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By Dan O'Halloran With Lord of the Ring Online's Siege of Mirkwood expansion launch on Tuesday came the new Skirmish system. And with it also came a lot of questions. Though Turbine posted a number of Dev Diaries going over the various aspects of the new private instance system and its reward system, the same q...

By Branadoc Here are the Patch Notes for the Hotfix applied to Lord of the Rings Online (Siege of Mirkwood) today, December 4 2009: Technorati Tags: Lord of the Rings Online,LotRO,mmo,Turbine,Hotfix,patch notes Here are the Patch Notes for the Hotfix applied to Lord of the Rings Online (Siege of Mi...

The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood is available as a digital download now. You can learn more about it by visiting www.lotro.com/mirkwood. The Lord of the Rings: Siege of Mirkwood Launches and TrailerGamers Hell Turbine Launches the LotRO: Siege of Mirkwood with New TrailerMMO...

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By Shawn Schuster Speaking Episode 78 is back with Rubi, Shawn and special guest Jeffrey Steefel, executive producer for Lord of the Rings Online. They talk about Siege of Mirkwood, LotRO's future, Jeffrey's past and much more!Lord of the Rings Online to make drastic combat changes with Siege of Mirkwood

By Rubi Bayer Lord of the Rings Online fans have one thing on their mind today: Siege of Mirkwood. The expansion launches tomorrow, and players are spending today waiting, speculating, and wishing tomorrow would arrive a bit sooner. Turbine has made the wait easier by releasing patch notes for you to re...

By Rubi Bayer The Lord of the Rings Online expansion Siege of Mirkwood is set to go live tomorrow, and for LotRO fans who have been waiting for it, that final day can feel pretty long. How can anxious fans pass the time while those last hours tick away?

By Suzie Ford Turbine has released several new screens from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. Take a good look at the Ashenslades after the jump.

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By Rubi Bayer 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.

By Jim H. Moreno Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-earth where players will join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online. For more Siege of Mirkwood...

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By Shawn Schuster 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...

By Rubi Bayer 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...

By Seraphina Brennan The newest expansion to Lord of the Rings Online, the Siege of Mirkwood, will be introducing a new type of storyline instance for players to play in -- skirmishes. Skirmishes bring a new style of gameplay to LotRO, giving players the ability to participate in small military conflicts betw...

By Rubi Bayer 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...

By xoanon The folks from Turbine have sent along a new batch of screenshots depict Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths from their forthcoming game ‘The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood’. Siege of Mirkwood, the new digital expansion for LOTRO, will launch on December 1st in North A...

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By Suzie Ford Turbine has released seven brand new screens from the Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. The screens give a creepy look at Dol Guldur Tower. Enjoy!

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By Rubi Bayer 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...

By Suzie Ford Turbine has announced a the release date for the Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. Set to debut on December 1, 2009, Mirkwood will arrive just in time for the holiday season! Grab all the details and check out a few screens after the jump.

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By Mabie A. A new expansion for Turbine Inc.'s MMORPG, The Lord of the Rings Online has...

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By Suzie Ford Turbine has announced a "non-specific" release date for the Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. Set to debut sometime this fall. Grab all the details and check out a few screens after the jump.

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By xoanon WESTWOOD, MA – September 29, 2009– Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the new digital expansion to the 2008 MMO of the Year will launch on December 1st in North America. Turbine also unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) Adventurer’...

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By Kyle Horner Yesterday's announcement of the mini expansion Siege of Mirkwood for Lord of the Rings Online was devoid of a date or a price, which was a deliberate choice on Turbine's part according to our PAX interview with the Executive Producer on the game. However, during our forthcoming interview...

By Lesley Smith For more information, check out the official Lord of the Rings Online Welcome Back Week page.LotRO welcomes lapsed players back to Middle Earth originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By William Dobson The time has finally come for players of the US/Oceanic version of Lord of the Rings Online to experience Volume 2 Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-Dûm, as the large patch makes it to the live servers today. The information-packed official update notes are long and dense; here is a small sample of t...

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By Brooke Pilley The longer you are exposed to the One Ring, the stronger the hold it begins to have over you. It would appear Turbine has been able to harness this magic and set it loose upon the unsuspecting gaming population because The Lord of the Rings Online is continuing to grow even two years after its r...

By Luke Plunkett Maybe because it's based on Lord of the Rings, maybe because it's actually good, we don't know, but we do know that, according to developers Turbine, the game's user base is on the up and up. LotRO growing, no plans for server-merge, says Turbine [VG247]

By Lesley Smith So come on readers, how important is lore to you? Do you dig finding all the references in game? Does the lore make a game more rich and appealing? Does it make it feel more real? Do you not give a fig? Are you more interested in just killing things? Do you play titles like AoC or LotRO just becaus...

