Category: Games

First retail expansion for The Lord Of the Rings-Online has been announced today. The Volume II of The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM Mines of MoriaTM will bring newly introduced in game features and is expected in fall 2008.

Turbine’s license to develop mmorpg (massively multiplayer online roleplaying games) based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works has been extended to 2014. You can read further details at turbine.com.

Book 12: ‘The Ashen Wastes’, latest game update is now live. As of 14th of February players may enjoy a whole new list of added features to improve their characters and quests. Further details are contained in a developer’s interview at

At their last financial conference call EA heads announced that a brand new Lord of the Rings title will be released in the next fiscal year. More information is available here.

On January the 23rd WarCry Network will be hosting the developers of Lord of the Rings Online live on IRC. Those of you interested in joining the conversation can find more information here.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar made it into a “Top 50 games of 2007” list by Game Informer Magazine, the world’s largest video game magazine. You can read the entire article here.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has been awarded PC MMO Game of the Year by GameSpy and also named one of the top ten PC games of 2007. Click here for the full story.

In an interview at Gamasutra Jeffrey Steeple, executive producer, and Adam Mersky, director of communications for Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, discuss topics including working with the Tolkien license and how the game has been performing since it was launched earlier this year.

The first concept art pieces featuring Gollum have been revealed. They show Gollum as he will appear in the forthcoming Book 11 content update in The Lord of the Rings Online™ Shadows of Angmar.

Turbine and Codemasters are offering a 7 day free trial of Lord of the Rings Online. Just go to North America, Australia, and New Zealand or Europe only for further details.