New Screens for Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, Digital ExpansionTurbine has just released a new batch of screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1st in North America. The images depict the new Scuttledells region deep in the forests of Mirkwood.

Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-earth where players will join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online. More..

New Screens for Lord of the Rings Online Siege of Mirkwood, Digital ExpansionTurbine has just released a new batch of screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1st in North America. The images depict the new Gathburz region deep in the forests of Mirkwood.

Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-earth where players will join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online. More..

From Dave Taylor at gamerzines.com: Rather than starting a new Volume and a new Epic story line with an expansion pack, Siege of Mirkwood will conclude the current Volume II and Volume III will be started via a free content update out early in the new year instead. Adam Mersky, PR Manager at Turbien told us: “Volume III will kick off with our first content update of 2010. With our expansion this year we’ve changed the model; you can still expect to receive regular (free) content updates, but they may not map directly to the launch of a new Epic Story. The story will progress and proceed!” More..

New 'Siege of Mirkwood' ScreenshotsThe folks from Turbine have sent along a new batch of screenshots depict Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths from their forthcoming game ‘The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood’. Siege of Mirkwood, the new digital expansion for LOTRO, will launch on December 1st in North America, expanding the online world of Middle-earth where players will join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online. More..

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: SIEGE OF MIRKWOOD™ TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 1ST From the folks at Turbine: It’s been a busy week for The Lord of the Rings Online™! Here’s a roundup of all the happenings: The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ Launch date Announced! The word is out! The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ will launch on December 1! Special pre-order pricing and the all new Adventurer’s Pack have been unveiled along with the return of our very popular $199 lifetime subscription offer. Find out all the details in the official press release. Continue reading “LOTR: Online Update”

Turbine, maker of Dungeons & Dragons Online, has a busy legal department of late. In addition to suing Atari, it’s being sued – along with Sony and Blizzard – by a holding firm alleging infringement of their patented realtime technology. The company, Paltalk Holdings Inc., has successfully settled claims against Microsoft, alleging it infringed the same patents in Halo. The technology in question concerns how multiple players in different locations still see the same events – explosions, monsters, etc. – in real time. More..