With Lord of the Rings Online going free-to-play on September 10th, we tracked down Turbine's director of communications Adam Mersky to pose a few choice questions on their decision to scrap subscription fees. He was kind enough to answer them, knowing the only alternative was an awkward four minutes and fifty seven seconds of abject silence.
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GRTV: Lord of the Rings Online
Adam Mersky on their free-to-play transition
Steve Hogarty
26 August 2010
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Game facts
The Lord of the Rings Online
Genre
MMORPG
Developer
Turbine
Publisher
Codemasters
Release date
23 April 2004
Platforms
PC
Mac
Why trust Gamereactor
23
Editions
Each with its own newsroom and its own scores.
1998
Publishing since
Independently owned for the whole of it.
100%
Hands-on
Written from time with the game, never press material.
1–10
Network Score
Every edition’s score, averaged and shown.