The European servers for Lord of the Rings Online should be down by now, as the big migration begins toward a single global service for Turbine’s MMO. Beginning today, Turbine will be transferring users to the new Lord of the Rings global service, a transition that will take approximately two to three days. To entice … Continue reading “Lord of the Rings Online Begins European Migration”
Back when Turbine relinquished control of Dungeons and Dragons Online from Codemasters, following the game’s transition to free to play, a lot of us guessed that Lord of the Rings would undergo the same treatment, especially when Codemasters delayed the transition by two months due to contractual issues. With Turbine’s acquisition by Warner Bros, it … Continue reading “Turbine Taking Back Lord of the Rings Online Europe”
Back in 2009, Jagex implemented a jobs system on Runescape mainly for new players where they could take tasks doing menial work with low level skills in return for gold, as well as an occasional experience lamp. This gave players a reason to work on their crafting and combat skills for a reward other than … Continue reading “Cash4Trash: Lord of the Rings Online Task System”
Lord of the Rings Online went free to play in North America on September 10th, leaving the European fans with nothing more than speculation on when Codemasters would follow suit. Original claims of technical difficulties spiraled into Codemaster’s General Manager Dave Solari announcing that the issues were contractual rather than technical, earlier this month. Well … Continue reading “Lord of the Rings Coming To Europe: November 2nd.”
There is still a group of players who cling to the old ideology that free equates to terrible community, imminent shut down, and dying developer. I don’t think I need to count out how many people were screaming on forums before the Lord of the Rings Online free to play shift about how this would … Continue reading “Trolls Beware: Lord Of The Rings Online Is Thriving”
This is the extended trailer for Lord of the Rings Online, which will be airing exclusively on G4TV for the next few weeks. No doubt the product of Warner Bros being the new frontman, television ads are extremely expensive.
Just a friendly reminder to those of you who haven’t been enjoying the head start: Lord of the Rings Online goes free to play today! Well, freemium is a more accurate description. Either way, if you haven’t already been downloading the client, you may want to start it this morning, as the seven gigabyte (ten … Continue reading “Lord of the Rings Online Free! [Not For Europe]”
Even solely a subscription game, Lord of the Rings Online ranks in the higher tier of games that are not World of Warcraft, in terms of population. Turbine has been setting up for the past few months in preparation for the transition to partially free to play, doing everything from beefing up existing servers to … Continue reading “Lord of the Rings Online: Europe F2P Delay”
Get your defibrillator and heart medication out, and take a seat. In a move that will no doubt send shock-waves through the industry, Turbine has announced that Lord of the Rings Online is going free-to-play, following the system of Dungeons and Dragons Online. Starting this fall, players in Europe and North America will have access to the game for … Continue reading “Play Lord of the Rings Online, Free Forever…”
It was bound to happen eventually, but it looks like NCsoft’s recent rise in account theft has bled over to Turbine and Lord of the Rings Online. Just a couple days ago, Turbine placed the above notice on the game launcher, reminding players to change their password regularly. Granted, if you have a password that isn’t … Continue reading “Lord of the Rings: Keep Your Account Safe”
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