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• It's that time of year again: here's your MMO Halloween event round up

  It’s that time of year again, when MMO developers release spooktacular updates filled with ghosts, ghouls, pumpkins, werewolves and the like. Because of this, we thought we’d provide players with a small, non-comprehensive update on the various festivities.

• Elder Scrolls Online subs stand at 772,374 according to SuperData report

  In SuperData’s latest digital games report, the firm takes a look at the subscription-based MMO market and unsurprisingly, World of Warcraft remains the top revenue earner despite the sector’s loss of subscription-based players.

• How RPGs help me escape an introverted lifestyle

  In this highly personal treatise, Stephany explains how RPGs can be an outlet for an introverted, reticent and downright shy woman who revels in exploring digital fantasy worlds.

• LOTRO's new character class is the shapeshifting Beorning

  Lord of the Rings Online players will have a new character class to play sometime this year, and the MMO’s executive producer Aaron Campbell has finally spilled the Moor-boar Beer: it’s the Beorning.

• Lord of the Rings Online: Update 13 - The Breaking of Isengard coming soon

  Lord of the Rings Online Update 13:The Breaking of Isengard is on the horizon, and Turbine has released some more information on the continuation of the Epic Questline.

• Lord of the Rings Online players can choose a new character class later this year

  Lord of the Rings Online players will have a new character class to choose from later this year, according to Turbine’s Aaron Campbell.

• Lord of the Rings Online producer letter highlights content coming with update 13

  Lord of the Rings Online’s executive producer Aaron Campbell has posted information regarding Update 13, which is coming soon.

• Turbine suffers a round of layoffs, Warner confirms

  Turbine has suffered a round of layoffs, parent company Warner Bros. has confirmed to CVG.

• Lord of the Rings Online license extended to 2017

  Turbine has eased fears about the future of the MMO by stating it has an agreement in place for LOTRO until 2017.

• MMO Winter Festivities: WoW, GW2, Lotro, SWTOR, Neverwinter, more

  Plenty of MMOs are hosting holiday events or other sorts of festivities between now and the new year, so instead of creating a news post for each one, I thought I would round a few up for you instead. Get the list full of acronyms below.

• Lord of the Rings offering level 50 characters for sale for a limited time only

  It’s still against the terms of service to buy somebody else’s maxed-out character, but Turbine will let you jump into Lord of the Rings Online at level 50 if you’re willing to pony up.

• Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep launches today

  Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep goes live today after storms on Sunday night knocked out the power and caused issues into Monday and Tuesday, delaying the expansion’s release. While you wait on the download to finish you should have a look at the patch notes which will also detail the myriad of class […]

• Lord of the Rings Helm's Deep expansion delayed

  Following some down time this weekend, the Helm’s Deep expansion for Lord of the Rings has been delayed. The free-to-play MMO went down due to a power outage at its data centre, according to a Facebook post, and as a result Helm’s Deep will be released on November 20, a few days late. Helm’s Deep […]

• Humble WB Games Bundle adds LOTRO pack, Guardians of Middle Earth, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, more

  Warner has added F.E.A.R., Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, Guardians of Middle Earth and its DLC, a Lord of the Rings Online: Steely Dawn Starter Pack, and the Gotham City Impostors: Professional Kit to its Humble WB Games Bundle. You will get all these games, plus the previously announced titles if you pay over the current […]

• The Lord of the Rings Online - Helm's Deep expansion goes live in November

  The next expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online, Helm’s Deep, will launch in November, Turbine and Warner have announced. It will contain a new level cap of 95 along with some changes to skill trees and various purchase options are available for it.

• LOTRO Update 11: Treachery of the White Hand out next week

  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.

• The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep expansion set for fall

  The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep will launch this fall. We will get to kill a bunch of orcs and save Rohan from those Uruk-hai bastards.

• Lord of the Rings Online Sixth Anniversary celebration starts next week

  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 […]

• LOTRO servers back online, Turbine to compensate Premium and VIPs for downtime

  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 […]