Casual Stroll to Mordor

Starting today until May 28, 2012 there is a sale on LOTRO Points bundle purchased in the LOTRO Store. They are doubling the bonus points on only the three largest bundle packages.

The following items are on sale from May 18th – 24th. Below you will find the sale listings as well as our recommendation on purchasing.

LOTRO has posted the release notes for Update 7: Shades of the Past to the lorebook for your reading while we wait for the servers to come back online!

The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Monday, May 14th from 6:00 – 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) to launch the latest game update, Update 7: Shades of the Past.

Yesterday, Joe “jwbarry” Barry and Jon “Rock” Steady released a Developer Diary that covers the revamp coming to the Fornost dungeon in Update 7.

Did you not qualify for the 5th anniversary gifts given to four and five year veterans and really wish you too could have the cosmetics and horse? Today Turbine has released for a limited time the “Reveller’s Gilded Mount & Cosmetics”.

The following items are on sale from May 11th – 17th. Below you will find the sale listings as well as our recommendation on purchasing.

Today Turbine has released some official screenshots for the new skirmish coming with Update 7, Storm on the Methedras.

Turbine has added to the launcher a new sale for those looking to get the Rise of Isengard complete expansion! Today until May 14th, you can get the Rise of Isengard expansion for 50% off.

The LOTRO Game Servers and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Monday, May 7 from 5:00 to 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT).

In what appears to be the first of two updates concerning Moria, Lauren “Budgeford” Salk has released a Developer Diary concerning the changes that will be coming to the area in Update 7.

The following items are on sale from May 4th – 10th. Below you will find the sale listings as well as our recommendation on purchasing.

Some information on Update 7 has been posted to LOTRO’s web site. Update 7 is called “Shades of the Past” and while no date is posted, we have information on what is coming!

Turbine sent out an email announcing that the Anniversary Festival has been extended.

April is a big celebration month for LOTRO! This month marks 5 years of playing online in Middle-earth! To celebrate, Turbine is having special sales each weekend in addition to the weekly sale.

The following items are on sale from April 27th – May 3rd. Below you will find the sale listings as well as our recommendation on purchasing.

The $99.99 for one-year of VIP subscription deal is back. This is something we’ve seen a few times and always for a limited time. There is no listed date as to when this special ends.

We have a sudden influx of gaming sites with LOTRO giveaways celebrating the 5th anniversary. I’ll use this post to list all that we find!

April 24, 2007 was the official launch date of The Lord of the Rings Online and today we are celebrating 5-years in Middle-earth!