Chronicles of Riddick MMO, SmashMuck Champions, LOTRO and more! | The Daily XP September 12th

Your Daily MMO and MMORPG News for Thursday September 12th. Today Kirk discusses Lord of the Rings Online, SmashMuck Champions, Chronicles of Riddick and League of Legends.

LOTRO, Warsteeds Dev Diary Video & Rohan Screens

Today Turbine has released a new developer diary video and batch of screenshots for Riders of Rohan, the 4th major expansion for the award-winning The Lord of the Rings Online which is currently available for pre-order. The new developer diary video focuses on Warsteeds and features various members of the development team behind the new expansion.

LOTRO Riders of Rohan War-Steeds

In The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan, the War-steed is your personal combat mount. It gains experience and can be trained and specialized in a variety of ways. Assigning earned trait points will allow you to improve their attributes,acquire new skills, and improve your own mounted combat skills. Unlike standard travel mounts, War-steeds hail from a long lineage of majestic, highly intelligent, and kingly creatures known as the Mearas.

Turbine Hands LOTRO & DDO To Independent Studio

Long time publisher of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, Turbine, recently announced that the studio will no longer be involved in the development of either game, instead handing the responsibility to a newly formed independent studio. Turbine announced their plans to transition to the mobile sector of game development earlier … Read more

Turbine Transitioning To Free-To-Play Mobile Games

Lord of The Rings Online

Earlier today MMORPG reported on rumors that Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online developers, Turbine Studios, had suffered a round of unexpected lay-offs. The information came from a Facebook post that was posted on Rick Heaton’s Facebook profile, the former Community Manager for Lord of the Rings Online. This isn’t the … Read more

LOTRO’s Legendary Spring Festival Returns

Lord of The Rings Online

Turbine’s legendary Spring Festival for the time-tested free-to-play MMORPG, The Lord of the Rings Online, returns as players are invited to participate in a series of exciting events to celebrate Available until tomorrow, June 21st, players can participate in tons of exciting tomfoolery with special events such as shrew battles, horse races, crazy mazes and … Read more