Apr 1, 2016

Please note: The following post was an April Fool’s joke and is not real. Yesterday, we learned during Frelorn’s Thursday stream that U18 will drop on April 11th, but that wasn’t the only piece of news to materialize during the stream! While fielding questions on the latest major update to the game, Frelorn dropped a bomb: Turbine had one more...

Dearest Bria – It has been countless months since I began writing you about my journeys, and fatigue is my constant companion. I have ventured into Central Gondor, a land that no longer seems like home. Borowolf, our brother and esteemed captain of men, has seen too much of battle and has chosen to stay behind in Rohan to assist in the rebuilding of that land....

Please note: The following post was an April Fool’s joke and is not real. Today on the official forums, LOTRO executive producer Athena Peters gave some additional details about the upcoming server merges for Lord of the Rings Online. Instead of singling out specific servers to remain, as was previously alluded to, LOTRO will be moving all players to a single...

There’s no question that the amount of studio to player communication has increased in 2015, and today was no exception. LOTRO Executive producer Athena “Vyvyanne” Peters took to the forms to update players on the progression of server transfers and migrations. In response to a player question about opening up free transfers prior to ironing...

Turbine is looking for regular streamers of Lord of the Rings Online to join a new LOTRO Community Stream Team. Benefits to streamers include promotional support from LOTRO, codes for giveaways, and access to developers. Benefits to LOTRO include increased exposure within the live streaming community. Community manager Frelorn posted the following  in the...

  Instances, and transfers, and new maps, oh my! Today, along with introducing the new Executive Producer for Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine released the 2015 Executive Producer’s letter. In the letter, new EP Athena Peters introduces herself to the community and speaks of two major updates for the year: Osgiliath and Minas Tirith. The letter also...

Tonight on Landroval, Dr. Corey Olsen, otherwise known as the Tolkien Professor, held a press conference (of sorts) to announce his plans for an open Mythgard course. The course will explore the texts of JRR Tolkien and investigate their interpretation within Lord of the Rings Online. Dr. Olsen detailed a three phase approach leading up to the course, the first...

Note: This post first appeared on Gaming Conversations on 11/23/2014 The beorning class, or some kind of new class, has been a long time coming in Lord of the Rings Online. It’s been since 2008 and the release of the Mines of Moria expansion that a new class of people has graced the digital recreation of Middle-Earth. There are several things to consider...

Have you ever wanted to rescue Merric and Goldenstar? Enter a skirmish camp with Pineleaf? Walk into Mordor? Well, now you can join the LOTRO Players News gang on a quest of semi-epic proportions as we battle our way through a somewhat immersive world to save the CSTM crew! Download Link The LOTRO Players RPG is being made available for free for a limited time...

We wanted to update everyone on the results of the Extra Life fundraising that LOTRO Players has been participating in. First off, we wanted to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated, donated, showed up for streams, re-tweeted and shared. Every contribution makes a difference! Next, we wanted to point out that our pages will remain open and...

Fresh off the heels of the latest round of Turbine layoffs, LOTRO community manager Andy Cataldo (Frelorn) took to Twitch today to level his hobbit minstrel and answer community questions. One of the first questions answered got an open and candid response from Frelorn: I’ll answer this question once, since I knew it was going to be asked. It’s the...

Lord of the Rings Online dropped a surprise on us today, randomly tweeting out a picture of a Turbine employee working on the game: The text simply says “The LOTRO team is hard at work today.”. Maybe it is just a random tweet of a game dev with his nose to the grind. But why tweet this image today? Aren’t game developers always hard at work?...

As reported on this week’s LOTRO Players News, we have created an Extra Life team to raise funds for children’s hospitals across North America! Any Extra-Life participants are able to join to help us reach our $3000 goal. If you can’t participate, but still want to be involved, you can still donate to any of the LOTRO Players team members and...

Hello, LOTRO! This is a pretty unusual post for me, as I try to restrict my posts on LOTRO Players to strictly LOTRO content. I have decided to participate in the Extra Life charity drive this year, and am humbly asking for members of the LOTRO community to consider a donation to this worthy cause. As you may remember, longtime LOTRO community manager Sapience...

As posted on the official forums today, LOTRO Community Manager Rick Heaton (also known as Sapience) will be leaving Turbine after a six year run in his current position to pursue an opportunity with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Sapience will be filling the role of Community Manager for a cause that he has graciously supported for years. Thanks...

Long time LOTRO music composer Chance Thomas has announced on his Facebook page that his piece Theme for Rohan will be performed by the Utah Symphony on September 6 as a part of their Video Games Live concert series. Mr. Thomas has been asked to guest-conduct the piece. Theme for Rohan was released as a part of the Riders of Rohan expansion pack and can...

Dearest Bria – Today my quill finds itself filled with Gondorian ink as my adventures have brought me closer to you than the days before my banishment at the hands of the mad steward. In the end, it was our brother Borowolf’s sense of duty that convinced me to risk death at the hands of my own kinsmen in order to lend our services against the...

In this Episode, Locowolf and I romp through some Lone Lands quests while talking about LOTRO, Battlefront 2, and Spider Eyes. We don’t talk about raiding at all. Enjoy, & Thanks for watching!    ...

Earlier today, members of the press were given a guided tour of the new areas included with the soon-to-be released Update 14. The tour included some hints about the new epic story, volume 4 (The Strength of Sauron), and also a tentative release date, July 14th. They also talk about instances in the new epic returning to having both a solo and fellowship option...

From June 16th-29th, the one-year VIP LOTRO subscription will be discounted by 20%. Discounted prices: USD: 79.99 EUR: 63.99 GBP: 71.99 In the US, this works out to be about $6.70/month, or a little less than lunch at Jimmy Johns*. The VIP subscription includes access to all quest packs (besides Expansion Packs), skirmishes, instances, PvMP monster classes,...