While World of Warcraft is still struggling to wrap its head around player housing, ageing MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online – a game I convinced myself had released a Witch King expansion alongside WoW’s own Lich King DLC all those years ago – is finally letting players buy up real estate in one of its most idyllic settings.
Lord of the Rings Online now lets you follow in Bilbo’s hairy footsteps by buying up property and retiring to an iconic city
27 April 20260

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