Lord Of The Rings Is FTP (Except For Us)

No, it's not Turbine being particularly vindictive to RPS. While the free-to-play reboot of the MMO is kicking off in the rest of the world it's been delayed in Europe. Why? Codemaster's Michael Rowland says to Eurogamer: "Given the complexities and challenges faced in the preparation and implementation of the new store to work within our infrastructure, we feel more time is needed to deliver the high level of service our players have quite rightly come to expect." which seems to be a bit "our dog ate our homework". While the full launch is today, the early start is underway (for beta and previous players). You can download the normal client here and the high-res texture one here. The Beta client won't work, basically. What's it like? Well, let me direct you at the impressions article we wrote during the Beta. We'll bring news of the Europe release when Codemasters' dog regurgitates their servers.