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Folks with a creative bent will want to check out the new Lord of the Rings Online photo contest called "Have You Seen the White Hand of Saruman?"

Participants in the contest download Saruman's white hand and are asked to apply it in creative ways to a photo of their choice. Submissions are posted to the Lord of the Rings Online Facebook page.

Prizes include:

Read the fine print on the Lord of the Rings Online community site.

Turbine and the Lord of the Rings Online team have released six new screenshots from the upcoming Rise of Isengard expansion. The screens feature Saruman as well as several nice looking environment and battle screens. Check them out in our Lord of the Rings Online gallery.

A new developer post has cropped up on the Lord of the Rings Online site that addresses changes to itemization coming with the Rise of Isengard expansion. The team identified two main areas of concern and lays out exactly how those will be addressed and how the changes will affect all types of players.

Finesse and how it isn’t the new Radiance

Let me start off by saying that Finesse is not intended to be a replacement for Radiance. Finesse is a rating, not dissimilar from offense rating or critical strike rating. You will find it on quest gear, you will find it in instance loot, you will find it all over the place.

Radiance required you to grind for extremely specific loot in order to be effective in a raid space; we’re not going back to that world. The hope is that a player will be about at their maximum finesse efficiency by wearing roughly 3 pieces on-level with the space. So a raid player might walk into a raid wearing four rare quality items with finesse on them, but after gearing up in the raid cut down to three incomparable items with finesse on them. We’re also not requiring you to More >

Turbine announced today that Rise of Isengard, the third expansion pack for free-to-play giant Lord of the Rings Online, is set to enter into its Beta Testing phase on Wednesday, July 27th. The beta is by invitation only, but if you pre-purchase the expansion, you'll get preferred access.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: RISE OF ISENGARD FEATURES:

* Explore Three New Regions! – The time has come for you to turn eastward, toward the vale of Isengard. Where ancient forests once flourished, a corrupted waste of metal and wheels suffers under the thrall of the traitorous wizard Saruman. Here, in the shadows of the tower of Orthanc, gathers an army of Orcs and Uruk-hai, toiling to make ready for war. Forge ahead into these devastated lands and uncover new quests, skills, and traits as you strive to thwart Saruman’s ambition. - Dunland – Adventure amidst the bright forests in the foothills of the southern Misty Mountains. Beware the Dunland Clans, rugged warriors tempted by the dark promise of power. - Gap of Rohan – Battle over the legendary pass between Eriador and the plane of Rohan. This key strategic point must be defended against the ambitions of Sauron. - Isengard – Explore More >

Turbine has released a new batch of screenshots from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online Expansion pack, Rise of Isengard. The screens detail the brand-new region of Dunland, one of the three new regions coming with the expansion pack coming on September 27th this year.

Check out all six right here at MMORPG.com.