The Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings Online has been quite a success for Codemasters Online, and this November they’re releasing Mines of Moria, the first pay-for ... video.aol.com

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 Martuk Find out what it takes to make an expansion work. The Lord of the Rings Online is just a little over a month away from getting its next expansion the Siege of Mirkwood. As we draw closer to the release of the digital expansion, Turbine is ... read more

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...

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By Martuk Try your luck in the new LotRO Lottery.Turbine is starting a new game to inspire people to use my.lotro.com for The Lord of the Rings Online. The new LOTRO Lottery contest lets players have a chance at earning a random reward that can... read more

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 Branadoc Turbine announced today a new meta-game experience for Lord of the Rings Online, the LotRO Lottery! Playing the LotRO Lottery is as simple as logging into your My LotRO account, and selecting various drawings via a widget on the left hand side of the screen (default location).

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...

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

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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...

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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...

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 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...

By William Dobson One of the features of the next Lord of the Rings Online update, Volume 2: Book 8, is a revamping of some of the game's low to mid-level quests. The latest developer diary on the official site elaborates on the methods through which this will be achieved. A great deal of the overhauling will foc...

By Kyle Horner Turbine continues to shower us with imagery of their next free content update Volume II, Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-dûm. This go-around we've been treated to a look at the Hall of Mirrors, a place where giant expensive looking mirrors shine light into the otherwise dark, vast caves.

By Shawn Schuster Once again, Turbine has been kind enough to offer us a sneak peek look at the newest Book update to Lord of the Rings Online. This newest one, Volume 2, Book 8, introduces two new 3-man instances, a 6-man space and their largest instance to date: an enormous 12-man instance with six bosses! In...

By Kyle Horner The very first screens from Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming free update are some of the best yet, featuring the Water Wheels and a new -- and enormous -- enemy fighting various player characters. We're really digging the monster design here, and highly recommend that you check it our fo...

By Kyle Horner Turbine continues developing and publishing their content updates at a pace unmatched by pretty much any other developer. They've announced today via Twitter that Volume II, Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-dum will be coming this June -- just about three months since the last update back in Ma...

By Lesley Smith There's something really exciting about a new set of patch notes, especially when it's for a fantasy MMO like Lord of the Rings Online. Turbine have just released the latest patch notes for the Bullroarer test server for volume 2 of book eight. These notes will hit live servers -- barring 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 ...

 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...

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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 Shawn Schuster Tomorrow marks the launch of Lord of the Rings Online's newest content patch, Volume II: Book 7. This free content patch is special as it's the first major content we've received for the game since the Mines of Moria expansion last November.

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...

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 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 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 ...

By xoanon Share This Meghan Rodberg, Online Community Manager for Turbine, Inc., writes: We’re pleased to announce that the latest free content for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Book 14: The Ring-forges of Eregion, is now live on the Turbine servers! Book 14 brings us one step clos...

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By Mike Fahey “The Lord of the Rings Online is one of the only MMOs to successfully integrate story into game play,” said Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. “With Book 14 we continue to create new ways for players to experience the epic story in Middle-earth from the dram...

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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. .

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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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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 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...

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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 ...

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 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 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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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...

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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...