Main article:The War of the Ring is over and also the volumes which followed the player since ten years are no more, new stories are beginning. The first of them is called 'The Black Book of Mordor: Where the Shadows Lie' and talks about what happened soon after the fall of Sauron in the Dark Land and beyond.
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It is divided in chapters: the first four were released with the Mordor expansion in 2017; two chapters each were released in March 2018 with Update 22: 'Legacy of the Necromancer' and in October 2018 with Update 23: 'Where Dragons Dwell'.Development and release history first announced the development of a licensed Middle-earth MMORPG in 1998. Sierra had financial troubles in and replaced the staff working on the game. Sierra continued to confirm development of the MMORPG but did not release any development details., the parent company of Sierra, secured eight-year rights to produce computer and video games based on The Lord of the Rings books in 2001. Vivendi announced an agreement with in 2003 to produce Middle-earth Online (at that time expected to be released in 2004). In March 2005, Turbine announced that it had bought the rights to make an MMORPG based on Tolkien's literature and that Turbine would publish The Lord of the Rings Online instead of Vivendi. Russian promotion at 2008A closed beta was announced on September 8, 2006. An open beta began on March 30, 2007, and was open to all who pre-ordered the game's Founders Club edition.
On April 6, 2007, the beta opened to the public.In April 2007, reported that the game had dropped a planned feature for in-game players marriage because of the controversy around the possibility of same-sex and inter-species weddings. One developer stated that the design rule was for weddings to be allowed if examples could be found in the book, as between elves and humans. The online magazine for, GayGamer.net commented that, while Tolkien was a devout, his stance on gay rights isn't known as the topic wasn't a public issue at the time. Video game critic compared it to the case of, which did allow same-sex marriage three years prior.The game was developed and maintained by Turbine after secured the rights from Vivendi.
In January 2014 it was announced that the license for The Lord of the Rings Online had been renewed to 2017.Executive producer Aaron Campbell transferred to other duties in 2015, and franchise director Athena Peters replaced him. Peters announced a new roadmap for the future of Lord of the Rings Online, including improvements to the legendary item system, new fellowship quests, and various 'quality of life' fixes.
Also on the agenda for the summer of 2015 were server merges and new datacenters.On December 19, 2016, it was announced that Turbine would no longer develop the game, rather a new independent game studio was formed under the name Standing Stone Games, the staff of whom would made up of the people that have been working on The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online under Turbine before. The publishing of the game would transfer from Warner Brothers to. While a reason was not given for the transition, it was assured that the game would continue with new development.
Releases and subscription model In North America, players who pre-ordered the game were offered a special founder's offer, a lifetime subscription for $199 or reduced cost of $9.99 per month. Standard monthly fee is $14.99 with three, six, twelve month, and lifetime discounts available.
European players had a similar program from. A holiday subscription was available in December 2007 and January 2008 for $9.99/month for a 3-month commitment. A, which cost $10 more than the regular edition, included a full-color manual, an item called 'Glass of Aglaral,' a cloak of regeneration, which is visually different from the one in the regular edition, a 'Making of' DVD, soundtrack, and a 10-day buddy key.The one year anniversary edition included a $9.99/month subscription or a $199.99 Lifetime subscription, which was again offered during the lead-up to the release of Mines of Moria. However the lifetime subscription option is no longer available and is unlikely to return.On June 4, 2010, it was announced the game was to add a free-to-play option in the autumn, with an in-game store. Free-to-play was successfully launched in North America on September 10, 2010. After a delay in Europe, free-to-play went live on November 2, 2010.
During the following six months the company reported tripled revenues from the title.On April 26, 2011, it was announced that Codemasters would relinquish control of the European service back to Turbine, and on June 1, the servers were transferred. After a transition period of a few days, they reopened under a unified Lord of the Rings Online global service. Finally, on June 6, 2012, The Lord of the Rings Online was made available for download on.Until 2008, approximately once every two months a major update was added to The Lord of the Rings Online. Each update was an extension to the epic quest called a book.
Despite the Mines of Moria being an official expansion to the original game, it is not required for subscribers to continue receiving the free content updates. However, any new content exclusive to Mines of Moria, including any area past, is not accessible. In the case of items such as legendary weapons, they are viewable but unable to be equipped. The only exception to this is the Helm's Deep update, where a portion of the Epic Story tied in directly with a new feature added in that expansion.
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