasters in the UK called "Connect 2008", as...
Monday, Dec 24
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Real life, City of Heroes, Dark Age of Camelot, EverQuest II, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Opinion, Star Wars Galaxies, MMOGology, MUDsThe most defining characteristic of a massively multiplayer online game is the very fact that it's massively mu...
Tuesday, Dec 11
Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches, Server downtime, Player HousingThe Lord of the Rings Online servers will be brought down on Wednesday, December 12th from 7AM to 12PM Eastern time. The downtime is to implement a hotfix for a problem that has stopped some players fr...
Tuesday, Dec 4
Among all of the other superb games on the lists, there are a couple of MMO nominations. In the "Best Multiplayer Game" category, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar are included, and both of these appear again in the important "Game of t...
Thursday, Nov 15
Xfire has a subscriber base over 8 million strong, so while they might not be the perfect indicator of larger trends in the game industry, they're certainly one of the best representative samples available. World of Warcraft continued to dominate the overall numbers, with 332,139 hours...
Wednesday, Nov 14
Book 11 provided a huge chunk of content for Lord of the Rings Online players. Player housing, Balrog raids, the Harvest Festival, revamps to the Lore-master and Burglar classes, the introduction of Gollum, the list goes on. ...
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