Lord of the Rings Online Forward Focused Developer Interview

[Cody Bye]

Few online massively multiplayer games draw as much attention as Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Whenever a news story breaks on this game, millions of people rush to see what LOTRO is offering its players. Now that Book 11 has been released to the general public, Turbine has gone relatively quiet in comparison with some of the other gaming companies that are releasing new games or expansions. To keep up to date with the company, Cody "Micajah" Bye caught up Jeffrey Steefel and Adam Mersky to discuss the response to Book 11, upcoming changes in Book 12, and expanding to the Asian market.

Ten Ton Hammer: We heard word that you had all gone over to the G-Star Expo over in Korea a few weeks ago. How was that? Any major announcements coming out of that show?

Adam Mersky: We haven't made the official announcement yet, but our partner in Korea, NHN, made the announcement that they would be bringing Lord of the Rings Online to the Korean marketplace. Jim Crowley, Jeffrey, and some of our other execs were out there doing some formal contract signing and presenting for the fans of the show.

You can read the whole interview here.

What do you think about LOTRO expanding to Asia? Any thoughts on the new Lorebook? Let me know!

[Martuk]

Good interview. My only regret is that they were not more forthcoming with class info. ~cries~

[Cody Bye]

I know....they just weren't forthcoming with any details concerning the gameplay. *sighs* We'll just have to wait for a few more weeks....when they're ready of course.