The fun will begin next month with LOTRO’s Update 20, which will feature precursor events leading up to Mordor. Speaking of which, the Mordor expansion might be coming as soon as Q2 or Q3 2017 (Cordovan indicated June or after as a possibility). “We’ve wanted to do Mordor for so long,” he said.
The team has “really big” content and gift plans for the game’s 10th anniversary, and will continue to work on shoring up the technical side and reducing lag. There are also plans for a post-expansion update for later this year.
So what was the reason behind the move from Turbine to Standing Stone Games? Cordovan hedged a bit, saying that it was a corporate decision in the works for a year. “It aligned with everyone’s interests in a way that I think will be interesting for everybody involved. An opportunity came up and we were able to make this happen,” he said.
Listen to the full interview (it’s the first segment of the show) after the break.
