THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™ IS FIRST MMORPG TO SUPPORT MICROSOFT’S DIRECTX 10 GRAPHICS AND NVIDIA GEFORCE GRAPHICS PROCESSORS

Award-Winning Online Game Now Features Industry-Leading Graphics

WESTWOOD, MA – January 7, 2008 – Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ has become the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) to support the Microsoft DirectX® 10 API and NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors for stunningly realistic imagery. The Lord of the Rings Online, named the 2007 PC Game of the Year 2007, now offers gamers with DirectX 10 graphics cards the most immersive online experience available today. Continue reading “Geek News: LOTR Online Goes Directx 10 and Nvidia”

TORN Staffer Ostadan sends this in: At Fantasy Flight Games’ site, Dan Clark has been writing weekly articles on Reiner Knizia’s various boardgames. The second one, concerned with Knizia’s Lord of the Rings boardgame, may be of interest to TORN folk who may not have become acquainted with the game when it first appeared. Reiner Knizia’s LOTR Game Article

Quarterly Wallpapers are here! Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for Turbine, Inc. writes: It’s that time of year again! Decorate your desktop with one of our handy LOTRO quarterly calendar wallpapers! Wallpapers are here!

PRESS RELEASE: THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR™ NAMED PC MMO GAME OF THE YEAR

Leading MMORPG Also Honored as One of the PC Top 10 Games of 2007

WESTWOOD, MA – December 18, 2007 – Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ was awarded PC MMO Game of the Year of 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy, the web’s leading destination for online information, entertainment and communities serving the enthusiast gamer worldwide. The editors also named the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) as one of the PC Top 10 Games of 2007. Continue reading “LOTR Online Nabs ‘MMO Game of the Year’”

Developer Diary: The Great Angmar Revamp Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for Turbine, Inc. writes: Join Content Designers Amlug and MadeOfLions in their quest to improve and revamp the Angmar region! If you’ve been exploring or questing in Angmar, this update is for you. The Great Angmar Revamp will provide insight on the challenges of improving an existing area, as well as a window into the exciting world of content design! Developer Diary: The Great Angmar Revamp