Today Turbine has unveiled Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lόrien, the latest major content update for subscribers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (LOTRO). Book 7, which is now available to North American subscribers (available in Europe on 3/24), 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 more. An official press release follows. In addition, Turbine has just released a new batch of Book 7 screenshots, which illustrate Strange Happenings, a new quest arc that begins deep within the Waterworks of Moria.
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From gamesindustry.biz: A staff member at UK studio Traveller’s Tales has seemingly confirmed that the developer is currently working on two new Lego games, long-rumoured to be in production. According to the staff member’s CV, Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are both in development at the Warner Bros owned studio. While EA has the rights to publish one more game based on the Harry Potter movies, Warner Bros is the parent of the Potter franchise and has already put Traveller’s Tales to work on other brands including Batman.
The staff member also states that they had worked on a demo to pitch to Peter Jackson for a game based on the forthcoming Hobbit movies, due in 2012.
Traveller’s Tales is known to be working on one other Lego title – Lego Battles – due for release on the DS this year, and had considerable success with the Lego Star Wars franchise.
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It appears that Frodo is coming home. Not to the Shire, but to Warner Bros. Though neither company said anything about it, New Line’s licensing deal with Electronic Arts for “Lord of the Rings” games expired at the end of last year. Originally set to end in 2007, the two companies agreed on an extension that March until the end of 2008 (the pact also included literary rights holder Tolkien Enterprises). The last game released under the deal was January’s poorly received, soft selling “Lord of the Rings: Conquest” (one of the reasons the game turned out so badly may have been that developer Pandemic had to get it done before EA’s rights expired at the end of 2008, though apparently the publisher got a two-week reprieve to release it in early January).
Since EA first got its hands on the “Lord of the Rings” license back in 2001, New Line has transitioned from an independent studio under the Time Warner corporate umbrella to a label for Warner Bros., which now handles most of its business operations. Warner, of course, has its own videogame unit, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, that has grown from a licensing unit to a full-fledged publisher with its own slate of AAA titles. Lord of the Rings game rights now at Warner Bros.
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Turbine has just released a batch of screenshots for the upcoming Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lürien, the first free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online since the award-winning game expansion, Mines of Moria, was released last fall. The new screenshots illustrate changes to the new player experience that will take effect with the launch of Book 7. Turbine has revamped the new player experience for elves, dwarves and the race of man.
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Turbine, Inc., the folks behind Lord of the Rings Online, Asheron’s Call and Dungeons and Dragons, has announced the appointment of Ken Surdan as Turbine’s new Vice President of Operations. Surdan will be responsible for overseeing worldwide operations including network operations, project management and customer service and support for Turbine’s award-winning franchises. Continue reading “Turbine Appoints New VP of Operations”
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Rick “Sapience” Heaton from Turbine sends this in: It’s been a big week. Book 7 is coming and there’s a lot to talk about! Bullroarer is live! Unlike Roheryn, our public preview server, Bullroarer is a public test server. Bullroarer will be opened periodically to test new content, still in development, before it is completed and approved for the live servers. You can learn more about Bullroarer on the official lotro forums.
Want to see some of the changes planned for Book 7? The preliminary patch notes for The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lórien are live in the lorebook! Please note these are intended to accompany the release of Book 7 on Bullroarer, our public test server and are subject to change!
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