LotRO updates Aug. 20 with 'The City of the Kings'

by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 13th 2007 at 10:30AM }

Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online is getting another free content update with Book 10: The City of the Kings on Aug. 20. Turbine has been pretty solid in delivering content updates for their games on a regular schedule, releasing Shores of Evendim shortly after launch. The new content includes:

Spending Destiny Points to play as a Ranger or Troll during monster play in the Ettenmoors.
Playing as a "critter," the first of which is a chicken. LotRO players can now explore Middle-earth from the non-humanoid perspective.
A reputation and bartering system, which allows players to gain rep. for rewards with factions and the bartering system allows players to trade trophies for gear.
100 new quests
UI is now more customizable

Although Turbine won't talk about how many players they have, they're boosting US publisher Midway's bottom line so they can't be doing all bad. LotRO game looks to get continual updates leading up to the expansion, which should be announced early next year.

[Via press release]

Tags: cityofthekings, lotro, ordoftherings, shadowsofangmar, shoresofevendim, turbine

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jerk Face @ Aug 13th 2007 11:01AM

So is this game any good?

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 13th 2007 11:10AM

Good enough to be profitable.

blooh @ Aug 13th 2007 11:09AM

i heard it's a solid fun game. I just quit wow a month ago though and don't wanna be dragged into another mmo for a while, otherwise i'd try this myself

pragmatick @ Aug 13th 2007 11:17AM

If you like WOW you will most likely LOTRO. It is a lot like it, which is not a bad thing, why not borrow from the most popular and perhaps best MMORPG there is? I like LOTRO better just because I know it's universe. When you stand on the Weathertop the first time or stroll through the shire it's just way more familiar than the Warcraft-Universe which I don't know at all. I played the first two games, but that's more than a decade ago. If you like MMORPGs and the LOTR universe, you will obviously like LOTRO. I haven't played WOW long enough to compare them, neither any other online games, but I like it enough. If you look for sth new, tho, you will probably be disappointed, it's the same technique of playing as in WOW and most of the other MMORPGs. I hope AoC will bring sth new, tho.