I myself have been waiting this release for years now, and it seems that finally this year the Lord of the Rings Online kicks off. It's been Beta-tested for a while now. Now that I've quit FFXI, I'm waiting this release to dedicate in to ( unless, against my hopes game turns out to be disappointment)

I think the game looks very promising and it's also a good sign they haven't rushed it as the game has been under development for many years now. Graphics look good and some features seem very interesting.

http://lotro.tentonhammer.com/ is a decent resource for this game.

I've applied for Beta testing, but I was out of luck.