 UK On further investigation, this company is behind a number of films including the 1978 animated version of LOTR. It appears that there is a division of Saul Zaentz called Tolkien Enterprises, which owns certain exclusive rights to the literary works The ...

 UK On further investigation, this company is behind a number of films including the 1978 animated version of LOTR. It appears that there is a division of Saul Zaentz called Tolkien Enterprises, which owns certain exclusive rights to the literary works The ...

 UK On further investigation, this company is behind a number of films including the 1978 animated version of LOTR. It appears that there is a division of Saul Zaentz called Tolkien Enterprises, which owns certain exclusive rights to the literary works The ...

By Isaac C. Turbine has released the latest update to Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria. The expansion is now on Book 7: Leaves of Lorien, which adds new features and gameplay enhancements. Here are the details from the press release: Book 7 delivers the next installment to the epic story of LOTRO...

By Suzie Ford Turbine has released screenshots from Lord of the Rings Online Book 7. The first set deals with the lair raid "Strange Happenings" and the second features a look at the 'new player experience' as introduced in the last patch. Check them all out after the jump.

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By James Egan We've been writing quite a bit about Lord of the Rings Online and its upcoming Book 7 content patch of late. Turbine was kind enough to give us a developer tour through LotRO Volume II: Book 7, explaining the new content like Lothlórien's new areas as well as crafting and battle instances. The...

 NJ Turbine have just released six new screens of Lothlórien and Book 7. Lothlórien is the new area in the upcoming Volume 2 Book 7 update, which also features a new faction, several new quests and a reunion with the Fellowship of the Ring.

By Alex Taldren Anyway, if you’ve already invested a lot of time into the original Lord of the Rings Online, get Mines of Moria.  If you did invest time, but stopped playing because of a lack of end-game content, get Mines of Moria.  If you’ve never played LOTRO don’t bother.        After some difficulty, I’v...

By Roberto Turbine announced the details of an upcoming patch to the recently released expansion pack, Mines of Moria, for The Lord of the Rings Online. It's a VERY long list, and you can find it here!

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By Mike Fahey Ø The Epic Story Continues! — The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria begins Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online storyline. Players will experience six new books rich with new characters and content and face the fiery wrath of Durin’s Bane, battle the Watcher, bring aid to the Lady G...

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By Shawn Schuster In previous interviews with Turbine, we've heard about their interest in developing an MMO on the console. There was speculation of a Harry Potter MMO, following some venture funding by Warner Bros, but now we have a piece of information that might put the console spotlight back on Lord of...

By Maggie Greene Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a nice interview up with Turbine producer Jeffrey Steefel, mostly centered on the Lord of the Rings Online forthcoming Mines of Moria expansion — also discussed are things like how Steefel perceives LOTRO's performance, expansion features, and issues of desi...

 - Aug 26, 2008 The latest monster added to the Lord of the Rings Online lorebook is the Bolgrukh. While easy on the eyes, this is definitely one you don't want to mess ...

 - Aug 26, 2008 The latest monster added to the Lord of the Rings Online lorebook is the Bolgrukh. While easy on the eyes, this is definitely one you don't want to mess ...

 - Aug 26, 2008 The latest monster added to the Lord of the Rings Online lorebook is the Bolgrukh. While easy on the eyes, this is definitely one you don't want to mess ...

 - Aug 26, 2008 The latest monster added to the Lord of the Rings Online lorebook is the Bolgrukh. While easy on the eyes, this is definitely one you don't want to mess ...

 - This could introduce some ambiguity to the epic conflicts of Middle earth. "It gives you that same kind of feeling of, 'Oh, wow, I can understand how Sauron ...

 - In The Lord of the Rings™: Shadow of Angmar™ the Ungols lie in wait in Middle-earth's darkest places. These vicious spiders take advantage of their ...

By Morvelaira Epic Quest: The epic quest continues with world events that open up the adventure to every player across all servers! Moria Prelude Quests: Aid the Fellowship of the Ring as they prepare to leave Rivendell and make their way toward Mordor. .

The LOTRO team continues to churn out new content at an ever faster pace. Here we are today with Book 14 and a batch of fresh content including new dungeon areas, creatures, and of course updates to Eregion, the main quest line. Check it out:Welcome to the latest free content update for The Lor...

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 - The Gaunt-lords were created by the developers at Turbine for The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar, using lore surrounding the coming of the ...

By Morvelaira This lovely guide to the classes in Lord of the Rings Online is mainly aimed at selecting a class and less on how to play one. It also offers handy information on how much of the population plays that class so you can figure out where you might be needed.

By Mike Fahey WESTWOOD, MA - April 24, 2008 - Turbine, Inc. announced today a special promotion featuring limited time pricing offers and a series of in-game events to celebrate the first anniversary of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ (LOTRO), the award-winning massively multiplay...

