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Lord of the Rings Online News
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Tubine's Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
Leaves are changing, the weather is cooling and Turbine has announced it's annual Pumpkin Carving Contest for 2010. Categories for the pumpkins include the entire stable of Turbine games including Lord of the Rings Online, Asheron's Call and Dungeons & Dragons Online. Winners will receive game-specific rewards including free game time and more.
Reported on Oct 05, 2010 -
Looking for a Few Good Testers
Turbine has announced the Palantir Private Preview Program for Lord of the Rings Online. The program is designed to recruit volunteers to help the development team track bugs and give feedback for new features and fixes. There is a binding NDA that must be adhered to and the program is open to current US subscribers only. If you've got what it takes, head over to the official forums for more information.
Reported on Oct 04, 2010 -
Favorite Items
The Turbine team is asking the Lord of the Rings Online community for feedback about in-game items. Turbine has posted three questions about consumables, cosmetic and general items for which they would like input. Check out the questions and then let your voice be heard.
Reported on Oct 01, 2010 -
F2P Survivor Guy & LOTRO
MMORPG.com writer Adam Tingle has been on a quest to find great free-to-play games. Delving into our site's Game List, Adam has spent time playing F2P games, both good and not so good. This week, Adam takes time to look at Lord of the Rings Online, recently turned F2P by Warner Interactive and Turbine. See what Adam thinks of Middle Earth in its newest incarnation and whether or not it is worthy of your time.
Reported on Sep 30, 2010 -
New Player Tips & Hints
A new article has surfaced on the official Lord of the Rings Online site that is specifically for new players to the game. The write up includes ways to find information both in and out of game, buying and selling items, making your character run and lots more. If you're new to Middle Earth, you'll want to check this one out.
Reported on Sep 23, 2010 -
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner
Yarr, mateys, International Talk Like a Pirate Day be comin' on September 19th and to celebrate them developers at Turbine have included a new adventure for ye piratey types. Ye need to check out the Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner on the official site to find out where ye need to be goin' to grab yer treasure. So what are ye waitin' for? Set sail!
Reported on Sep 17, 2010 -
PAX Chat With Aaron Campbell
At last week's PAX convention, MMORPG.com's Angie Webb had the opportunity to check out the new F2P-P2P hybrid version of Lord of the Rings Online. Turbine's Aaron Campbell took Angie through the game and discussed some of the finer points like "Does free to play actually mean free to play?" Garrett also got a look at what he called "he most interesting online haunted house I've ever seen." Read on!
Reported on Sep 10, 2010 -
F2P Finally Arrives
Lord of the Rings Online is now officially free to play in North America. To celebrate, Turbine has released a great new commercial with Gandalf hanging out in a gray flannel suit as he announces to the chanting hordes, "You...Shall...Not...Pay!" Check it out!
Reported on Sep 10, 2010 -
Free-to-Play Head Start Code Giveaway!
Hot on the heels of PAX, Turbine has provided us with 50 F2P Head Start codes for The Lord of the Rings Online, and we're giving 'em all away!
Reported on Sep 07, 2010 -
The Ride of the Gray Company Release Notes
All Lord of the Rings Online servers have been taken down in anticipation of the upcoming head start on the free to play edition of the game. Along with turning the game F2P, new content is being added and devs have finally revealed the name: Volume III, Book 2: The Ride of the Grey Company. There's so much coming in the way of bug fixes, skill balances, skirmish updates and more that you'll just have to read the full notes for yourself.
Reported on Sep 07, 2010 -
Get On Board F2P
Turbine has released a new trailer for Lord of the Rings Online. The trailer shows off much of Middle Earth with a great voice over guaranteed to stir the hearts of MMORPG players everywhere. The trailer encourages players to 'create their own legend' in the game when it goes free to play on September 10th.
Reported on Sep 06, 2010 -
Head Start Begins September 8th
Lord of the Rings Online is set to go free to play beginning September 10th. Turbine has announced, however, that current/former subscribers and beta testers have the opportunity to get a head start on the new features and content on September 8th and 9th. Players will be able to access the four new servers to reserve their character names if desired.
Reported on Sep 03, 2010 -
New Screens from PAX
As Lord of the Rings sits on the edge of its free to play iteration, developers have released a retrospective look at the Lone Lands in the form of several new screenshots. Turbine has also sent out a few new screens from the Defense of the Prancing Pony, Necromancer's Gate, Survival in the Barrow Downs and Stand at Amon Sul instances. Check them out in our Lord of the Rings gallery.
Reported on Sep 03, 2010 -
Consignment Quests & Server Names
Opening the Lord of the Rings Online game client reveals a pair of announcements for Turbine. Consignment quests will not be available after September 7th and players are urged to complete them before that time. Secondly, developers have announced the names of four new servers being brought online in anticipation of hordes of new players for the F2P version set to go live on September 10th.
Reported on Sep 02, 2010 -
This Week On LOTRO.com
Every week, MMORPG.com scores a complete rundown of all the happenings on the official Lord of the Rings Online site. This week, weekend lotteries, upcoming captain changes, vault adjustments and the warg stalker received notice on the site. We've got your links and a short description what you're likely to find.
Reported on Aug 29, 2010 -
New Wardrobe System Detailed
In the latest Lord of the Rings Online developer diary, Elliot Gillman takes a look at the Wardrobe System. With the new system in place, players can separate their clothing type items into a virtual closet of sorts. Players start with 10 slots but can store up to 50 items in the wardrobe if space is purchased. These items are stored in appearance only, sans stats, and can then be worn cosmetically if the player has sold or deleted the original. Think of the items in storage as doppelgangers.
Reported on Aug 25, 2010 -
Orc Reavers, Instances & Quest Notes, OH MY!
Turbine has sent out a listing of all the happenings on the official Lord of the Rings Online site. Devs have been busy with journal entries about instances and quest notes for the upcoming free-to-play version of LOTRO. In addition, devs are looking for player input from those who enjoy playing PvP as an Orc Reaver.
Reported on Aug 23, 2010 -
F2P Launching September 10th
Turbine has announced that the free-to-play version of Lord of the Rings Online will officially launch on September 10, 2010. Along with the announcement, a new concept art shot of the Captain character class has been released.
Reported on Aug 18, 2010 -
Instances 2.0 Part 3
Lord of the Rings Online developer Joe "jwbarry" Barry has penned the third of five diaries about the forthcoming changes to the instances when LOTRO goes free-to-play later this fall. In this article, Barry takes a look at specific instance clusters and discusses the changes, if any, that the dev team has made.
Reported on Aug 04, 2010 -
Men & Hobbit Starting Area Screens
Turbine has sent out five new screens featuring a look at the Lord of the Rings Online Men and Hobbit starting areas. Be sure to check them all out in our Lord of the Rings Online gallery.
Reported on Jul 29, 2010
