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Chinese version of LOTRO to launch in September
08.16.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

CDC Games, which operates a number of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), including EVE Online, in the People’s Republic of China, has completed a successful closed beta test for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.
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Watch out, Easterlings — Lord of the Rings Online to launch in China
06.29.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

Shanghai, China’s CDC Games will launch a local version of Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (aka LOTRO) by the end of the year. LOTRO, a massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on Tolkien’s novel, was launched in North America in April 2007 by the developer, Westwood, Massachusetts-based Turbine. As of February of this year, the game had 300,000 subscribers.
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LOTRO: Building Khazad-dûm
11.05.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

I was fascinated by this “Developer’s Diary” about the creation of the Mines of Moria. The author describes the design decisions that went into creating the virtual Dwarrowdelf, and the new software necessary to create cavernous interior spaces.