There will soon be much more to explore in Middle-earth.
While Turbine's engineers work hard on patching the servers and getting ready for the launch of LOTRO: Free to Play, several members of the dev team had a chance to chat with the community.
We even had Patience live from Mission Control sitting in. So what questions did the devs answer?
Here is a teaser:
Honvik: Question: What enhancements are turbine looking at adding for radiance/LI's?
Oh did you want the answer to that question? Well read on and see what other cool things the devs answered.
Don't worry you have time to read this while you patch your client. You are patching your client right?
With the launch of the free-to-play Lord of the Rings Online just around the corner, why not chat with the people making the whole thing run?
The Lord of the Rings Online™ Head Start begins September 8th!
The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 4:00AM Eastern (-5 GMT) to prepare for the launch of the Head Start of The Lord of the Rings Online™ Volume III: Allies of The King, Book 2: The Ride of the Grey Company.
With the launch of the free-to-play Lord of the Rings Online just around the corner, why not chat with the people making the whole thing run?
With the astonishing success of Dungeons & Dragons Online Unlimited, Turbine has announced that Lord of the Rings Online will be following as a free-to-play title beginning this fall. Read on.
A hearty happy birthday to Lord of the Rings Online! In celebration, Turbine has a bunch of nifty celebratory events and specials for players. Read on!
Turbine, in one of the best kept industry secrets ever, has been acquired by Warner Bros. bringing both the Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Online franchises under the WB umbrella. Read more about the buyout after the jump.
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno teaches you how to sound like you're short, Scottish, and have a massive beard.
The Lord of the Rings Online Spring Festival has officially...er...sprung on all servers. Complete with a hedge maze and more, you can check out some screens by clicking below.
Turbine has released five new screenshots for the recently launched Volume III, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers, the latest content update for The Lord of the Rings Online. With Book 1, Turbine has added a updates for many crafting professions, including new Level 65 recipes. Read on!
Lord of the Rings Online players will now be able to show off their characters, stats, levels and more with a new Facebook application launched by Turbine. Grab the details by clicking 'read more'.
Looking for a great cause and a great team to support? Look no further. Turbine developers are sponsoring a team in the Project Bread Walk for Hunger in May 2010. Find out how to support the Turbine Team by clicking 'read more'.
Turbine has released the latest update to Lord of the Rings Online. Called "Oath of the Rangers", the update adds more skirmishes and adds to the overarching plot with Allies of the King. Find out what else is new and check out several new screens after the jump.
Jim Moreno looks at how you can bring your pen-and-paper RP experience to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited.
It seems that today is screenshot day! Turbine has released six new screenshots from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online content addition, Oath of the Rangers. The screens come from a skirmish deep within the Mirkwood. Check 'em out!
Turbine released a bunch of screen shots for the upcoming Volume 3 Book 1: Oath of the Rangers content update for The Lord of the Rings Online. In Book 1, the War continues to rage in the North. Read on!
Jim Moreno walks us through how to properly roleplay in Star Trek Online. Live Long and Prosper.
Shamus Young, the writer of Lord of the Rings-meets-Dungeons & Dragons webcomic DM of the Rings, is taking on Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online via our sister site The Escapist.
Jim Moreno discusses how best to network with fellow roleplayers (and himself, of course).
Turbine has sent over a fresh batch of screenshots from the Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. These particular screens feature the new tower raid. Check them out!
Turbine has sent out a fresh batch of screenshots from Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the latest expansion for LOTRO. These screens feature a look at several 'skirmish' instances. Pop through the jump to take a look!
Lady Sinaea has released the next episode of Ringcast, the Lord of the Rings dedicated netcast hosted at VirginWorlds.com.
This episode's topics:
- Interview with Jeffrey Steefel
- A brief tour of Mirkwood
- Jeffrey gets lost in his own game
- Skirmishes
- Legendary item system updates
- Legendary Pool Distribution
- Interview with Meghan "Patience" Rodberg
- $10k for a Kill-Everything-Instantly Button!
Jim Moreno outlines the things that would make him one very happy roleplayer this Christmas, even if they won't fit under the tree.
Anxiously awaiting for the servers to come back online today, unveiling the new expansion, Siege of Mirkwood! Read the official press release after the jump.
Today, Turbine announced the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, a new digital expansion to the award-winning MMO. Siege of Mirkwood expands the online world of Middle-earth where players 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.
Turbine developers took some time out of their busy schedules to discuss the upcoming release of the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion, The Seige of Mirkwood.
WarCry Validor-SoG: Hi, Can you confirm if PvMP will get some love in the next book update?
Jalessa: In addition to the level increase for Monster Players in Mirkwood, you will have changes with the crowd control diminishing returns system (including changes for conjunction immunity), changes to increase the amount of infamy/raid gained in raid groups, changes to the base levels of power and health regen for creeps, updated Free Player rewards for PvMP play, and a slew of bug fixes.
Click on to read the full transcript of the chat and we look forward to the new expansion due out soon.
Turbine Studios shared with us six new screens from their upcoming expansion and Volume 2 finale, Siege of Mirkwood, arriving this December. Check the screens after the jump!
