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Siege of Mirkwood Lotro Expansion Is Now Live!

DoranM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:12:46 GMT

Turbine, Inc. today launched The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, a fully digital expansion. Siege of Mirkwood expands the online world of Middle-earth where players 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.

Here's a new release trailer for Siege of Mirkwood:

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Here's a look at some of the new features in the expansion:

Ø The Epic Conclusion to Volume II: Mines of Moria - Under the command of Celeborn and Galadriel, players will fight through vast armies of Orcs alongside the Elves of Lórien in a battle that will take them to Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths. This update includes Book 9 and the Epilogue to the sweeping epic tale begun with the award-winning Mines of Moria expansion.

Ø Increased Level Cap - Players will be able advance their characters up to level 65, gaining access to new traits, virtues, skills and class quests.

Ø Join Epic Battles on Demand! - Jump into the heat of battle with the new Skirmishes feature. Skirmishes offer endless action in repeatable, randomized instances where players can create and lead customizable soldiers into battle, training them to greater skill as they earn victories against the forces of shadow. Answer the call of war wherever violence erupts with the new "Skirmish Join" function that lets players and their fellowships band together to fight in various locations throughout Middle-earth.

Ø Take up Arms! - Infiltrate the dark jails, deadly arenas and savage stables of Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths, and strike a blow against Sauron's forces in new 3 and 6-player instances. Call upon your fellows to adventure into the most deadly 12-player raid yet and face the ultimate challenge - the Nazgûl Lord!

Ø Major Gameplay Enhancements - Turbine continues to improve the award-winning experience of LOTRO with major improvements to the combat and Legendary Items systems. Players will experience improved responsiveness when in the heat of battle. Players will also be able to create and craft their own customized Second and Third Age Legendary Items from raw materials and grow their weapons' power to level 60. Achieve new Legacies, new titles, and a fourth Runic slot that will make Legendary Items even more unique and powerful.

For more information visit www.lotro.com!

Siege of Mirkwood Latest Lotro Trailer!

DoranM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:49:24 GMT

Turbine has just released a new trailer 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 1^st in North America. 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.

Here's a look at the newly released Siege of Mirkwood Trailer:

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Lotro Siege of Mirkwood Expansion Trailer Released!

DoranM — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:43 GMT

Turbine has released the first video trailer for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood! This is the newest digital expansion for the game and is due to launch Dec 1st in North America. 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! Here's a look at the newly released Mirkwood trailer:

(Please visit the site to view this media)

Siege of Mirkwood Launches December 1st In NA! New Screenshots!

DoranM — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:54:17 GMT

Siege of Mirkwood, the new digital expansion for LOTRO, will launch on December 1^st 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.

This new batch of screenshots shows off the creepy fortress of Dol Guldur, inhabited by Ringwraiths:

Warden and Rune-Keeper Screenshots

Silriel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:27 GMT

Dear Lotro Community, we've got some great screenshots for you today! We've put some brand new Mines of Moria screenshots into our gallery of the new Warden and Rune-keeper classes.
The articles can be found at
Rune-Keeper Screenshots
Warden Screenshots

New Mines of Moria Screenshots

Silriel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:31:41 GMT

There's a new article up on the Lotrolife.com - Exclusive Mines of Moria screenshots - where you can see new items for different classes, mount, mobs and Moria screenshots.
The article can be found at
Lotrolife.com

More Mines of Moria Screens

Zyuu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:51:34 GMT

Yet another batch of fresh screenshots that showcase The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria was sent to us from Turbine today. View all the screens below.

New Mines of Moria Screens - Hollin Gate

Zyuu — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:49:57 GMT

Turbine just sent us these brand new screenshots of Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming expansion, Mines of Moria.

In the screenshots you can see the Hollin Gate entrance to Moria!

Mines of Moria - Box Art Revealed

Zyuu — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:29:12 GMT

Recently Turbine revealed the box art for the Complete Edition of Mines of Moria, the upcoming expansion for Lord of the Rings Online.

