lord of the rings online News

As part of the annual Lord of the Rings Online Summer Festival event, players were tasked with collecting Figments of Splendor which they can then trade in for exclusive reward items through a certain NPC. Imagine their surprise when the NPC in question, the Curator, suddenly went MIA. Apparently, a number of players thought that the seasonal NPC was a [...]

The Legendary server, better known as a progression server, for Lord of the Rings Online is launching its first expansion, Mines of Moria, sometime in March. It's a major update and will most notably increase the game's level cap to 60 and introduce 12 new areas to the game. Check out all the major changes below: Legendary Server max character [...]

While Lord of the Rings Online is certainly a bit of an oldie (2007 release), it's still getting updated regularly. Standing Stone Games and Daybreak released the game's 'Where Dragons Dwell' update today (Update 23) which increased the game's level cap by 5, introduced a new ironfold crafting tier, added new zones, and more. Take a look at the highlights [...]

Standing Stone Games launched update 22.2 this week which overhauled 6 of the game's classes as well as introduced anniversary and summer events. The 6 classes overhauled are the Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore Master, Minstrel, and Warden. Some classes got changed quite a bit more than others but these are some big tweaks. Tactical relics also got some serious rebalancing [...]

Lord of the Rings Online is potentially heading down a very dark path. I speak, of course, of the path of "Pay-2-Win" and "Gachas." (Gachas are the Eastern term for lootboxes that contain gameplay-altering items). Nexon games, speaking specifically of Vindictus, are well-known for putting high-tier equipment, or items that are used to make high-tier equipment, in lootboxes that require paid keys [...]

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor is now live! The expansion, a.k.a. Update 21, was initially scheduled to come out on Monday but had to be delayed because of technical issues. But hey, the expansion is out now and players can traipse through the iconic Black Gate and straight into Mordor. As we revealed in a post earlier today, [...]

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor, a.k.a. Update 21, rolls out later today. And, for the first time since the game launched in 2007, the heroes of Middle-Earth will finally be able to journey beyond the Black Gate and into the treacherous volcanic lands of Mordor. Standing Stone games has just released the full patch notes for the update [...]