Fast Facts
Name:
Lord of the Rings Online
Acronym:
LotRO
Developer:
Turbine
Publisher:
Midway
Release Date:
4/24/07
Country:
USA
Genre:
RPG
ESRB Rating:
Teen

Previews

Looks at games before they launch.

Monday, June 30th
Editorials

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his application of the writings of Clausewitz to gaming, this time examining what happens when you have to turn and run.

Wednesday, July 2nd
News

The Lord of the Rings Online lorebook has been updated with a profile of one of the High Elves of Rivendell, Cachúnir. Check him out after the jump.

Tuesday, July 1st
Editorials

This time on RoleCraft, Jim Moreno wants to hear from you roleplayers out there.

Monday, June 30th
News

Turbine announced that the Public preview server now has Book 14,The Ring-forges of Eregion, out and ready for download.

You can find more information about it here.

Tuesday, June 24th
News

Our friends over at Stratics have let us know about an EU dev chat scheduled for tomorrow:

Join us tomorrow, the June 25th at 12:00pm PDT/3 pm EDT/8 pm BST in the #straticshoc channel on the Stratics IRC network for another great LotRO EU Stratics House of Commons chat!

You can find all the details about how to connect at their site.

Saturday, June 21st
News

Turbine let us know about their scheduled maintenance:

All Turbine services will be down on Monday June 23th from 7:00am - 11:00am Eastern (-4 GMT) for maintenance. During this time the game, billing and authentication servers will be offline. In addition, all Turbine forums will be viewable, but players may not be able to log into their accounts.

The news is also in their game launchers, so you'll be reminded Monday morning!

Thursday, June 19th
News

Turbine's taken a closer look at another set of residents of Middle-earth, the Guant-lords:

In the First Age, Morgoth summoned many fell spirits into his service and twisted countless creatures to his will. Among those were dire creatures called Gaunt-men, which had the power to instill other fell spirits into the remains of the dead and raise them as wights...

Click below to read more about these evil beings!

Tuesday, June 17th
Developer Journals

Turbine has just released a new developer diary video for The Lord of the Rings Online in which Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel describes all of the new content that was recently added to the game with the launch of Book 13: Doom of the Last-king. Video's after the jump.

Editorials

In this installment of RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at an interesting idea from WoW RP Realms: Full Immersion Roleplaying (FIRP).

Monday, June 16th
Editorials

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his study of Clausewitz and examines the art of the kill.