LoTRO: Siege of Mirkwood Launch Day Trailer

Today the battle for Mirkwood begins as the latest expansion for Lord of the Rings Online is launched, Siege of Mirkwood.  The new expansions allows players for the first to dwell into the treacherous forest of Mirkwood as they take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of the LoTRO.  To coincide with the launch, [...]

LoTRO: Siege of Mirkwood Release Date Accounced + New Screenshots

Today Turbine announced the release date for Siege of Mirkwood, the second expansion for Lord of the Rings Online which is set for release on Dec 1st, 2009 for $19.99.    Along with the release date they also announced the following pre-launch offers that are posted below as well as a set of brand new [...]

Turbine Announces LOTRO: Siege of Mirkwood Expansion

Today Turbine announced Siege of Mirkwood,  the second expansion for Lord of the Rings Online.  Looks like Turbine is following  the footsteps of Warhammer with there new “Skirmishes” feature, which sound like it’ll be PvP battlegrounds that you can join from a queue.
Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-earth where players will [...]

mMO’ MONEY!: What MMO Would You Subscribe A Lifetime To?

Lifetime; such a strong combinations of words to put together, also has a powerful impact in marketing campaigns. In light of Cryptic Studios releasing the pricing options for Champions Online this fall, I have to admit that lifetime subscriptions are an attractive option.
I hate to be the one to say this, but lifetime makes the [...]

mMO MONEY!: Lotro, The Resistance to A Resistance.

I was reading a blog topic at Player vs. Developer and I was remembering all the grinding I did to raise certain resistances to elemental damage. This is a norm in almost all MMO’s I have ever played; each monster or boss NPC does a certain type of damage. Most of this is direct damage [...]

New LoTRO: Leaves of Lorien Screenshots

Turbine has just released a batch of screenshots for the upcoming Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lόrien, the first free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online since the expansion, Mines of Moria, was released last fall.
The new screenshots illustrate changes to the new player experience that will take effect with the [...]

LOTRO: Book 12 is Upon Us

Getting back into LOTRO about 2 weeks ago, I’ve been looking torwards to the next bid game update, Book 12. Aside from the usual bug fixes, new quests and character balancing, Book 12 actually has some things worth talking about. First up is the new outfit system. While not adding anything to [...]

I Finally Did It – Back to LOTRO

After contemplating going back to LOTRO for sometime now and learning that Age of Conan was pushed back another 2 months, today I went and reactivated my LOTRO account. I’m currently installing the game, as I had a HD failure 3 months ago and lost all my stuff.
For anyone that plays, I’m on the [...]

A MMOGamer without an MMO

Well its been a few months since I quit LOTRO and over a month since I stopped playing Tabula Rasa. I really don’t have any desire to start paying either again, but I’ve been thinking about reactivating my LOTRO subscription just to see what new things they’ve added since I left. Age [...]