GameSpy writes: "In the face of brutal competition from old warhorses like World of Warcraft and new juggernauts like Warhammer Online, Turbine's The Lord of the Rings Online has continued to chug along quite successfully, pulling in a large audience of Tolkien fanatics, casual gamers and lovers of PvE gameplay and storytelling. With Mines of Moria, the game's first official expansion pack, only a few weeks away, GameSpy decided to pop into the game's beta to check out what we could of this massive content addition. What we found, at least in our initial foray, is a game not straying far from its greatest strength: the ability to convincingly tell personalized stories to a million people at a time."
Spiffy:
+Fun story-driven questing; beautiful artwork
+"Legendary" items
Iffy:
-Leveling a legendary item to 10 provides a bit of a roadblock for new players
Albatross Revue are happy to present these screenshots to show some of the exciting in-game rewards that can be earned during the five-year anniversary festival activities as well as some of the gifts that players will receive automatically as a thank you for playing. Rewards will be given according to how long a player has been playing. Lord of the Rings Online celebrates its five year anniversary on April 24, 2012
Free-to-play may actually be the proper way to offer MMOs instead of subscriptions, as Turbine has recently revealed that Lord of the Rings Online has tripled its revenue since switching the game over to that model back in September...
Have a struggling MMO? Make it free to play, and you'll pretty much guarantee success.
Hello APB F2P.
That's good to hear, if the majority of MMO's go free to play then I'll never have a gaming drought again.
...or just make an amazing MMORPG that is worth your while....like world of warcraft.
Turbine's insanely easy contest could leave you with 100,000 points in your pocket.