*UPDATE* Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 5:15pm - Updated Release Date

The expansion will go live on Dec. 1 2009.

They're bringing back $200 lifetime subsriptions.

Anyone who changes their sub to a multi-month sub (or is already on a multi-month sub) - i.e. 3, 6, or 12 months, gets Siege of Mirkwood for FREE. (excludes the lifetime)


*UPDATE* Saturday, September 6, 2009 @ 7:00pm - Updated with all known info

Don't have time to scoure the official forums and the web for all the latest details on Siege of Mirkwood, then here is your one-stop shop for all the juicy details!

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MMORPG expansions have become rather predictable over the years. Each expansion brings some new raids, some new group content, some new solo content, and a level cap increase. For The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, however, we will be seeing the introduction of a new scalable instance system, the Skirmish system. Contrary to the status quo established by most major MMOs, the Skirmish system will allow all players -- raiders, casuals, mid-level, high-level -- access to the same content.

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Turbine, Inc. today unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the digital expansion to the award-winning massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG).  Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-earth where players will join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online.  Siege of Mirkwood will be available as a digital download this Fall with an increased level cap, a new region including the legendary evil fortress of Dol Goldur, major enhancements to combat and Legendary Items and the introduction of Skirmishes, a new system where players will train customizable soldiers and take them into battle as part of the War of the Ring.

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Turbine is hosting a Motivational Poster contest! We want to see your most inspirational LOTRO-themed motivational posters; we’ll provide the title and the template, you provide the image and caption! Make them as serious or as funny as you like. The winners will receive a custom forum title on the LOTRO forums (“The Motivator”), and their posters will be featured in LOTRO.com’s new Motivational Poster gallery! Each week we’ll be looking for a different theme for the posters.

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We're having a Welcome Back Week! Returning players can play free from August 18th through August 24th, and there's a +25% XP bonus** for everyone! For more information, click here!

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The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Tuesday, August 11 from 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) for an update to the game. Current known issues can be found here .Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Read more for the patch notes.

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Question 1
You’re put in charge of a developer event (e.g. play with the devs, irc chat, Q&A, etc). What would you do? Be creative!

Question 2
If you could change anything about our Game Masters (GM) policies or abilities, what 3 changes would you make?

Question 3
If you could take one feature from any other game (even non-MMOs) and add it to LOTRO, what would it be?

Go here to reply and give your opinion!

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LOTRO fans, it's time to show us your artistic and creative skills: we’re giving you the opportunity to submit your very own design for a horse which could be taken and implemented into the game as a player mount in a future content update! (Click Here) for full details!

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The LOTRO Game Servers and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Monday, July 6 from 7:00AM to 12:00 Eastern (-4 GMT).

The forums and websites will remain up, but players may not be able to log in. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

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