The cover depicts the scene from "The Lord of the Rings", where Gandalf confronts a Balrog in Moria. It's looking great!

For more eyecandy of Mines of Moria, check out concept arts and a trailer here.

Mines of Moria Concept Arts and Teaser Trailer

Zyuu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:21:20 GMT

Lord of the Rings Online is on its way to get expanded. Mines of Moria are the name of the first commercial expansion and the estimated time for its release is towards the end of 2008. Below we have several concept arts and a video teaser for your viewing pleasure.

Book 14 Dev Diary: Instance Updates

Zyuu — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:10:49 GMT

Turbine has posted an article named “Book 14 Developer Diary: Instance Updates” which covers information about instances in Book 14. Who doesn’t enjoy to dungeon crawl together with friends? The developers of Lord of the Rings Online are looking to enhance the instances experience in Book 14 and we’re going to be seeing some pretty big updates to several of the higher end instances.

Angmar

Angmar has 3 main instances: Urugarth, Carn Dûm and Barad Gúlaran. While they are set in some awesome spaces, they have suffered from some problems, both in balance and rewards. We've tried to address some of these issues in Book 14.

A New Armour Set

The most significant change to these instances in Book 14 is the addition of a new Angmar armour set. This set comes in the standard flavors of light, medium and heavy, and can be acquired through defeating bosses in these instances. The acquisition of these armour pieces follows a pattern similar to Annúminas, although the number of smaller barter items needed to purchase a piece is much smaller. For all you number crunchers, here are some screenshots of the new sets for you to enjoy:

Annúminas

Over the past few updates, Annúminas has received a number of changes, and more are coming in Book 14. Some of them are pretty substantial.

Armour Tweaks

We feel the instances represent the hardest 6-man content in LOTRO, but didn't feel the armour matched that difficulty. To address this, we've bumped the armour up to make it much more desirable, and again for you number crunchers, the updated armour stats can be found below. Note that the Light and Medium Armour sets have a new helm piece that you can purchase. This gives you more flexibility in what armour pieces you use to get your set bonuses.

Epic Instances

While certainly not as challenging as some of our other content, the various Epic instances have suffered for some time from not having any incentive to play them again. How many times have you seen someone looking for a Book 4 group? Well to provide some incentive to replay these instances, we are introducing a series of repeatable quests that direct you into those instances. Players who have never done a particular instance before will be able to group up with those who have and both will be rewarded.

These quests will reward you with a barter item, and with stacks of these items, you can purchase rewards, like consumables, crafting resources, on up to beryl shards and armour pieces from Angmar, Annúminas or Helegrod. These quests, though, are on a weekly timer, so you will only be able to get a limited number of these a week. In addition you will only be able to get one of the armour pieces once a month, so our instance content won't be completely negated by these quests.

These are only some of the changes coming to the instances in Lord of the Rings Online. What are your thoughts on what’s planned for book 14 so far?

Full article with all instance changes and tweaks planned

Renewed Localization partnership for Mines of Moria

Zyuu — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:43:58 GMT

Codemasters Online and Partnertrans renews their partnership for the forthcoming expansion pack, Mines of Moria.

The European distributor of Lord of the Rings Online is Codemasters Online and they've just renewed their partnership with Parnertrans, a leading interactive entertainment localisation agency.

“In today's challenging market, reliability and professionalism in localisation are paramount. Partnertrans consistently deliver on both counts,” commented Jim Brown, Director CO Studio. “The localisation of The Lord of the Rings Online has received rave reviews in both France and Germany and has further strengthened the already tremendous success of the title worldwide.”

As part of the partnership, Partnertrans will provide localisation, audio recordings and additional linguistic support for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, the first retail expansion for the award-winning, massively multiplayer, online role-playing game for which Partnertrans has been providing localisation support since August 2006.

