Tag Archives: LOTRO
LOTRO Gear, Uh… Website?
Posted on17. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
I noticed on the forums last night, user Stingray69 posted about a nifty (and poorly named) new site that he has created that “…provides listings of all gear (level 40+) broken into sections for armor, jewellery and weapons that are easy to sort and filter.”
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Wall Street Journal Reports on Free-to-Play
Posted on30. Jul, 2010 by Goldenstar.
I don’t read the Wall Street Journal myself so that’s why I have to say thank you to Massively for posting their article mentioning the WSJ article on the new trend in Free-To-Play among MMOs.
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CSTM LOTRO Beta Key Giveaway!
Posted on23. Jul, 2010 by Goldenstar.
A Casual Stroll to Mordor and Turbine are very pleased to offer an opportunity to get into the LOTRO F2P Beta our blog readers / podcast listeners. We are taking entries for a random sweepstakes starting today until July 31st.
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New LOTRO Blog: Staff Strike
Posted on30. Jun, 2010 by Goldenstar.
Only one new LOTRO blog to share this week after the past couple weeks of multiple blogs springing up!
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Clearing Up Free to Play Confusion
Posted on06. Jun, 2010 by Goldenstar.
There seems to be a lot of the same questions popping up concerning the Free to Play announcement and how it will operate when it launches this fall. I’ve found some official answers to these common questions and thought it may be beneficial to list them in a single post.
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F2P Model Benefits Chart
Posted on05. Jun, 2010 by Veneration.
This chart was posted at The Beta Signup subpage. I ran over this link on the forums and felt it was necessary to post it on to you all.
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LOTRO Loyalty Rewards Breakdown
Posted on04. Jun, 2010 by Goldenstar.
For all the players currently subscribed (or lifetime members) to the game and remain subscribed until the launch of Free to Play later this fall, there will be some loyalty rewards in the form of additional Turbine Points.
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LOTRO Free to Play and You
Posted on04. Jun, 2010 by Goldenstar.
I’ve read through all the documentation currently out and see twitter (and I’m sure the official forums as well) lighting up with questions and thought it may help to sort through what we know so far. We know that LOTRO is going Free to Play this fall and that means a transition for us existing players.
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Turbine Acquired by Warner Brothers
Posted on20. Apr, 2010 by Goldenstar.
Just announced today in a press release that Turbine Inc. has been purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
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PAX East – A Writers Journey
Posted on07. Apr, 2010 by Veneration.
Standing in line with close to 100 other press and media members at PAX East was an interesting feeling. Even more interesting to me after the fact is that with almost 200 booths and millions of dollars in advertising and PR display setups the only thing on my mind was the half a second glimpse I had of the booth as I peaked in the night before.
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LOTRO, Eyefinity, and You
Posted on28. Mar, 2010 by Azz.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Eyefinity, it is a new feature from ATI on their newest generation of video cards. While I will not go into the specifics, it is essentially an advanced version of an extended desktop over multiple monitors, but usable in applications.
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LOTRO Downtime March 22nd, 2010
Posted on21. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.
LOTRO will have a scheduled downtime on Monday, March 22nd from 6:00am to 10am EDT (-4 GMT).
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Happy Bullroarer Took Day
Posted on17. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.
A LOTRO-Europe screenshot contest and a Turbine Lottery to celebrate Brandobras “Bullroarer” Took!
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Downtime March 8th, 2010
Posted on07. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.
Sapience has posted an advanced warning that LOTRO will have a scheduled downtime on Monday, March 8th from 6:00am to 10am EST.
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Moments of Awe
Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by Goldenstar.
It’s always fun to sit back every so often and recall your more new player moments in game. I thought it would be fun to ask people over twitter what their first big “Woah” moment was in LOTRO. Here are the first several responses.






