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The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood expansion goes live today, giving players a chance to adventure into the dark and foreboding woods of Mirkwood and launch an all-out assault on a Ring Wraith fortress. The digital expansion also includes some other nice benefits like an increased level cap, a conclusion to the Mines of Moria story, and other gameplay enhancements.

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In Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion for The Lord of Rings Online, players will have a chance to gather forces together and lay an assault on a Nazgul's fortress. The only question is: Are they ready to face such a powerful evil? Heroes will get a chance to find out if they have what it takes when the expansion releases on December 1st.

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The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion pack to LOTRO, will end 2009 with a huge bang. Some of the expansion's major features include an increased level cap to 65, the epic conclusion to the Mines of Moria story, and a brand new Skirmishes feature. Skirmishes are random, repeatable, instances where players can create and lead customized soldiers into battle. Of course, you'll need to rally your friends together because the Mirkwood adventure builds up to a 12-player raid on the Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths.

The Siege of Mirkwood expansion will be available on December 1st, and will be sold digitally for $19.99. Players can also purchase an Adventurer's Pack (which also goes live on 12/1), which has 2 character slots, a shared character storage, a Harbinger's Cloak, and the Dusky Nimblefoot Goat mount for $19.99. The expansion and Adventurer's Pack can be purchased together as a bundle for $39.99.

LOTRO's $199 lifetime membership is available again, and players that upgrade their account to any multi-month plan by October 31st will get Siege of Mirkwood for free.

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This trailer marks the release of Book 8: The Scourge of Khazad-dum, a free content expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria. The content went live today in North America and will start on European servers starting June 25th. Continue reading after the jump for the list of features.

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Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, explains the Legendary Items system in this developer's diary. In the books, items like swords gained special properties with use. This concept is put to use in MInes of Moria so that their gear can, in a sense, level up alongside players as they progress through the game.

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New gameplay videos have come to light featuring the new The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria classes. The first demonstrates the abilities of the Rune-keeper (shown above) and the other is the Warden. Both will lend their considerable abilities to the fight against Sauron. The expansion is available now in stores.

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This video features a high level raid level boss monster called The Watcher, which can be found in The Lord of the Rings: Mines of Moria expansion. It's a generally well-known creature in Tolkien lore and one of the toughest monsters in the game.

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These new The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria videos take viewers through some of the different areas players can find new expansion. The video shown above is for an area called Zelem-melek, and videos for The Great Delving and The Redhorn Lodes are available for download. Tolkien fans can experience these new areas themselves, since the Mines of Moria is out in stores now. The expansion also includes two new player classes and the ability to custom level legendary weapons.

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This launch trailer for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria officially marks the release of the MMO's latest expansion. Tolkien fans will be able to adventure through this underground world. The expansion also features two all-new player classes among a long list of other features.

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This developer diary for The Lord or the Rings: Mines of Moria goes into detail about the painstaking attention that went into designing the underground world of Moria. Tolkien fans will have a chance to experience the Moria first hand when the expansion releases on November 17th.

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