
Some good news for you folks out there who’ve been wondering about that whole Riders of Rohan business. A new interview on Gamerzines.com confirms that both Volume III and a Riders of Rohan expansion are already in the works and, hopefully, are both meant for 2010.
Notes Adam Mersky, PR Manager at Turbine, “Volume III will kick off with our first content update of 2010. With our expansion this year we’ve changed the model; you can still expect to receive regular (free) content updates, but they may not map directly to the launch of a new Epic Story.”
According to the Gamerzines.com report, Riders of Rohan looks to be separate from Volume III as it may not be the name of the actual Volume III content update. Says Mersky, “Regarding Rohan, we aren’t talking specifics yet about our next expansion. Stay tuned for more info next year!”
Update:
Massively.com has an update regarding the Rohan business. Massively writes, “Update from Turbine: The actual name ‘Riders of Rohan’ was never confirmed. They’re contacting Gamerzines to fix the mistake now.” In a nutshell, everyone go back to your regularly scheduled LotRO playing. Nothing to see here. *whistles and runs away*

So I’m not sure what this really tells us
I think we knew that volume 3 would be the next content and based on the timing independent of Rohan. And from their previous timelines, 2010 for Rohan makes sense too.
I guess it is reassuring to have it confirmed though.
I hate bursting the bubble I made myself, but I guess I’m partly to blame for this.
Gamerzines seems to have misquoted the interview. Massively has an update, and I’ve changed the info to reflect such.
Sorry.
Oh well!
the potential good news is that they just said the name was unconfirmed
there may still be an expansion…
Interesting strategy from Turbine’s head PR guy — talk about the next expansion before the current expansion is even released.
If you read that interview then you notice that very little is actually confirmed. It’s simply spin and hype with few details.
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