Free Event for The Lord of the Rings Online Announced

March 27, 2007

Free Event for The Lord of the Rings Online
Announced

Over 1,000,000 Players To Be Invited To Free
"World Tour of Middle-earth" For The Lord of the Rings Online

Turbine, Inc. and Midway Games Inc. announced a
massive, free "World Tour of Middle-earth" available to players throughout North
America. Over one million players are planned to be invited into The Lord of the
Rings Online (TM): Shadows of Angmar (TM), the most complete and authentic
massively multiplayer online (MMO) world based upon the famous Books of J.R.R.
Tolkien. The World Tour of Middle-earth is scheduled to begin on April 6th and
continue until the anticipated launch of the game on April 24th.

"We decided to launch the World Tour of
Middle-earth because of the overwhelming demand from players to get into the
closed beta," said Jeffrey Anderson, President and CEO of Turbine, Inc. "We
expect the World Tour of Middle-earth to be a spectacular event like nothing
that you’ve ever seen before."

Free access to this hotly anticipated game
combined with the staggering size and scale of the World Tour of Middle-earth
make this an unprecedented event in the MMO industry. Players can pre-order the
game at select retail stores nationwide or at
www.lotro.com/preorder
and start their adventures in Middle-earth beginning on March 30th.

Advancement in the game will be capped at level
15 which will give players a great opportunity to experience the most authentic
online persistent recreation of Middle-earth ever created. Players should visit
www.lotro.com/worldtour
to get more information on how to obtain a World Tour key.

The Lord of the Rings Online is the first and
only massively multiplayer online role-playing game based upon the Books of
J.R.R. Tolkien. The game recreates the vast world of Middle-earth with
incredible dedication to the lore with an unprecedented level of detail. The
game delivers an experience that takes players beyond the Books to where they
can create their own story within the most famous fantasy world of all time. For
more information, please visit
www.lotro.com.