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If you've been waiting to check out the Corsairs of Umbar expansion and the Mariner class in The Lord of the Rings Online, both are now available for points from the LOTRO store.

The Lord of the Rings Online's Crafting Guilds have made it to its latest expansion, Corsairs of Umbar, in a patch this week. Meanwhile, the residents of Combe are prepping for its latest attempt at its Forester crafting event.

The Lord of the Rings Online's Corsairs of Umbar expansion has finally launched and we're wrapping up our interview series on building the expansion. In this final part we explore how the studio sets expectations and pricing, localizes the MMO and then starts to show it to the community.

The Lord of the Rings Online is taking players to the southern edge of the Middle-earth map today as Corsairs of Umbar is now live on the game servers. The latest expansion continues the story of the epic MMORPG and takes players to a location never before seen in Tolkien-based media.

With any new expansion, it's not just the new region you get to explore that is exciting - it's the new systems and mechanics brought to the game. In The Lord of the Rings Online, that is mainly felt in the new Mariner class. We spoke to the Standing Stone Games team about the class' inception and how they approached building the sea shanty singing swashbuckler.

The Lord of the Rings Online has been gearing up for its trek south of Gondor, keen to take in the more southernly climes of Umbar, however players will have to wait a smidge longer as the next expansion has seen a delay.

In this second part of our Building An Expansion interview series with Standing Stone Games, we look at how the region of Umbar was crafted, from its early concept phase to placing the placeholder assets in the world itself.

The Lord of the Rings Online is celebrating the father of the Dwarves with its Durin's Day event hitting game servers today, while its Forester event in Combe has hit yet another snag.

Over the course of an MMO's life, expansions are oftentimes the lifeblood that continues to fuel them. They expand the stories and worlds we love. In this multi-part series, we dive into how LotRO's Corsairs of Umbar took shape, from its first planning phases through its reveal. In this part, we learn how Corsairs of Umbar started its life in the minds of its developers.

The Lord of the Rings Online hosted a Q&A with executive producer Rob "Severlin" Ciccolini, where more details about the upcoming expansion set in Umbar including a new class, as well as when players can expect to see River Hobbits make their debut in the MMO.

The Lord of the Rings Online is going south after spending a few years in the northern reaches of Middle-earth. The latest letter on the LotRO website unveils that the Free Peoples will be heading south, into lands unseen in the MMO before: Umbar.