On Friday, Turbine will officially turn the lights on the relaunch of its fantasy MMO The Lord of the Rings Online as a free-to-play game here in the US. However folks across the pond will have to wait a bit longer to try the new versions of the game out.

Today the game's European publisher Codemasters announced that the free-to-play relaunch will be delayed in that part of the world, due to "the complexities and challenges faced in the preparation and implementation of the new store to work within our infrastructure." No new launch date for the game was announced. In addition to the switch to free-to-play, Lord of the Rings Online is getting a new content expansion.