The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood

The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood
Developer(s)	Turbine, Inc.
Publisher(s)	Turbine, Inc.
Engine	Turbine G3[1]
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	December 1, 2009 (North America) December 3, 2009 (Europe)
Genre(s)	MMORPG
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood is the second retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online, released on December 1, 2009, in North America and December 3, 2009, in Europe. Unlike the base game and the first Mines of Moria expansion, it had no CD release and one was only available via web based download.

The expansion added the region of southern Mirkwood, including Dol Guldur. The game's level cap has been increased to level 65, and the expansion included the conclusion to Volume II of the Epic storyline. It also introduced a new "skirmish" system that allows for repeatable, randomised and scalable combat based instances that can be accessed from anywhere in the game world for 1, 3, 6 and 12 players and new 3, 6 and 12 player private instances that take place in Dol Guldur proper.