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''The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar'' (LotRO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG ) set in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth during the time of '' The Lord Of The Rings ''. It is being developed by Turbine and, while the release date has yet to be announced, is expected to launch in 2006 . It was previously called ''Middle-Earth Online'', and was a joint production with Vivendi Universal Games . SETTING LotRO is set during '' The Fellowship Of The Ring '' after Frodo and company leave The Shire . Players will be able to meet the characters from Tolkien's story, including some of the Fellowship. The four playable Races will be Dwarves , Elves , Hobbit s, and Men . LotRO is explicitly based on the books, not Peter Jackson 's adaption in movie form. RACES
CLASSES In a similar approach to many Massively-Multiplayer Online realms, Lord of the Rings Online will retain a class based system. It is not clear whether players will be able to have sub-skills or sub-fields within these classes, as the developers have remained silent to this effect. However, each of the separate seven classes apparent at launch have been revealed. ;Champion :Races: Man, Elf, Dwarf ;Guardian :Races: Man, Elf, Dwarf, Hobbit ;Captain :Races: Man ;Hunter :Races: Man, Elf, Dwarf, Hobbit ;Burglar :Races: Man, Hobbit ;Minstrel :Races: Man, Elf, Dwarf, Hobbit ;Lore-master :Races: Man, Elf SETTING Eriador . Rumored Expansion Packs include the lands of Rhovanion , Rohan and Gondor . DEVELOPMENT would die in the game, that character would be permanently dead (most MMORPGs resurrect a dead character with minor penalties). Sierra had financial troubles in 1999 and replaced the staff working on the game. Sierra continued to confirm development on the MMORPG was progressing, but did not release any development details over the next few years. Vivendi Universal Games , the parent company of Sierra, secured eight-year rights to produce Computer And Video Games based on ''The Lord of the Rings'' books in 2001 . Finally, Vivendi announced an agreement with Turbine in 2003 to produce ''Middle-Earth Online'' (at that time expected to be released in 2004). In March 2005 , Turbine announced that it had bought the rights to make Massively Multiplayer games based on Tolkien's literature and that Turbine will assume publishing duties on ''The Lord of the Rings Online'' from Vivendi. The release date was also delayed to 2006. FACTS
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