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The Lord of the Rings Online
Original title: The Lord of the Rings Online - April 24, 2007
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Director:Ali Donovan
Studio:Codemasters
Stars:Adam El-Sharkawi, Alexander Brandon, Gavin Hammon - Full View
Soundtrack:Scored principally by Chance Thomas, with additional music by Stephen Digregorio, Geoff Scott, Brad Spears, Egan Budd, Matt Harwood and Bill Champagne, Multiple releases across the game's life: a Special Edition soundtrack with Shadows of Angmar (2007), a Mines of Moria Collector's Edition disc (2008), the Riders of Rohan OST on CD and digital (2013) and a Mordor expansion soundtrack (2017), The Lord of the Rings Online: 10th Anniversary Commemorative Soundtrack — released 16 June 2017 through HUGEsound Records, collecting a decade of music from 2007 to 2017
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Game
Golden Joystick Awards − PC Game of the Year
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2007
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Lord of the Rings Online is the premier MMORPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's wondrous world of Middle-earth. LOTRO brings you into the timeline of the events of The Lord of the Rings story, and sets you on a path that parallels the Fellowship of the Ring, aiding them on their journey to Mordor by performing tasks and adventurous deeds surrounding their path across Middle-earth.
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Chance Thomas
Audio & Music • Composer
Jonathan Rudder
Cinematics & VFX • Cinematics Editor
Ali Donovan
Direction • Game Director
Randall Ryan
Direction • Game Director
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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata
Last updated: 06.08.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueReported
172,000+ retail copies in North America in Q2 2007; Turbine reported revenues tripled in the six months after the 2010 free-to-play conversion
No development budget has ever been disclosed. Two publisher-reported data points exist. Midway Games announced over 172,000 retail copies sold in North America in Q2 2007. More significantly, after the game went free-to-play on 10 September 2010 in North America and 2 November 2010 in Europe, Turbine publicly reported that revenues TRIPLED over the following six months — one of the most-cited proof points in the industry's wider shift away from subscription MMOs. NPD Group ranked it the third most-played MMORPG in 2010.
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German
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Content Rating
Violence
Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
Blood and Gore
PEGI 12
ESRB T
Game Features
Intense Violence
Steam Cloud
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
CPU:Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or AMD Equivalent
RAM:1GB (2GB for Windows Vista) Hard Disk Space: 12 GB (+3 GB for international clients) Video Card: at least 128MB Onboard graphics memory DirectX®: 9.0c Internet Connection: Cable or DSL Connection
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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata
Last updated: 06.08.2026