The Lord of the Rings Online™ (LOTRO) is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. LOTRO takes place in a persistent online world populated with real and computer players that continue to function even when you turn the game off.
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (commonly abbreviated to LOTRO, LotRO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows set in a fantasy universe based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. It takes place during the time period of The Lord of the Rings.
...On June 4, 2010 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that The Lord of the Rings Online will adopt a free-to-play model. (http://www.lotro.com/betasignup/)- The game is now Free-to-Play
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| Mines of Moria Teaser Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaZ0Ow6zxPM#ws) |
Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer Kate Paiz announced during a panel at GDC Online 2010 today that Turbine has done it again: Lord of the Rings Online has doubled its revenue and created over a million new accounts since going free-to-play early last month. That's the second MMO Turbine has taken from a paid subscription to a hybrid microtransactions-based business model, with Dungeons and Dragons Online doing the same thing last year (important to note: Paiz was in charge of both transitions, switching to LotRO in July). Paiz told us after the panel that LotRO wasn't in trouble, but rather that Turbine did the math and decided the switch would work. "We knew there was more out there for us," she said.
Paiz also shared that 20% of LotRO's former players have returned to the game since the switchover, and that the game has seen a 300% increase in peak concurrency, with three times the number of players online simultaneously, and a 400% increase in active players total. 53% of players have used the in-game microtransaction store (which sells everything from mounts and outfits to XP boosts and character slots), and as you can see above, extra storage slots are extremely popular in the store. And even paid subscriptions have increased. Turbine's lesson seems to be that, as Paiz said during the panel, "when you tell people you no longer have to pay for it, they come in droves."
The LOTRO Store is celebrating Columbus Day all week long by doubling the bonus points on the $49.99 bundle! Normally, the $49.99 bundle gives 3,100 base points and 1,900 bonus points. This week? 3,800 bonus points! Today through Thursday, October 14th, 2010, LOTRO players will get a total of 6,900 points in the $49.99 bundle!
Ride In Style! Pale Golden Summer Steed & Lithe Festival Steed Available Friday, October 8th in the LOTRO Store* Plus 75% off Riding Skill! *available 2 weeks only!
Sale Starts Friday, October 8th at 12:01am EDT!
75% off Lone-lands, North Downs & Evendim Quest Packs Starts At Midnight! 24-HOUR SALE!Lone-lands (http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Lone-lands)
(Wednesday, October 13th 12:00am EDT - 11:59pm EDT)
Well ten said Saturday right? You two Americans just try to pop up before I go to bed and we can swing it :lol:
If we have me, Stryfe, tenkei, Slack, pika, that's five... Can we get one more?? 8)
I really like the instant travel goats in the area I am at currently.That sounds pretty amazing. When I was doing Moria with Sulwing, I spent so much time cursing just trying to get to a quest spot and back. :lol: The enemies are EVERYWHERE and if you get lost, it's awful (which is realistic, but still... after a while it just becomes a nuisance lol) And some of the travel distances were ridiculously long so that even on a rental goat it took forever to get where I was going! ...If some of that stuff has been fixed, that'll be awesome when I finally go in with Mirlith!
Costs nothing, is fast and the goats are at relevant places so you get quests done and stuff sold more relaxed and quick, even more important when you solo because you don't always have to rush through hordes of mobs or fight them all on the way back :twothumbs
FIGHT FOR ROHAN'S SURVIVALFrom what I read, this time the expansion is also needed for the epic quests.
Unearth the depth of Gríma Wormtongue's treachery, unravel a mystery weaved through the war-torn Westemnet, and defend the fortress at Helm's Deep.
EXPLORE WESTERN ROHAN
Rohan's once-serene fields are fraught with gruesome evil among roaring fires that burn the pillaged lands. Heroes are needed to stand against fell deeds in these treacherous times.
ENLIST IN EPIC BATTLES
War thunders across Middle-earth! You and your fellows must charge into Epic Battles of unmatched scale and scope to save the lands of the Free Peoples. Your choices have consequences that shape the nature of each battle, but also yield amazing rewards for the worthy.
REVITALIZE YOUR ROLE
Choose your path to triumph and power with new class Trait Trees and roles that are more true to the legends of Middle-earth than ever before.