Codemasters, Turbine officially announce Book 10: The City of the Kings

Codemasters and Turbine have officially unveiled the details of the second free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The update, called Book 10: The City of the Kings, brings the following new content and features to LotRO subscribers.

• Legendary Play – Once in the Ettenmoors, players can experience monster play in a completely new way by spending their Destiny Points to play as a powerful Ranger of the North or a terrible Troll to offer a strategic advantage to their allies in the battle for control of the Ettenmoors.
• Critter Play – Players can now explore Middle-earth as a chicken, the first of many new playable critters that will be added to the game in the future.
• New Reputation and Bartering Systems – The Reputation system enables players to earn positive and negative standing with different races and groups in Middle-earth based on both monster kills and quest completions. The Bartering system lets players trade trophies earned in battle for rewards such as armor sets or mounts.
• Over 100 New Quests – The story continues for players as they aid the Fellowship and encounter new adventures, new dungeons and over a dozen new monsters.
• Enhanced User Interface – In addition to being able to skin your UI with a unique look, Book 10 will enable players to access sliders in their ‘Options’ panel to scale the size of individual elements of the UI to their liking.

Along with the announcement, Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc., also reiterated Turbine’s commitment to delivering frequent and substantial updates for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Book 10: The City of the Kings will be available on August 21.

Codemasters and Turbine have officially unveiled the details of the second free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The update, called Book 10: The City of the Kings, brings the following new content and features to LotRO subscribers.

• Legendary Play – Once in the Ettenmoors, players can experience monster play in a completely new way by spending their Destiny Points to play as a powerful Ranger of the North or a terrible Troll to offer a strategic advantage to their allies in the battle for control of the Ettenmoors.
• Critter Play – Players can now explore Middle-earth as a chicken, the first of many new playable critters that will be added to the game in the future.
• New Reputation and Bartering Systems – The Reputation system enables players to earn positive and negative standing with different races and groups in Middle-earth based on both monster kills and quest completions. The Bartering system lets players trade trophies earned in battle for rewards such as armor sets or mounts.
• Over 100 New Quests – The story continues for players as they aid the Fellowship and encounter new adventures, new dungeons and over a dozen new monsters.
• Enhanced User Interface – In addition to being able to skin your UI with a unique look, Book 10 will enable players to access sliders in their ‘Options’ panel to scale the size of individual elements of the UI to their liking.

Along with the announcement, Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc., also reiterated Turbine’s commitment to delivering frequent and substantial updates for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Book 10: The City of the Kings will be available on August 21.