Inside Erebor, or the Lonely Mountain.
Inside Erebor, or the Lonely Mountain.
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Lord of the Rings Online gets an update that lets players create their own music

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Daybreak Games and Standing Stone Games are launching a big update for Lord of the Rings Online today.

The updated is called Where Dragons Dwell, and it will enable exploration of new and expanded regions. Players can now go on adventures through iconic Middle-Earth locations including the Iron Hills, Grey Mountains, and Erebor (or The Lonely Mountain, the site of Smaug’s lair in The Hobbit).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.