Lord of the Rings Online first came out in April of 2007 and ever since,
Turbine, who developed the game, has been dedicated to making it better ever since.
Turbine feels that they have to keep the game in top notch shape for their fans and they're about to get another treat soon:
Mines of Moria, a expansion to
Lord of the Rings Online.
Mines of Moria will feature a new lighting system, which will "make every nook and cranny as ominous as Tolkien wished them to be." Along with a new lighting system is a new, "robust" dungeon. It will take some time to finish, but once it is done, it will be continuous, with no loading screens because of "dual-height mapping", which basically inverts landscapes.
Mines of Moria is currently set to come out somewhere in Q4 2008 for the PC. To check out the other features that are coming out with the expansion, hit the source.
The first thing that Adam Mersky, Director of Communications at Turbine told me was, “Nobody delivers as much content as Turbine.” Over the course of Gen Con 2008, I’ve learned that may be completely true. Turbine has the excellent habit of never neglecting its fans, even if the game is nine years and has already been updated one hundred times. The idea behind this is one of fan loyalty and a sense of duty.
One game Mersky really takes pride in is Lord of the Rings Online and its upcoming expansion called “Mines of Moria.” The expansion was originally unveiled at Connect ’08 in March, but development on it keeps rolling. The new ideas being introduced, and the epic dungeon of Moria is sounding pretty good. As a Tolkien fan, I have to say I was highly impressed by Turbine’s offering. Their commitment to the fiction of Lord of the Rings seems as true as their commitment to continually updating their material.
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