The folks from Turbine write: We’re pleased to announce that the 10 day Free Trial for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is now open! If you have friends who have been waiting for an opportunity to try the game voted Best MMORPG of 2008*, let them know they can start their free trial by visiting lotro.com/trial
Turbine has teamed up with Xfire to offer players great prizes for playing The Lord of the Rings Online™ (Full Game and Free trial) and Joining the Official Xfire LOTRO Clan while signed into Xfire from January 28th to February 11th! 30 Winners will be chosen for prizes including free play time and T-Shirts. Continue reading “Assorted ‘Mines of Moria’ News”
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From THE CANADIAN PRESS: TORONTO – The most popular game rentals (all platforms) according to Rogers Video for the period ending Jan. 25.
1 Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360)
6 Lord of the Rings: Conquest (PlayStation 3)
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From Suzie Ford at warcry.com: All Lord of the Rings Online servers will be brought down for scheduled maintenance on Monday, January 26th. From Turbine: “The Turbine Game Servers and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Monday, January 26 from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT). The forums and wikis will remain up, but players may not be able to log in. Thanks for your patience, and we’ll see you back in the game soon!”
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WESTWOOD, MA – January 22, 2009 – Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ was named “Best MMORPG” in the 1up.com 2008 Reader’s Choice Awards. Mines of Moria, Turbine’s latest expansion to the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online game (MMO) The Lord of the Rings Online dominated the results, securing nearly half of all votes in the “Best MMORPG” category over nominees including World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and Pirates of the Burning Sea. 1up.com is a leading online destination for videogame news, reviews, previews, features and additional content. Continue reading “THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: MINES OF MORIA™ NAMED BEST MMORPG OF 2008”
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UK Charts: Wii Fit Holds Off The Lord Of The Rings EA’s The Lord of the Rings: Conquest has become the first new entry of the year in the UK sales charts, with the Xbox 360 version charting at number three in the individual platform chart and the PlayStation 3 version at number 10. Wii Fit remains at number one for the second week, with an 18 percent rise in sales, leading an iron-clad top ten list that sees little movement this week. But most of the rest of the top 40 actually saw a decrease in sales on the previous week, with Wii Play at number two down by 19 percent. UK Charts: Wii Fit Holds Off The Lord Of The Rings
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Today, Turbine unveiled a new developer diary video for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, in which Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel discusses the new Legendary Items System recently added to the game with this latest expansion.
In addition, Turbine has issued a press release announcing that The Lord of the Rings Online was named “Best Overall Game of 2008” in MMORPG.com’s Reader’s Choice Awards. In addition, Mines of Moria was named “Best New Expansion of 2008” and Turbine was named “Favorite MMO Studio of 2008.” (see press release below). Continue reading “LOTR Online: New Dev Diary Video & Turbine Announces Multiple Awards”
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