View Full Version : Interesting announcement -- Steam now offers LOTRO
magill
06-06-2012, 07:33 PM
Today 6 June Steam announced that LOTRO was available.
There is a thread in the forums about it.
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?462635-LOTRO-on-Steam
unclecid
06-07-2012, 08:12 AM
this could be the smartest move turbine has made with lotro in a looong long time.
steam knows how to market.
the steam starter pack is a good deal too for new players..its onsale right for 15usd and is well worth it.
Delone
06-09-2012, 04:34 AM
Not just for new players, at the $14.99 special offer price I applied it to a VIP account for the 1000TP and a free 168% horse for every character created :)
Thaodan
06-11-2012, 08:59 AM
Lotro is already linked against steam libs:
bidar@odin:~/.local/share/wineprefixes/lotro/drive_c/Programme/Der Herr der Ringe Online|15:48$ strings lotroclient.exe | grep -i steam
X-LAUNCH-ENGINE: Steam
&steamID=
SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning
SteamAPI_Init
SteamAPI_Shutdown
SteamAPI_RunCallbacks
SteamUser
SteamUtils
SteamAPI_UnregisterCallback
SteamAPI_RegisterCallback
SteamApps
steam_api.dll
magill
06-12-2012, 06:49 AM
LOTRO was linked to the Steam Libraries quite some time ago... maybe as far back as update 5, last fall. I don't recall. However, the Official announcement from Steam and the inclusion in their on-line store was just made.
magill
06-12-2012, 06:53 AM
Not just for new players, at the $14.99 special offer price I applied it to a VIP account for the 1000TP and a free 168% horse for every character created :)
Yes, Turbine has indicated that while Steam is handling the distribution, Turbine still manages all accounts -- that is to say, any "Steam Deals" can be applied to any Turbine account.
It is a good deal for anybody upgrading from F2P to VIP.
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