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The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan

Riders of Rohan expands the online world of Middle-earth where players join forces to ride into the Plains of Rohan. Riders of Rohan includes an increased level cap, the vast plains of Rohan including iconic…

15 October 2012

The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Turbine, released 15 October 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is

The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Turbine and released in 2012. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Turbine G3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Fellowship of the Ring has broken, and two of its members have been carried forcefully into the Riddermark by Saruman’s Uruks. They are taking the hobbits to Isengard, but their journey will take them across the land of the horse-lords, their bitter enemies, and they are pursued by the Three Hunters: Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. East Rohan is ruled by a number of powerful lords whose loyalty is to King Théoden, but the whispered treasons of Saruman have already caused dissension to root in the plains of the Riddermark. Help its people as they strive to defend themselves against the growing threat of war. Witness the Argonath, the mighty Pillars of the Kings astride the Great River…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy.

Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series

The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is the 41st of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was LEGO The Lord of the Rings in 2012.

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What it launched against

The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan launched on 15 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III.

Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.

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When did The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan come out?
The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan was released on 15 October 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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