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Lord of the Rings Online News
Latest Headlines for Lord of the Rings Online
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Instances 2.0 Part 2
Joe "jwbarry" Barry has written more about the upcoming changes to Lord of the Rings Online instances when the game goes 'free to play' later this fall. Barry takes a look at instance rewards, stat tracking and details how devs are working to improve the overall quality of each instance in the game.
Reported on Jul 29, 2010 -
LOTRO Store & Rune Keeper Feedback
Turbine has sent over a list of topics that will interest Lord of the Rings Online players. First off, a new developer diary has surfaced that spends time talking about the LOTRO Store that will be implemented in the upcoming free to play version of the game. Secondly, developers are asking Rune Keepers to weigh in on ways to improve the class and their best advice for new RKs.
Reported on Jul 26, 2010 -
Scaling Instances Dev Diary
Turbine developer Joe Barry has penned the first in a series of developer diaries on the official Lord of the Rings Online site. In this first installment, Barry talks about the skirmish system and how its popularity has influenced developers to take a hard look at scaling instances.
Reported on Jul 22, 2010 -
Weekly Happenings
The Lord of the Rings Online team has sent out a bunch of information and site updates for fans and players to enjoy. Including a new developer look at the Enedwaith zone, developers are also looking for feedback about the minstrel class.
Reported on Jul 19, 2010 -
Free To Play Beta Keys!
MMORPG and Turbine Inc are pleased to present a special beta testing opportunity for our community. We will be taking entries into a random sweepstakes event from July 16 to July 22. We will select 2500 winners that will be granted access to The Lord of the Rings Online™: Free-To-Play Beta Test. In addition to this winners will receive a 1,000 point code for the store to allow you to experience the shopping system during the beta test.
Reported on Jul 17, 2010 -
New F2P Screens
Turbine has sent out several new screens from the upcoming free to play version of Lord of the Rings Online. The first group give players a look at the new 'locked quest' icon that will indicate a 'pay to play' quest line within the game.
Reported on Jul 15, 2010 -
F2P Session
MMORPG.com writer Jaime Skelton recently had the opportunity to spend time with Lord of the Rings Online producer Aaron Campbell. During their session, Jaime was treated to a firsthand look at the upcoming free to play scaled instance Enedwaith. See what she thought of the new material and her thoughts about LOTRO's F2P model.
Reported on Jul 13, 2010 -
Devs Want Hunter Class Input
Lord of the Rings Online developers are looking for player input about the Hunter class. Turbine has three specific areas for which they are seeking input.
Reported on Jul 07, 2010 -
Lord of the Rings Online: Going Free to Play
Lord of the Rings Online is one of the more popular subscription-based MMOs on the 'Net today. Recently, however, Turbine announced that LOTRO will be moving to a free to play model beginning this fall. MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller caught up with Turbine to talk about the changes and how they will change the game.
Reported on Jul 01, 2010 -
Free to Play Beta Begins; New Screenshots of LOTRO Store
Turbine has announced that the beta test for the upcoming re-launch of Lord of the Rings Online as a hybrid free-to-play/subscription MMO is now underway. Five new screenshots showing off the LOTRO Store are also available in our LOTRO gallery.
Reported on Jun 16, 2010 -
Free to Play Interview
MMORPG.com's Michael Bitton got a chance to catch up with Turbine's Executive Director of Communications Adam Mersky and LOTRO Executive Producer Kate Paiz to discuss today's big announcement that The Lord of the Rings Online would be re-launching as a hybrid Free-to-Play game.
Reported on Jun 04, 2010 -
Turbine Announces Free to Play
In what many are sure to describe as a surprise move, Turbine announced today that their flagship title, Lord of the Rings Online, would be joining Dungeons and Dragons Online as a Free 2 Play title using a similar pricing model.
Reported on Jun 04, 2010 -
LotRO Update
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently spoke with the team at Turbine about Lord of the Rings Online, where the current game is and what the team has planned for the future.
Reported on Apr 08, 2010 -
PAX East $9.99 Offer
Excited about PAX East? The people over at Turbine are as well having announced that from now until Sunday, the complete Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Mines of Moria and Siege of Mirkwood will be available for only $9.99. This price also comes with the expected 30 days of free game time.
Reported on Mar 26, 2010 -
Spring Festival Begins!
The Spring Festival event is once again upon us in Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online.
Reported on Mar 23, 2010 -
Volume III, Book 1: Crafting Screenshots
Volume III, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers is the latest update to hit Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. One of the update's highlights is the addition of new level 65 crafting recipes, and so Turbine has seen it fit to send over this fresh batch of screenshots, providing us a glimpse of the crafting options available in Lord of the Rings Online.
Reported on Mar 04, 2010 -
New "Player Feed" Social App Launched
Turbine has announced the launch of a new social app for The Lord of the Rings Online called the "Player Feed." The Player Feed will allow LOTRO players to share their in-game status and achievements with friends through Facebook, and is powered by my.lotro.com.
Reported on Mar 02, 2010 -
Oath of the Rangers Interview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently spoke with Lord of the Rings Online's Development Director Michael Jablonn about the recently launched Volume II, Book I update, Oath of the Rangers.
Reported on Mar 02, 2010 -
Volume III, Book 1 Now Live
Volume III, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers is now live! This latest update to Lord of the Rings Online introduces four new 12 man skirmishes to the game, Duo mode, new high-level skills, and the Spring Festival to the game.
Reported on Mar 01, 2010 -
Volume III, Book I Tour
MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy writes this recounting of his preview tour of the upcoming Volume II, Book I update to Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online.
Reported on Feb 19, 2010
