Codemasters are offering former LotRO players a chance to come back to the game and play for free for one week.
From today, former players can update their client to the latest version and log in to play LotRO for no cost, until 10 August. Players will find their characters waiting for them, so they can resume play from the last time they were logged in.
New raids, class updates, festivals and more are on the calendar.
Now this makes me feel old! I remember playing the beta while I worked at Gamestop. I honestly didn't even know this game was still online! A quick search showed that it's even F2P now, so I may check it out for nostalgia's sake.
I only subbed at launch for 1-2 months bc I was already caught up in WoW at the time. I love the LotR universe though and would like to see how it's being handled these days.
Before the Shadow is the latest expansion to the still-thriving MMORPG, Lord of the Rings Online, introducing new regions and mechanics.
From MMORPG: "Some Lord of the Rings Online players may have been aware of an unofficial rogue server project that was set to release this month called Echoes of Angmar. Aiming to create a true vanilla version of LOTRO, trait lines and map-less Old Forest and all, the server ran the real risk of drawing legal ire down on its head because of the unlicensed use of a very much still-operating and still-in-development MMO.
PLAY LOTRO FOR FREEAnd in fact, the Echoes of Angmar’s team received a cease-and-desist letter from Middle-earth Enterprises today demanding the cessation of all work and operation: “It is thus with a heavy heart that we must ask that you immediately cease all of your unauthorized use of Echoes of Angmar, and all other Tolkien-related IP on all platforms.”
Well, it worked for Conan :)
They should really make that permanent. Like, if you've been off for 3 months, you're free to one week if you want.
Probably encourage people to come back permanently.
will be interesting to see how many people stay after the free week?
Tempting, if I had time. Sadly, I don't. I wil pick up LotRO again eventually, though...
I don't think a week of free gameplay is worth the long download or returning to. They should add more time, and maybe other incentives such as a in-game pet or something truly valuable -- which could encourage not only to play the free time but to wish to reactivate the account.