Today, Turbine released new screenshots from the upcoming Volume 3, Book 2 of The Lord of the Rings Online, which will launch this fall. The update will make the game free-to-play for all and will introduce Turbine’s innovative new pricing model, as well as extend the award-winning story. The new screens depict the new Man and Hobbit starting areas. Continue reading “New LOTRO Free-to-Play Screens – Man & Hobbit Starter Areas”
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Today, Turbine released new screenshots from the upcoming Volume 3, Book 2 of The Lord of the Rings Online, which will launch this fall. The update will make the game free-to-play for all and will introduce Turbine’s innovative new pricing model, as well as extend the award-winning story. The new screens depict Enedwaith, a new zone south of Eregion that will be added to the game. Earlier this week, Turbine posted an in-depth developer diary about Enedwaith, which you can view here. Continue reading “New LOTRO Free-to-Play Screens – Enedwaith”
LONDON, April 5 – Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA has taken a stake in Codemasters, the British computer games company behind Lord of the Rings Online, Colin McRae Rally and Formula One. Codemasters said on Monday that Reliance’s media and entertainment arm, Reliance BIG, and the software company’s existing investor, venture capital firm Balderton Capital, would each hold 50 percent. Reliance BIG’s gaming division, Zapak, India’s largest gaming company, would oversee the investment, it said in a statement. “Zapak’s global strength in mobile gaming will enhance Codemasters’ ability to fully leverage its attractive franchises such as its racing and cricket games,” said Zapak head Rohit Sharma. More..
Rick “Sapience” Heaton, Online Community Specialist for Turbine, writes: Greetings! Here’s this week’s round up.
Reminder: Scheduled Maintenance Tuesday February 23
As the final stage of our datacenter move, all Turbine games will be offline on Tuesday February 23, from 4:00AM – 4:00PM Eastern Time (-5 GMT). Websites, including myaccount.turbine.com, forums, wikis, and social networks will be available, but players may be unable to log in or access their account information during this time. We thank you for your patience while we complete the move! Continue reading “LOTR Online Update”
Elicia writes: Today, Turbine released the first batch of screenshots for the upcoming Volume 3: Allies of the King, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers content update for The Lord of the Rings Online. In Book 1, the War continues to rage in the North and the epic tale continues for players. For more information about Book 1, please visit lotro.com. Stay tuned for additional details regarding Book 1 in the coming weeks! Continue reading “LOTRO Volume 3, Book 1 Coming Soon – New Screens!”
Rick “Sapience” Heaton, Online Community Specialist for Turbine, writes: Greetings once again and welcome to your LOTRO Update!
Release notes for Siege of Mirkwood, Patch 1 are now available! The servers will be unavailable on Tuesday January 19 from 7:00AM -11:00AM Eastern (-5 GMT) while we perform an update to the game. More.. Continue reading “LOTR Online Update”