It’s been a few months since Turbine released Rise of Isengard, the latest expansion for Lord of the Rings Online and the most popular add-on ever released for the popular MMORPG. With players chomping at the bit for even more content, Turbine has officially detailed some of what players can expect from its next release, slated for release in fall of 2012.

The new expansion, titled Riders of Rohan, brings several big changes to the Lord of the Rings Online universe. Turbine claims that RoR contains twice as much new content as Rise of Isengard, and while there’s no price detailed, we do have a quick sampling of some of the new features:

• Mounted combat
• Level cap increased to 85
• New zones
• New quests
• New foes (mounted!)

Lord of the Rings Online has been free-to-play since 2010 and has seen strong performance since making the switch. Turbine doesn’t share its subscription numbers, but it its estimated that over a million players have entered the world of Middle Earth since the game’s launch back in 2007.

Do you play LOTRO? Are you excited to see mounted combat added to the game?

[GameSpot]

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