Tomorrow, Lord of the Rings Online servers will be brought down for deployment of the 20.1 update. The patch will bring the Anniversary Scavenger Hunt online in preparation for its start on Thursday, April 20th. Players will need to head to the Party Tree in the Shire to speak with Waldo Rumble to get things started.
Lord of the Rings Online – Tenth Year Celebration Underway, Site Prepares for April 20
April 20th will mark Lord of the Rings Online and its tenth anniversary. The official site has been updated with a new teaser page that will be getting updated regularly with new events and news that will mark this amazing anniversary.
Lord of the Rings Online – Spring Festival Races Back With A New Mount
The Lord of the Rings Online team has sent out a tweet to remind players that the annual Spring Festival has started. There are a number of activities players can participate in, including horse racing, stomp-a-shrew, hedge maze and Ale Association vs. Inn League.
Lord of the Rings Online – Update 20 Takes Players Into Sauron’s Backyard
Lord of the Rings Online players are literally in Sauron’s backyard after today’s Update 20 release. Battle of the Black Gate adds ninety brand new quests in three big zones: Noman-lands, Dagorlad and the Slag-hills. The journey begins at the Camp of the Host and leads to Volume IV, Book 8 and the Battle of the Black Gate.
Lord of the Rings Online – A Taste of Mordor Found in Beta Videos
YouTuber Andang has posted four brand new videos straight out of the Lord of the Rings Online Update 20 beta that give players a bit of a “taste of Mordor”. The videos feature brief looks at Noman-lands, The Slag Hills, Dagorlad and Wainriders. For those looking forward to finally passing through the gates of Mordor, this is an excellent bunch of videos. Let us know what you think!
Lord of the Rings Online – Preparing to March into Mordor in 2017 + the High Elf Race
The Lord of the Rings Online site has been updated with a brief look at the plans ahead for 2017. It appears that 2017 will be the year that the battle is finally taken to Mordor itself beginning with Update 21.
Lord of the Rings Online – Tolkien’s 125th Birthday Toasted in Game
Lord of the Rings Online players got together today to celebrate the one hundred and twenty-fifth birthday of iconic novelist J.R.R. Tolkien. Players gathered in Laurelin to hoist a celebratory cup in honor of the creator of the series of books that eventually gave birth to this celebrated MMO.
Lord of the Rings Online – Nearly All Market Items 75% Off Through January 1st
Lord of the Rings Online players who have a hankering to collect all of the expansion packs or to score game time codes or purchase Turbine points will definitely want to check out the LotRO Market where nearly everything is 75% off from now through January 1st. Expansions run from $5-10. A year’s worth of game time is $99.99, while 60-days game time is a sweet $29.99.
Lord of the Rings Online – Updated Avatars a Possibility in 2017 + Mordor Expansion!
Now that Lord of the Rings Online is off on its own, developers are looking at some long-requested features for the game. In a thread discussing things players would like to see, Executive Producer Rob “Severlin” Ciccolini wrote that the team is looking into new character avatars in 2017, though with some trepidation.
Lord of the Rings Online – LOTRO and DDO Move Over to Standing Stone Games
The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online have been acquired by Standing Stone Games, a newly-formed independent game studio made up of the same groups that have been working on LOTRO and DDO for years. We remain committed to both games, and are thrilled to be able to take these games in exciting directions for a long time to come. Standing Stone Games will operate as an independent studio, with global publishing support from Daybreak Games.