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Lord of the Rings Online goes Free to Play
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June 6, 2010 |
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Turbine announced Friday that Lord of the Rings Online is going the way of the free-to-play model. This model met with great success when Dungeons and Dragons Online was similarly converted after experiencing a shaky start. The new free-to-play model will undergo a Beta test process to make sure that...
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment acquires Turbine!
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April 20, 2010 |
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Warner Bros. has just gotten more rights to the “Lord of the Rings” fantasy world.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the video game division of the Burbank movie studio, obtained even more rights to the “Lord of the Rings” fantasy world through their recent acquisition...
Warhammer Online Producer’s Letter Feb 24, 2010
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February 25, 2010 |
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Hello all, allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Carrie Gouskos, and two weeks ago, I became the Franchise Producer for Warhammer. The job of the Franchise Producer is to work with our illustrious Executive Producer Jeff “the” Hickman, and a team of talented and committed people, to plan...
Turbine Launches The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™
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December 1, 2009 |
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WESTWOOD, MA –December 1, 2009 – Turbine, Inc. today launched The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the digital expansion to the award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Siege of Mirkwood expands the online world of Middle-earth where players join...
Release Notes Volume 2 Siege of Mirkwood
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December 1, 2009 |
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The Skirmish System has Arrived!
The Skirmish System has arrived! Brian “Zombie Columbus” has put together a seven part series of Developer Diaries that explain every possible aspect of this massive new system. Be sure to read the entire collection!
* Part 1: Overview
* Part 2: Story...
Developer Diary: Welcome Back to the Lone-lands
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November 30, 2009 |
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Welcome Back to the Lone-lands
Foreword
In Siege of Mirkwood™, I continued with a re-vamp of early game content in what has become a personal crusade for yours truly to improve player experience from beginning to end. For this milestone, I returned to an area in which I am well versed; I started here...
LOTRO Mirkwood special offer extended!
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November 3, 2009 |
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Turbine has announced today that pre-launch offers for Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online, have been extended to November 18th, 2009.
As part of the pre-launch offers former players who renew their LOTRO subscription, or current subscribers who upgrade their...
Lord of the Rings Online Lottery!
Turbine has introduced a new aspect to their MMO, Lord of the Rings Online, in the form of a lottery. Apparently each character you have will be eligible for new in game perks or items if they win the lottery. I personally count myself as lucky to win even a free ticket playing the local lottery...
Lord of the Rings Online Free To Play?!
The folks over at http://mmohut.com posted an interesting article about Lord of the Rings Online (original article found here) and their general feeling is that LOTRO will join the free to play crowd some time next year. This could greatly increase their player base and with the addition of micro-transactions,...
Siege of Mirkwood Trailer
Turbine released a video trailer for their upcoming expansion, The Siege of Mirkwood. The expansion is scheduled to release on December 1st and the LOTRO fans are eagerly awaiting this new content and the continuing storyline within this MMO. The Trailer doe sa fine job of showing off the environmental...
Lord of the Pumpkins!?!
Turbine wants Pumpkins! well they want to see your pumpkin carving efforts anyway. They have a contest this year that consists of pumpkins carved to the theme of The Lord of the Rings. That gives you a whole lot of material to work with folks so if you have mad carving skills, give it a shot and...
LOTRO Developer Diary: Legendary Item Updates
One of the most interesting things I found in Lord of the Rings Online was the Legendary Item system which they introduced with their popular expansion, The Mines of Moria. This system allowed you to obtain a legendary item (Sword, bow, staff, axe, etc) and the item would grow in power the more you...
