Rick from Turbine writes: The latest entry in our Hero’s series takes us beneath the Redhorn. Far below the peak—beneath its namesake pass, below and between the gates of mighty Khazad-dûm, in the roots of the mountain—the Dwarves mined the ruddy stones of the Redhorn. They hollowed out a hole in the mountain and left it hollow. Continue reading “Latest LOTR Online Updates”

Rick “Sapience” Heaton sends this in: The LOTRO development team recently participated in a live chat hosted by Xfire. Producer Rowan, Art Director Floon, and designers Jalessa, Amlug, and Constant Gardener shared some new info about Volume II, Book 7; the first free content update to Mines of Moria ™! Continue reading “Various LOTR Online Updates”

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”

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”

Kai writes: The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ has been voted the Best expansion of 2008 by MMORPG.com readers! “Another impressive win for the Lord of the Rings team over at Turbine, with 48% of the vote, the winner of the Best new Expansion of 2008 was Turbine’s Mines of Moria, the first expansion for their hit game, Lord of the Rings Online.”