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Turbine’s Aaron Campbell has dished a few extra details on what players can expect in Lord of the Rings Online next year, particularly where it concerns Isengard and the wacked-out wizard Saruman.

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Remember the brave. Then play a fantasy MMO at a discount.

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Lord of the Rings Online has been free-to-play since September 10 in the US, but players in Europe have not been as lucky, as the launch of the new model was delayed. Thankfully, the wait is finally over, as Codemasters revealed today the revamp will go live next Tuesday, November 2.

This isn’t the first time a Turbine game has hit a snag in Europe, as the free-to-play model for Dungeon & Dragons Online was also delayed in the region, but finally went free-to-play earlier this year when Turbine took over the servers on the continent.

Thankfully, all issues getting the contractual matters sorted are finalized, and in order to get European players acquainted with some of the changes and additions, we’ve been playing the game and taking a few notes since it launched in the US, and hopefully our summarization will get you excited for some free-to-play goodness.

Not only are there new quests and a lovely new area to explore, but the Harvestmath Festival is also going on at the moment, and while always fun, there’s a new bit of madness to take part in this year: Bilbo’s infamous basement.

In summary, Bilbo was one sick little man.

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Codemasters has said on its forums that the reason for delaying Lord of the Rings Online’s free-to-play aspect is down to “contractual” issues.

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Warner Bros. and Turbine opened the gates to Lord of the Rings Online  yesterday in North America, making the game free-to-play for everyone.

Early access folks shouldn’t feel so alone now.

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Codemasters has delayed the European free-to-play launch of The Lord of the Rings Online in order to better prepare its infrastructure for the massive influx of new and returning players.

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Warner and Turbine announced a date this morning for Lord of the Rings Online’s free-to-play debut.

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Turbine has released a new batch of screenshots from the upcoming Volume 3, Book 2 of The Lord of the Rings Online, which will launch this fall.

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When Volume 3, Book 2 for LOTRO launches across North America and Europe, it will introduce the new free-to-play pricing model to the game, as well as extending game’s story this fall.

A North American Beta for the new content launched on June 16, so if you are a player, head on over to the official site to sign up. Meanwhile, hit the break to find out what’s coming to the game.

Hint: Horse country, graphics, and a new feature for clothes addicts.

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Warner and Turbine announced today that Lord of the Rings Online will go free to play in the fall in both North America and Europe.

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Lord of the Rings Online has turned three, and to celebrate Turbine has some niceties in store for players.

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Those that play Lord of the Rings Online were probably already aware that Siege of Mirkwood will be getting an update soon in the form of Volume 3: Allies of the King, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers.

But now, you can check out some screens for it.

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The Siege of Mirkwood expansion for Lord of the Rings Online has gone live.

Time to saddle up your elf, human or dwarf (hobbits don’t count) and venture forth past Lothlorien into the foreboding forest of Mirkwood and smash Sauron’s army to bits. Huzzah!

Those who play, should check out all the development diaries and patch notes while the game updates, because there’s quite a few changes, and a really awesome new mount system.

There’s also a launch trailer posted below, courtesy of FileFront.

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Turbine has updated the UI for LOTRO with Vol. 2 Book 9 which part of Siege of Mirkwood.

To access the new feature, all you d is go to the Options Panel and select “UI Settings”, or click the new Customize Toolbar Slots button to the left of the Auto-Attack button.

It has Skirmish Join and Skirmish panels, and customizable Toolbar Slots that will open up whatever panel you want – there’s loads more detail through here.

This was a much needed update to the UI, and it should make things much easier.

Turbine sent over new screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood.

The images depict the new Chambers Instance in Mirkwood, which looks harrowing.

December 1 is the day kiddos, get ready.

Pics are passed the break.

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Siege of Mirkwood is out on December 1, and there will be a new solo mode for players – like yours truly- who have not finished the epic quest line for Volume One due to being unable to find groups to tackle the content.

Because the game has been out for such a long period, higher level players not wanting to delve back into something they have already finished. Therefore, newer players or ones who have for one reason or another not finished the quest line – yours truly – are skipping it.

Riding in on a sturdy white horse from Book 15 comes Turbine to the rescue with the upcoming “Inspired by Greatness” mode.

The new mode enables players to solo these quests and in turn get a significant boost to morale/power, in and out of combat morale/ power regeneration, damage, and healing, according to MMORPG.

Great to hear, that.

In order to get you excited for the very large patch headed players’ way, new screens for the game are after the break, and feature the Ashenslades region deep in the forest of Mirkwood.

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This was a rather large week in MMOs as far as news went, and not all of it was Halloween related.

Past the break you will hear all about how Ultima Online is still going strong, get familiarized with the new patch for Aion, read up on Cryptic’s Blood Moon event via a dev chat, PvP henchmen and Guild Wars, Alganon’s delay, China’s ban on males playing females in games, and many other bits of stuff that didn’t hit the front page during the week.

Also, we hope everyone who plays MMOs enjoyed the Halloween and Fall festivities that their particular favorites hosted. Loads had celebrations, more than likely every single one of ‘em. If we forgot to mention your particular game, head on over to the list through the link ther and add it in the comments section so that we may give it its proper shout-out.

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Turbine has sent over some really nice screens for LOTRO’s Siege of Mirkwood expansion.

Looks like when exploring the Scuttledells region, adventurers will be faced with wrights, spiders, gaunt men, and those annoying craban that you just want to smash into mush.

The expansion comes out digitally in December. Have a look past the break.

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Loads of MMOs are planning Halloween and fall festivities for users, but some have already launched tricky goodness.

You can find out more about those past the break, but while you are headed that way you will also learn other sorts of stuff  like: Legends of Norrath’s eighth expansion has launched, CrimeCraft is headed to iPhone and Facebook, and having gone free-to-play D&D Online is doing great, apparently.

Also, Star War Galaxies is overrun with zombies. That’s right. Zombies.

It’s all there kids. Enjoy.

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Codemasters has unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion deals, which start today.

Set to launch December 3, here are the different offers available:

Siege of Mirkwood Standard Edition £14.99 / 19.99 €

• Siege of Mirkwood expansion
• Harbinger’s Cloak (8% speed boost) for FREE!

Siege of Mirkwood Special Edition £19.99 / 27.99 €

• Siege of Mirkwood expansion
• The Adventurer’s Pack
• Harbinger’s Cloak (8% speed boost) FREE!
• New, unique mount FREE!

Platinum Edition £29.99 / 39.99 €

• The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, Mines of Moria™ expansion and the Siege of Mirkwood expansion
• Harbinger’s Cloak (8% speed boost) FREE!

Platinum Special Edition £34.99 / 49.99 €

• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Mines of Moria expansion and the Siege of Mirkwood expansion
• The Adventurer’s Pack
• Harbinger’s Cloak (8% speed boost) FREE!
• New, unique mount FREE!

Further packages will also be available including:

• The Adventurer’s Pack £4.99/ 6.99 € Includes two character slots and one shared storage providing 20 additional slots that allows players to share items with all of their characters on the same server.
• The Loot Bag £4.99/ 6.99 € – Includes ten special in-game items especially selected from all items ever released

For more information and to pre-order the game please go here.