Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: Don’t forget, Book 10: The City of the Kings goes live on Monday, August 20th! Our servers will be down from 7:00AM – 2:00PM to apply the update. Players can pre-patch their games by downloading our new downloadable update (from Book 9 to Book 10) – more info here (please note that this updater is for the North American/Oceania client only and will not patch the EU client!).
Day: August 18, 2007
United Artists closed its $500 million deal with Merrill Lynch late Thursday morning in the wake of news that Goldman Sachs had backed away from committing to a $1 billion fund for MGM. Goldman Sachs was one of five banks considering underwriting the MGM fund. Move was Hollywood’s first brush with the widening credit crunch. However, MGM CEO Harry Sloan said Goldman Sachs’ move — or any delay in the franchise fund — would not impact the movies it has in the works, including “The Hobbit,” a co-production with New Line, or the next installment with the Bond franchise, which it is cofinancing with Sony. “No MGM property will wait for a film (finance) slate,” Sloan said. [More]