Lord Of The Rings Online To Add A New Tales of the Kindred Quest Every Week Starting Today 1231d

Lord of the Rings Online will be getting a new quest every week for two months starting today as part of Update 40’s Tales of the Kindred quest series. The new quests will take place in the city of Umbar Baharbêl and beneath the surface in the underground ages of Umbar-môkh and will be given out by a different Kindred [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online Drops Update 40, New DLC, And er Pack This Week 24704i

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After multiple rounds of testing, Standing Stone Games is finally ready to roll out the next major update for Lord of the Rings Online this week. The studio confirmed Update 40’s release for Wednesday, May 15 followed by the launch of a new er pack the day after. Update 40: Beneath the Surface, will add new Umbar quests by way [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online Unveils Its Fiery And Furry 17th Anniversary Event Rewards 2q5x52

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Lord of the Rings Online is hyping up its 17th anniversary event with a preview of the fiery and furry rewards that will be up for grabs. This year’s event will run from April 18 to May 6, promising the usual lineup of limited-time quests and activities all across Middle-Earth. “There are many quests associated with the Anniversary event, so [...]

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DDO And LOTRO Players Receive Compensation For Last Weekend’s Service Outage 3l4n32

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As promised, Standing Stone Games is giving out compensation for the Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online service outage this past weekend. In addition to extending the ongoing events in both games, VIP subscribers will also be getting back the two days that they lost during the unexpected downtime. But wait, there’s more! Dungeons and Dragons [...]

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DDO And LOTRO Promise Compensation After Two-Day Weekend Downtime 5q31n

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Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online are back in business after a two-day outage that spanned the entire weekend. To make up for the lost days, Standing Stone Games has extended ongoing events in both games with the promise of additional compensation for everyone. LOTRO’s Spring Festival has now been extended by another week and the [...]

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DDO And LotRO Have Been Offline For Nearly Two Days Amid Ongoing Data Center Issues 5a3h2i

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If you were looking forward to jumping into Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online this weekend, then you’re in for a big disappointment as both games have been offline for nearly two days now as Standing Stone Games works to resolve a sudden data center outage. The studio has yet to fix the problem as of [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online Serves Up A Buffet Of New Instances As Update 39 Goes Live 5r6a4l

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Lord of the Rings Online opened up a brand-new set of instances for its Corsairs of Umbar expansion as Update 39: Arenas of Conflict officially goes live. The update features the final Umbar instances which include the Isle of Storms, Dahâl Huliz, The Arena, The Streets of Râhal Bakh, and The Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo raid. The Isle of Storms [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online Starts Testing Corsairs Of Umbar’s Final Set Of Instances 27442s

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Standing Stone Games reopened the Lord of the Rings Online test server earlier this week to put Update 39 through its paces. Testing is now in full swing for nearly all of Corsairs of Umbar’s final set of instances, except for The Streets of Râhal Bakh three-player instance, which the studio says will be coming soon to the test build. [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online Expands Update 39 Testing To Include ‘Subsets’ Of New Instances 5bd4w

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Standing Stone Games is ramping up testing for Lord of the Rings Online Update 39 on the Bullroarer test server as the team prepares to introduce more content for testing. As previously revealed, Update 39 will kick off a brand-new chapter in the Corsairs of Umbar storyline and will open up the expansion’s final set instances. Considering that its an [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Online’s Allan ‘Orion’ Maki Expounds On 2024 Development Roap 3f5v6w

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Lord of the Rings Online lead systems designer Allan “Orion” Maki hosted this weekend’s regularly scheduled developer stream to share more details on some of the new features and content teased in their 2024 development roap. During the stream, Orion dove deeper into Corsairs of Umbar’s Catacombs of Umbar time-released quest series. The quest pack will have players follow [...]

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