lord of the rings online News

Standing Stone Games has just announced their plans to open two new progression servers even as they prepare to shut down the underpopulated Ithil legendary server tomorrow. Each of the new servers will have progression speed modifiers in place and have been aptly-named based on their respective speeds. Shadowfax, named after Gandalf’s trusty steed, will offer accelerated progression, while Treebeard, [...]

When Lord of the Rings Online opened its Anor and Ithil Legendary servers in November 2018, both servers were immediately swamped by players who wanted to start anew and experience the game from the beginning of the epic narrative. As with all new servers, the population has steadily waned in both Anor and Ithil over time, with the latter becoming [...]

If you’ve somehow been stuck in a time loop and are still playing Lord of the Rings Online on Windows XP, then you’ll probably want to find a way back to the current timeline, or at least back to 2007, because Standing Stone Games will be ending support for the operating system next month. “The Lord of the Rings Online [...]

Lord of the Rings Online players might have noticed that the game’s customer service is taking longer than usual to address concerns submitted through the game’s ticketing system. Rest assured that Standing Stone Games is well aware of the issue and are hard at work trying to resolve the issue. “In recent weeks we have been experiencing a slowdown caused [...]

Lord of the Ring Online’s version of Middle Earth just got a little bit bigger as the new Wildwood zone opens its forested roads to brave adventurers with the release of Update 29. Wildwood is a new mid-level zone located between the low-level zones of Bree-land and Evendim. The level 45 zone features a new questline, repeatable quests, missions, and [...]

Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer Rob “Severlin” Ciccolini talks about their plans for the game for 2021 in his latest letter to the community. On top of the list is the new Wildwood area, a stretch of wilderness between Bree-land and Evendim. The new mid-level zone will open its borders alongside the start of the annual Spring Festival, [...]

Standing Stone Games has just rolled out Update 29: Wildwood on the Lord of the Rings Online test server. Wildwood is the first major update of the year for the long-running fantasy MMORPG featuring an unexpected addition to Middle-Earth. Instead of adding a new end-game region, the developers have added a new level 45 zone complete with a new questline, [...]

It looks like it’s going to be a busy year for Standing Stone Games if the Lord of the Rings Online 2021 schedule is any indication. The developers will be rolling out a host of content updates this year, including a new class, a Fall expansion, and a long list of in-game events and festivities. Spring Festival is due to [...]

Last week, we published an article about Daybreak Games giving away coupons to permanently unlock expansion quests and zones for free. We reported that the codes were already live, but apparently, the studio only started giving out codes today. Copies of the actual coupon code were circulated on Reddit when the promo site briefly went live by mistake yesterday. Since [...]

In case you didn’t already know, Daybreak Games recently launched an event that unlocked all adventure areas, quests, and raids in The Lord of the Rings Online. The event ends on August 31st but since Daybreak is feeling generous, they’re now giving away coupons to permanently unlock the aforementioned content. “We would also like to provide a way for you [...]