Patrons of Middle-earth won't have too much longer to wait on the new digital expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online titled Siege of Mirkwood. According to a recent announcement by Turbine the new expansion will launch in North America on December 1st, 2009. Turbine also announced a few offers players can choose to take advantage of.

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  The LOTRO Lifetime Membership is now available for $199.
  
• Any current or former player who renews or upgrades their subscription to any multi-month plan by October 31st gets the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion for FREE!
  
• All players can pre-order the new LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack which contains 2 character slots and one shared storage slot that allows players to share items with all of their characters on the same server for $19.99 and get the Harbinger’s Cloak which provides 8% speed boost and the Dusky Nimblefoot Goat mount for FREE!
  
• Starting today, existing Lifetime Members who pre-order the LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack get the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion plus two in-game items (Harbinger’s Cloak which provides an 8% speed boost and a new mount) for FREE!

 

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