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Lord of the Rings Online: Mirkwood Pre-launch Offers Extended
Nov 3rd
Turbine has announced today that pre-launch offers for Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online, have been extended to November 18th, 2009.
As part of the pre-launch offers former players who renew their LOTRO subscription, or current subscribers who upgrade their subscription to a multi-month plan on or before November 18th, 2009 will receive Siege of Mirkwood free of charge.
Also, players who pre-order the LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack which consists of a new shared storage slot, and 2 additional character slots will receive two exclusive items: the Harbinger’s Cloak and the Dusky Nimblefoot goat mount, free.
Lifetime subscribers haven’t been left out either! Lifetime subscribers who pre-order the LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack will receive the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion for free in addition to the aforementioned pair of exclusive items.
For more information, visit the Siege of Mirkwood official site.
Lord of the Rings Online: Dev Diary: Mirkwood Skirmish Rewards
Nov 2nd
A new dev diary published on the official Lord of the Rings Online website details the reward system for the upcoming Skirmish feature to be introduced with the launch of Siege of Mirkwood next month.
LOTRO developer Brian "Zombie Columbus" understands that most players will play new content for the loot, explaining, "People play new content for the rewards. Sure, if the content is fun it is more likely to get replayed, but even if we made the hardest, most boring boss fight in the game drop the best loot, a lot of people would still play it. With that in mind, we’ve tried to design the Skirmish rewards system in as free-form a way as possible, allowing players to play the content they want and receive mostly equivalent rewards."
To accomplish this, players will earn Skirmish marks in a number of ways, and will be able to trade them in at vendors for their shiny rewards.
For the full rundown, read the dev diary here.
Halloween party on Landroval
Oct 31st
Hey folks, Arabella of Solcaim (waaait, that’s not a LOTRO server!) and her kinship, Warders of the Weald, are hosting a Halloween party tonight on the Landroval server. "Put Cherrie (moi) , Balifor & Bohart on your friends list," she says, and look for them at Bonfire Glade in the Old Forest.
Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood "Scuttledells" Screens
Oct 29th
New screenshots of the Scuttledells region to be featured in the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online digital expansion, Siege of Mirkwood, have been added to our gallery.
Check out the new shots here.
Lord of the Rings Online: Mirkwood Screenshots, Part Two
Oct 26th
The team from Turbine has provided us with these three new screenshots from the upcoming LotRO expansion, Siege of Mirkwood.
Check out all three new screenshots.
Lord of the Rings Online: LoTRO Lottery
Oct 23rd
Turbine wants you to try out their my.lotro community site, and as a result, they have announced a new LOTRO Lottery to encourage players to get involved! The lottery can be entered by clicking on the lottery widget on the left-hand column after logging into the site with your community login details. Once you’ve clicked on the widget you’ll be able to enter your characters into any applicable drawings.
This brings up another point. You are only entering your characters in these drawings — the items won are in-game items only, and the rewards will vary. The rewards will be issued through in-game mail, and their contents may be determined by a number of variables, including the winning character’s class, level, race, etc.
The lottery is still in beta, and in order to give the system a spin the first drawing will be for a bundle of fireworks and an appropriate amount of silver commensurate with the winning character’s level.
Do note that this feature is only available to North American players. I know, I know, I feel for you guys across the pond!
Get more information on the LOTRO Lottery here.
Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood Screenshots
Oct 22nd
Screenshots depicting the new Gathburz region to be featured in the upcoming "Siege of Mirkwood" digital-expansion are now available in our LOTRO gallery. The Siege of Mirkwood expansion is set to launch on December 1st, 2009.
Check out the new shots here.
Lord of the Rings Online: First Siege of Mirkwood Trailer!
Oct 15th
The first trailer for the upcoming "Siege of Mirkwood" digital expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online is now available! The new expansion is set to launch on December 1st, 2009. The new expansion will conclude Volume II: Mines of Moria, and will also bring a number of new features to the game.
Watch the video here!