Exploring Middle-earth: Echad Candelleth Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: The Tâl Bruinen outpost, Echad Candelleth, has been a way-station for scouting parties tasked by Elrond Half-elven to search for signs of the Enemy’s servants. It also has recently provided shelter for hunters frightened by a strange creature seen wandering the nearby woods… Exploring Middle-earth: Echad Candelleth

Exploring Middle-earth: Ram Dúath Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: In addition to bringing you the Month of the Guardian, the Month of the Burglar, the Champion revisited, the Ettendeep, and the great Angmar revamp, Book 12: The Ashen Wastes will also go down in history as introducing The Month of Avatar Customization! Read this new developer diary to learn more about this exciting new system! Book 12: The Outfit System and Barbershops

Exploring Middle-earth: Ram Dúath Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: In the far north lies a range of black, craggy mountains, named Ram Dúath. Over the course of history it has served as a fortification of the Witch-king’s realm as it holds passage from the North Downs into Angmar. Take a closer look at this treacherous area in the latest addition to our Exploring Middle-earth series! Exploring Middle-earth: Ram Dúath

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”