By Lindsey Phillips Along with the new zone came the game's first large-scale raid instance: Helegrod. This was an ancient city built by Dwarves that was assaulted by the evil dragon Thorog. Wielding the powerful sword Mírdanant, Durin the fifth slayed Thorog but was killed in the process. Ever since attempts...

Lord of the Rings Online is bringing down their servers tomorrow, Thursday the 24th of April to patch Book 13! The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Thursday, April 24 from 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for an update to ...

By Mike Fahey The latest chapter in the ever-expanding Lord of the Rings Online introduces Forochel, a new region which lies in the far, frozen north of Eriador, which gives players their very first chance to see the ocean in the game. It's funny how you don't notice such a thing missing until it's pointe...

Allakhazam and I were very pleased to get a chance this morning to sit with Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer, Jeffrey Steefel. Lord of the Rings Online will reach its first anniversary this year, and the team has no comment on what kind of celebration we can expect, but they acknow...

By Mike Fahey WESTWOOD, MA -- January 28, 2008 -- Turbine, Inc. and IT Territory LLC (ITT) today announced a new relationship for the distribution of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, the PC Game of the Year 2007. Under the terms of the agreement between Turbine and IT Territory, a leading...

By Dan O'Halloran 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,...

By Gatzby The Lord of the Rings Online," "Shadows of Angmar," "Middle-earth," "The Lord of the Rings," and the names of the characters, events, items and places therein are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to Turbine, Inc. Tu...

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By Mike Fahey The Lord of the Rings Online delivers an interactive experience brimming with life and filled with the familiar people, places and monsters from the most beloved fantasy adventure of all time. From the quaint surroundings of the Shire to Angmar, the vile kingdom of the Witch-king, playe...

Embark on your 7-day free trial by visiting www.trylotro.com The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the world's first and only MMORPG based on the books of JRR Tolkien. Players can experience the most famous fantasy world of ...

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By Mike Fahey Codemasters Online and Turbine to unveil Book 11: Defenders of Eriador for The Lord of the Rings Online P layer Housing Introduced in Major Content Update Over 100 New Quests -- The story continues for players as they aid the Fellowship and encounter new adventures.

By Kody (Kody) Lord of the Rings Online released their latest patch - Book 10: The City of the Kings - to live servers today. The patch notes are massive, so Patience - LOTRO Community Manager - has broken them up into more readable chunks on the ...

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By Tobold@GMail.com Lord of the Rings Online is the more accessible game of the two. I would also say it has the prettier graphics, but beauty being in the eye of the beholder I'm sure of getting some comments disagreeing with that statement. LotRO's ultimate strength is it's Tolkien license. LotRO does an excell...

By Kody (Kody) The next update for Lord of the Rings Online was announced this morning. The update, titled "Book 10: The City of the Kings" is tentatively scheduled to release August 20th, 2007. "Our first update significantly expanded the world of ...

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By Mike Fahey Monday, 13th August (2pm GMT) - Codemasters Online and Turbine, Inc. announced the details of the second free content update for subscribers to The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™. Book 10: The City of the Kings continues the epic story, adds over 100 new quests, implements si...

By Mike Fahey Monday 18th of June (2pm GMT) - Today, Codemasters Online Gaming and Turbine, Inc announced the details of the first annual Summer Solstice Festival in The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, the hit MMO that has taken North America and Europe by storm. The Summer Solstice Festi...

By Mike Fahey Codemasters Online Gaming & Turbine Unveil Book 9: Shores of Evendim For The Lord of the Rings Online Beginning June 13th, heroes can adventure to the Shores of Evendim, the first of many free updates to The Lord of the Rings Online.

As the Fellowship prepares to leave Rivendell, Aragorn must re-forge Narsil, the Sword of Elendil. Gandalf has asked for help in Aragorn's search of the lands of Evendim for an ancient jewel that once belonged in the sword's hilt. This powerful relic must be recovered before the Dark Lord S...

By Zonk The circle is now complete. With Turbine's release of Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO), the Massively Mutliplayer game figuratively eats the tail of its originator in ouroboros-like fashion. Tolkien's work begat Dungeons and Dragons, the PC gaming market, CRPGs,...

By Kaonashi Turbine's long awaited The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO) was released on April 24, much to the delight of Tolkien and MMORPG fans alike. For $14.99 a month, anyone can assist Frodo, Gandalf, and the rest of the Fellowship in preventing Sauron and his armies from enslaving the F...

By Mike Fahey 10th May, 2007 - Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online : Shadows of Angmar is the #1 selling PC title across North America and Europe based on the most recent industry reports. The Lord of the Rings Online has outsold a...