Across the wide lands of Middle-earth, the Free Peoples must face the threatening Shadow growing in the East. All of Mordor is stirring as Sauron dispatches the Nazgûl to hunt for the Ring. The rumor of war brings forth many eager adventurers who will find their place among the great events of the Third Age. High deeds call to the willing, for their time is at hand. Hundreds of thousands of people will enter the perpetual world of Middle-earth for the very first time. Prepare yourself to choose a path amongst the likes of Elves, Dwarves, and Humans. Will you choose to fight for the things that bring peace to the land or will you add to the corruption of Middle-earth as the forces of Sauron move swiftly to extinguish all that is good?
LOTRO brings you into the timeline of the events of The Lord of the Rings, assisting elsewhere while the events of the novels occur, the game mixes established Tolkien tales with new material for the game. Explore the lands, train your character in levels and three-pronged professions, or even learn the innovative music system. The storyline is constantly updated free by Turbine in installments called "books". An expansion pack: LOTRO: Mines of Moria, was released in 2008
Book II: Volume 8: The Scourge of Khazad-dûm goes live today. This latest update to The Lord of the Rings Online brings a ton of new content including: a new raid, two new instances, a streamlined new player experience, crafting changes, and of course the new epic storyline content.
MMORPG.com Lord of the Rings Online Correspondent Andrei Harnagea writes this article looking at the video game as an art form.
The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume 2 Book 8:Scourge of Khazad-dûm will go live on June 23rd, 2009, according to an update on the official Turbine twitter page. In addition, patch notes for Volume 2 Book 8 are now available on the LOTRO website.
MMORPG.com Lord of the Rings Online Correspondent feels that the game's crafting and combat mechanics could use some tweaking and offers his own solutions to the problem.
EuroGamer takes a look back as Lord of the Rings Online turns two.
The MMO Gamer talks to Jeffrey Steefel on a number of LotRO related topics.
Ten Ton Hammer interviews LOTRO’s live producer, Aaron Campbell about Book 7.
Massively provides some background lore for Lord of the Rings Online with a look at the Ents.
