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Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 11: Treachery of the White Hand is out next week, and to get you ready to venture into the Wildermore, Turbine has released a set of shots and a video showing off the Eastern Rohan.

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Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine will be taking virtual bulldozers to abandoned homes in its MMO as of Update 11.. Players who own the buildings will have two months to pay off their debts or face eviction.

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Lord of the Rings Online is turning six, and to celebrate, it will be handing out goodies to all of its players. Said goodies include classic festival events, fireworks, the chance to earn anniversary tokens, and other fine fare. The Anniversary Festival takes place April 16-30, and once again, some of the gifts handed out will be based on how long you have been playing the MMO. Premium and VIP players will also be eligible for additional gifts including new character portrait frames, festival clothing, and a War Steed appearance set. Hit up the game’s website for more information.

Big changes are coming to Lord of the Rings Online’s Wardens in the imminent update. The class is undergoing such a dramatic change that Turbine has decided to implement a grace period to allow players to collect gear appropriate to the new builds. If you play or are interested in a Warden, check out this developer post detailing the changes and what you need to do about them. The update brings all sorts of changes and new content and is expected soon.

Thanks, Massively.

The Lord of the Rings Online Update 10 is coming soon, and Jonathan Steady at Turbine has posted a Dev Diary to explain some upcoming changes to the game they haven’t yet talked about, such as boss loot alterations and what’s going on with armor set bonuses.
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The LOTRO servers are back online after a longer than planned scheduled maintenance. To compensate players for the downtime, Turbine is giving all Premium and VIP players who have logged into their account in last 30 Days – as of 6:00am EST on February 14 – 250 Turbine points. All VIP players who have logged in during the same period will also have their accounts credited one day of VIP time for each day of downtime – plus an additional day. All points and additional time will be granted automatically as soon as players log in. More information is available through the game’s splash screen as you boot it up.

Future plans for Lord of the Rings Online have been outlined in a new prouder’s letter on the official webiste.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Update 9 – Against the Shadow releases today. Stephany Nunneley saddles her horse and rides forth into Middle-earth to see what’s new.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is the latest expansion to Turbine’s MMO, and it’s available from today. Check out what the pack involves below.

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Riders of Rohan, the mounted combat expansion to Lord of the Rings Online, launches on Monday, and to celebrate the release, Turbine has sent over quite a few landscape shots. Enjoy.

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Riders of Rohan, the expansion for Lord of the Rings Online is out next week, and to get you a bit excited over it, a new developer diary focusing on the sountrack is available below. The music in the MMO has always been one of its strong points, and it sounds as through RoR won’t be an exception. The expansion launches October 15.

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Lord of the Rings Online has a new developer diary out for Riders of Rohan, which takes a look at the Epic Storyline. There’s information in there on how the team at Turbine brought some of the locations in the book to life, and how deep down, poor Boromir was still a good guy – he was just lusting after the One Ring like everyone else. Poor Boromir. Riders of Rohan will launch on October 15.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan screenshots landed in our inbox this morning, and we thought we’d share them with you. Each shows new landscape creatures and troops from the three major factions that are running rampant over the plains of Rohan: the White Hand, Mordor and the Easterlings.

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Lord of the Rings Online’s Treasure Hunt is back, so if you missed out on hugging all the Cave-claws needed on your list, you’re in luck. Players will also be digging for all sorts of cosmetics, a mount, and emotes. New rewards are available this time out as well, as noted in
the latest release notes. Think of it as something to keep you festive until the Haunter Burrow reopens during the Fall Festival next month. The Treasure Hunt event is on now and runs until September 23. Image courtesy of
LOTRO Fashion.

Lord of the Rings Online has a new Riders of Rohan developer diary available in which senior producer Aaron Campbell, executive producer Kate Paiz, and other Turbine developers discuss the new expansion which takes players into the gorgeous plains rules by the horse lords. The expansion will see the breaking up of the Fellowship, the slaying of Sean Bean, er um Boromir rather, the hill of Amon Hen, and Fangorn forest which is home to the massive tree shepherds, the Ents. Players will also be able to reach level 85 with the expansion, and shots of the new max level are below alongside screens of endgame content. Riders of Rohan will launch on October 15 and a Mac client is rumored to launch alongside the expansion.

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Lord of the Rings Online beta testers have revealed that Riders of Rohan, the free-to-play MMORPG’s next major expansion, will launch will a full native OS-X client. Although no official announcement has been made, the lifting of the NDA on the expansion’s beta testing allowed forumites to get the news out. Mac users had previously had to suffer all sorts of shenanigans to enjoy Turbine’s take on the legendary fantasy world. Riders of Rohan has been delayed into October.

Riders of Rohan, the upcoming expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online, has been delayed into October according to an announcement from Turbine. However, there’s a silver lining to it, as you’ll see below.

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Mounted combat is one of the holy grails of fantasy RPGs because it’s so hard to pull off well. Riders of Rohan looks to do a pretty decent job, and in this developer diary, Turbine explains how it’s integrated this most delightful of pursuits without disturbing Lord of the Rings Online’s combat balance.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan expansion has received a new batch of screens from developer Turbine, as well as new expansion details.

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Turbine has released a new video for the Riders of Rohan expansion coming to Lord of the Rings Online. It provides a look at the mounts developed for the mounted combat expansion. It’s below, along with a nice set of screenshots.

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