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Fall is upon us, and what better way to embrace the season than by diving into The Lord of the Rings Online’s Harvestmath Festival? Running from October 10 to November 3, this annual autumn celebration transforms Middle-earth into a festive playground with quests, rewards, and enough autumnal charm to make even a grumpy hobbit smile. Players eager to get their [...]

The wait is over for Lord of the Rings Online players as testing officially begins for the highly anticipated Legacy of Morgoth expansion on the Bullroarer test server. Players can finally get their first-hand look at this dark new chapter in Middle-earth’s history, featuring brand-new zones, updated gameplay systems, and an expanded level cap of 150. The Legacy of Morgoth [...]

The Lord of the Rings Online has officially opened pre-orders for its highly anticipated 31st expansion, Legacy of Morgoth. Slated for release on November 6, the expansion takes players into the wild and mysterious lands of Near Harad, offering new regions, quests, and a storyline that digs deep into Tolkien’s lore. In Legacy of Morgoth, you'll be exploring four brand-new [...]

It looks like Lord of the Rings Online is revising its 2024 roadmap, and some highly anticipated updates are getting shuffled around. In a surprise update posted on the forums this week, the game’s lead designer, Orion, addressed a slew of player questions regarding the long-running free-to-play MMORPG’s future. One of the key takeaways? The much-awaited kinship system revamp (LOTRO’s [...]

Lord of the Rings Online fans, prepare to continue your journey through Middle-earth with the upcoming Legacy of Morgoth expansion. Scheduled for release this fall, the expansion promises to take players into uncharted territories—and the first stop on this grand adventure? The mysterious zone of Ambarûl. During a recent dev stream, Senior World Designer Matt “Scenario” Elliot gave players a [...]

The Lord of the Rings Online has just unleashed a behemoth of an update, and fans are rejoicing louder than a band of victorious hobbits. In celebration of the ongoing Year of the Dragon, this month’s giveaway throws open the doors to a brand-new, free instance: The Dragon and the Storm, a six-player adventure for level 150 characters that features [...]

Don’t be surprised if you suddenly find yourself unceremoniously banished from the Nazgul fight in Lord of the Rings Online’s new legendary servers. It’s all part of Standing Stone Games’ efforts to keep both the Angmar and Mordor progression servers from blowing up when too many players show up for the fight. “Unsurprisingly, when a Nazgul appears during peak hours, [...]

As Lord of the Rings Online slowly approaches the end of the canonical storyline from the novels, the question on everyone’s minds is, what happens next? While Standing Stone Games didn’t give a specific answer, they did assure players that they still have loads of new adventures in store for players before The Scouring of the Shire arrives. “If the [...]

Something unexpected is coming to Lord of the Rings Online and Standing Stone Games will be spilling the beans later tonight during its weekly livestream. Honestly, I haven’t the faintest clue of what it could be, although there’s speculation that it might be a new legendary progression server now that Treebeard is nearing the final leg of its multi-year run. [...]

It’s been an extremely drawn-out journey, but Lord of the Rings Online’s Treebeard progression server is finally nearing the finish line. The slow-paced progression server is unlocking its next phase of content today, sending players across Rohan’s borders and into Gondor. Standing Stone Games has yet to announce a new progression server to replace Treebeard, although it did tease that [...]