The Lord of the Rings Online Hits Highest Player Count In 10 Years

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The Lord of the Rings Online is having a big resurgence. The game reached more than 3,700 peak concurrent players on April 21, according to SteamDB. This is just shy of LOTRO's all-time peak concurrent player record of 3,965 that was set more than 10 years ago in 2012 when the game launched on Steam.

The surge in popularity for the MMO that originally launched in 2007 is presumably due in part to the arrival of a massive new 15th anniversary update (via PCGamesN). Not only that, but the game recently made a bunch of previously premium content free for all players, and this might have encouraged people to jump in.

LOTRO's recent growth in popularity wasn't enough to push the game inside Steam's top 100 most-played games. However, LOTR also has its own game-specific launcher and client, so the Steam figures represent just a portion of the game's total audience.

LOTRO was originally developed by Turbine and released in 2007 under a subscription-based model, but made the shift to free-to-play in 2010. Development shifted to Standing Stone Games (comprised of many ex-Turbine developers) in 2016, when the studio also partnered with Daybreak Games (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) as a publishing partner. In 2020, EG7 acquired Lord of the Rings Online and Daybreak for $300 million (as well as other MMOs like Dungeons & Dragons Online and EverQuest).

In other news, there are currently plans for LOTRO to receive visual and technical updates, as well as a current-gen console version, in order to capitalize on Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power show. Amazon itself was developing a Lord of the Rings MMO until its deal with Tencent fell apart.

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LOTRO Hits Highest Player Count In 10 Years

The free MMO based on Tolkien's Middle-earth universe saw a big spike in popularity around its 15th anniversary event.
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Wow, I played this over ten years ago and it was amazing back then. I wonder how it's holding up? The game really fleshed out the story and it was massive with tons of content.
 
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Somehow I don't feel like those figures are quite as newsworthy as one would have expected, still, I have a certain grudging respect for people who know what they like and stick with it through thick and thin. :unsure:
 
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I remember really enjoying it back around launch, but I dropped off after half a year or so. I definitely wouldn't mind giving it another look if they actually do a big visual and UI revamp.
 
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I had no idea this was still around. I think I played it....I dont remember lol. Is it F2P?
 
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Nikana said:
I had no idea this was still around. I think I played it....I dont remember lol. Is it F2P?
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Yeah, it went F2P. They have a system where you earn store points for doing things in game, so you can buy content without having to sub. No idea if it works since I always subbed.

Really interesting to see the game getting a resurgence. I tried playing again like 6 months ago, but the game is just too dated for me to stick with it at this point.
 
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I don't think its a bad looking game all things considering but definitely has that windows xp game feel to it from what I've seen.
 
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Snes nes said:
dude you got a orange in your profilepic. I guess that means your a sour old man or something right?
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They're pretty sour, but not like lemons or anything. Probably a ph value of around 3 if I had to guess.

But lemons are probably not much lower either? I suppose the sweetness of the orange gives it a bit of an illusion.

Let's say lemons are 2.5 and oranges are 3.5 + sweetness. :unsure:
 
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Fushitsusha said:
They're pretty sour, but not like lemons or anything. Probably a ph value of around 3 if I had to guess.

But lemons are probably not much lower either? I suppose the sweetness of the orange gives it a bit of an illusion.

Let's say lemons are 2.5 and oranges are 3.5 + sweetness. :unsure:
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oh I know how a lemon and orange taste just sometimes a orange can get really sour and appear perfectly normal on the outside. Usually its one of those cuties orange.
 
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This orange conversation is quite funny, I shall enjoy it over a decaffinated espresso. I already read the whole thing ofc, but I'll reread it while I down my 25ml of coffee. Wouldn't want it to be caffinated or else I might get too excited and get involved in the sourness debate.

Oh and eh lord of the rings online, yes yes.

edit - Christ I didnt notice this was from Friday, sorry for (kinda) necrobumping a news thread with a pointless shitpost. I hang my head in sham.
 
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