LOTR Online begins beta testing

Codemasters has today announced that Turbine's The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has entered into beta testing Stateside and pre-beta stages in Europe.

Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, states that "the response to the LOTRO Alpha was overwhelming. Player enthusiasm continues to exceed our expectations at every milestone. The Alpha was oversubscribed and the Beta programme is on a record-setting pace with nearly 200,000 players already registered. LOTRO is building toward one of the largest beta communities in the industry."