“The Lord of the Rings Online,” launched two years ago, gives players a chance to explore first-hand, a gaming interpretation of Middle-earth. TORn checked in with three of the individuals behind the game: (Jeffrey Steefel, LOTRO Executive Producer; Harry Teasly, LOTRO Art Director for LOTRO; Adam Mersky, Director of Communications for parent company Turbine) to talk about the game’s past and its future. There are several promotions in place right now for the game, lots of game details at the end of the article including an exclusive giveaway for TORn readers!
For two years now, via a home computer, you can walk and run around Middle-earth (and LOTRO always correctly uses the lower-case “e” in earth, a good sign) and experience the sights, sounds, races, spaces and dangers of Tolkien’s fictional creation during the time of his “Lord Of The Rings,” books. Continue reading “TORn talks with LOTRO for game’s 2nd birthday”
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Sapience from Turbine sent this in: There’s all kinds of craziness going on with LOTRO right now and we wanted to make sure you caught it all. Enjoy the update!
Welcome back to LOTRO! We kicked off our Second Anniversary with a week-long welcome back for former subscribers from April 24-30. Not only are we giving returning players an entire week of free game play, 25% bonus XP on mob kills, and the Anniversary token event, but there are currently some great subscription offers for everyone too! Continue reading “LOTR Online Update”
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Turbine, Inc. has announced the launch of its award-winning massively multiplayer online game, The Lord of the Rings Online™, in Russia and Korea. Through partnerships with NHN in Korea and ITT in Russia, Turbine continues to expand The Lord of the Rings Online around the world. Turbine currently operates The Lord of the Rings Online in North America and Europe.
Turbine will celebrate the 2nd anniversary of The Lord of the Rings Online starting this Friday – please stay tuned for additional details!
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From play.tm (via Destructoid): Rumour has it that Turbine have been pushing for the MMO’s Xbox debut for some time, but have struggled as Microsoft refuse to allow a free-to-play business model on their console. However, Microsoft are keen to get online games onto their system and have now finalised a business model for Live, with Turbine in poll position having the game tested and ready for launch. The developer themselves are playing down this chatter – particularly the bit about the Xbox 360 version being ready for an immediate launch. More soon.
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Jackie writes: Today Turbine released new assets from Book 7: Leaves of Lόrien, the latest major content update for subscribers of The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO): Mines of Moria. The screenshots depict new crafting instances found in Book 7.
Book 7, delivers the next installment to the epic story of LOTRO, a new 12-player raid, the Spring Festival, access to the full region of Lothlorien, and major gameplay enhancements. It is available now to subscribers in North America and Europe.
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Fellow geek Darby Conley once again mentions LOTR in the March 19th edition of ‘Get Fuzzy’. Click on the above link to read.
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“The Lord of the Rings Online,” launched two years ago, gives players a chance to explore first-hand, a gaming interpretation of Middle-earth. TORn checked in with three of the individuals behind the game: (Jeffrey Steefel, LOTRO Executive Producer; Harry Teasly, LOTRO Art Director for LOTRO; Adam Mersky, Director of Communications for parent company Turbine) to talk about the game’s past and its future. There are several promotions in place right now for the game, lots of game details at the end of the article including an exclusive giveaway for TORn readers!