”The quality of localisation for such an internationally successful brand is paramount. We are extremely pleased to be able to deliver such a high quality service to gamers across the world,” commented Iris Ludolf, International Operations Director of Partnertrans and executive in charge of the project. “Working with such a professional partner like Codemasters Online has been a great experience, and we are excited to continue our contribution to the success of the game.”

Get the LOTRO Music for Free

Zyuu — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:19:30 GMT

Yesterday Meghan "Patience" Rodberg, Community Manager at Turbine, Inc. announced that you can now download all the music from Lord of the Rings Online for free in .mp3 format.

The featuring award-winning artist Chance Thomas as well as original compositions by Turbine has received wide-spread critical accliam for it's high audio quality and variety. And who does not want variety?

In order to download the Lord of the Rings Online "audio library" you need to use the new Turbine Download Manager. This is the first time the Download Manager is used and as Meghan says, it's a late Beta version.

Go here for more information or click here to get the download manager right away.

Third mini-game announced, Eleventy-Seven Morsels

Zyuu — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:18:36 GMT

Turbine, Inc. and Codemasters Online today announced the launch of Eleventy-Seven Morsels, the third mini-game on http://www.unlocktheminesofmoria.com. Registered participants can challenge themselves and their friends to earn special deeds that unlock unique rewards including exclusive videos, images, and in-game items that will aid them on their journey when The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ launches this fall.

Based on an ancient board game, Eleventy-Seven Morsels is a Hobbit game, and everyone knows Hobbits like to eat! The game pieces are edible and each time a player starts a move, they suddenly have one less playing piece, conveniently saved for later in the Hobbit's snack sack. The game is easy to get into and fun to play, but may take time to master.

There are two versions of the game that can be played. A coin flip determines whether the goal is to get the highest number of morsels in your snack sack or in your scoring bin. Play proceeds as each player takes turns picking up the morsels in one of the pots on their side of the board and distributing the morsels, one at a time, in a clock-wise manner into each of the subsequent pots around the board. The game ends when either player has nothing but empty pots on their side of the board. At this time, any morsels remaining on the opponent's side of the board are placed in the opponent's snack sack.

Eleventy-Seven Morsels is available today at http://www.unlocktheminesofmoria.com. Registration is free.

New Lorebook Article: Gollum

Zyuu — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:48:35 GMT

Over at the official Lord of the Rings Online website there's a new lorebook article available. This time it's about Gollum. Anyone who know Lord of the Rings most likely know who Gollum is, some more information never hurt though.

The creature Gollum earned his name because of the horrible noises he makes in his throat. Gandalf the Grey speculated that he belonged to a race of river-folk akin to the hobbits, which once dwelt east of the Misty Mountains in the Vale of Anduin. Gollum’s tale is a sad and perilous one.

Sméagol, as was his name of old, went fishing on his birthday with his friend Déagol, who was suddenly pulled into the river by a fish. There, Déagol found a shiny gold ring in the silt at the river-bottom. Sméagol demanded the ring as a birthday present, but Déagol refused to relinquish it Overcome by the power of the Ring – for this was the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron – Sméagol murdered his friend and claimed the Ring for himself. Banished by his people, he fled to a cave in the Misty Mountains, where the Ring’s power twisted his body and mind even as it prolonged his life for centuries.

Hundreds of years later, Gollum lost the Ring – or rather the Ring chose to be lost again – just in time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to stumble upon it. After a lengthy riddle-game in which Gollum tried to cheat his way to an easy meal – namely Bilbo – the hobbit escaped from the cave with the Ring’s aid, leaving the frustrated Gollum to stew in his own wrath until he at last gained the courage to leave the Misty Mountains in search of his birthday present. Since then he has endured many torments, including captivity at the hands of the Ranger Aragorn and the Elves of Mirkwood, and also torture in Mordor at the whim of Sauron. Still he endures, driven by a ceaseless yearning to regain the Ring… his “precious.”

Gollum appears in The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ at a time between his escape from the Elves of Mirkwood and when he began following the Company of the Ring at the gates of Moria. Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will no doubt wish to track down the elusive creature and thwart his mischief....