http://www.gamesradar.com/lord-of-the-rings-online-siege-of-mirkwood/articles/ With games like Rift, World of Warcraft, and The Old Republic dominating the MMORPG news, it's sometimes easy to forget that Turbine is having great success with their pay-to-play turned free-to-play games. Its biggest success story was likely Lord of the Rings: Online, which switched over more...http://www.gamesradar.com/lord-rings-onlines-prince-rohan-update-rides-december-12/Dec. 8, 2011, 12:13 p.m. US performance artist Jordan Wayne Long will soon attempt to answer one of mankind's most enduring questions; namely, what would happen to a dude who spends seven days sealed in a crate on the back of a truck playing nothing but Lord of the Rings Online. The 'Box Shipment #2' project will begin...http://www.gamesradar.com/not-a-joke-us-artist-to-travel-the-country-playing-lotro-while-sealed-in-a-crate/June 22, 2011, 5:23 p.m. If the crystal ball that EA CEO John Riccietiello is looking into is correct, than 2011 will be remembered as the year that digital broke... broke retail sales, that is, as he believes that digitally distributed software will overtake retail packaged goods this year, and he makes a pretty...http://www.gamesradar.com/ea-ceo-thinks-2011-is-the-year-digital-sales-overtake-retail/Jan. 11, 2011, 1:32 a.m. The decision to ditch subscription fees for Lord of the Rings Online is proving to be a lucrative move for MMO developer Turbine, as the company has announced that its revenues have nearly tripled since making the free-to-play transition last Fall. Back in October, the...http://www.gamesradar.com/lord-of-the-rings-online-revenues-triple-since-going-free-to-play/Jan. 7, 2011, 10:23 p.m. Above: Micro-transactions prove to be more precious than monthly fees for Turbine Turbine’s decision to ditch monthly fees in exchange for a micro-transaction business model for Lord of the Rings Online has proved to be a profitable move. Speaking at GDC Online 2010, LotRO executive...http://www.gamesradar.com/lord-of-the-rings-online-revenues-double-after-free-to-play-transition/Oct. 11, 2010, 8:01 p.m.