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Lord of the Rings Online mini-game released

Marcel Klum — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:13:17 +0000

Codemasters is pimping the second promotional mini-game for Rings Online expansion, Mines of Moria.It's free to play, but registered participants can challenge friends and unlock videos, images and in-game items that will aid them when... Read more...

Lord of the Rings Visual Effects Firm Opts for Microsoft

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:13:38 +0000

Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based visual effects company behind such box-office hits as King Kong and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, today announced a licensing agreement with Microsoft that will see it use Redmond's... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings Online first free content expansion!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:56:24 +0000

Turbine's The Lord of the Rings Online which only launched about two months ago has just gotten one of its first free "expansions" today. Launching around 2PM EST today, Book 9: Shores of Evendim greeted... Read more...

Lord of the Rings Online takes out World of Warcraft!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:37:15 +0000

The Lord of the Rings Online is enjoying a strong start right out of the gate. Publisher Midway and developer Turbine have announced the game was the best-selling PC title in North America the week... Read more...

Lord of the Rings Online officially launches

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:27:18 +0000

Today developer Turbine (Asheron's Call) and Midway announced the release of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The game is the first massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the books of J.R.R.... Read more...

EA Confirms New Lord Of The Rings Game

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:31:58 +0000

Electronic Arts has today confirmed that an open-world RPG based in Tolkien's mythology will be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC, in late 2007. The game, Lord of the Rings: The White Council, will... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 Screenshots

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:26:37 +0000

A sizable set of new and recent screenshots for The Lord of the Rings:the Battle for Middle-Earth II, the fantasy 3D real-time strategysequel under construction at EA Pacific, is now available for download.Naturally, the images... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth patch

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:03:29 +0000

As promised, Electronic Arts has issued new patches for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth, bringing the English and all European editions (sans the French one) of their fantasy 3D real-time strategy... Read more...

Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth now available

Todd Tanner — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:13:43 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced that the long awaited real time strategy game based on the film trilogy has at last made it to retail. Players can assume leadership of the Gondor, Rohan, Mordor and Isengard... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:49:52 +0000

Electronic Arts is pleased to announce that its upcoming title, The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age has gone gold and is scheduled to ship Nov.2, 2004. Third Age is a turn-based role playing... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth movie

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:49:22 +0000

Relatively hot on the heels of the previous trailer, there is another new movie for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth to show the upcoming fantasy 3D real-time strategy game by EA... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth movie

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 04:14:11 +0000

Electronic Arts sent out yet another movie trailer for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth, again showing off their fantasy 3D real-time strategy game in development. Part six in the series, this... Read more...

Lord of the Rings Goes Co-Op

Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:00:19 +0000

In an announcement made exclusively to IGN this evening, Electronic Arts revealed that its upcoming role-playing game, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age would support more than just one player when it ships... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth movie

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:28:03 +0000

The latest movie trailer for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth is now online, again showing off the upcoming fantasy 3D real-time strategy game by EA Pacific. Part five in the series,... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth movie

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:06:46 +0000

Electronic Arts sends along another movie trailer for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth, again showing off their upcoming fantasy 3D real-time strategy game. Part four in the series, this clip comes... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth Video

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:09:03 +0000

The seemingly endless flood of movies for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth continues with another trailer for the 3D real-time strategy game being developed at EA Pacific. This clip is titled... Read more...

EA announces Lord of the Rings RPG

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:33:12 +0000

Electronic Arts announces the development of The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age for all current generation consoles and the GBA. Electronic Arts has today announced the development of The Lord... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Ring demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:16:09 +0000

As promised, Vivendi has now released the playable demo for The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Ring, offering the opportunity to try out this fantasy 3D real-time strategy game under construction at... Read more...

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:39:24 +0000

The latest edition of North American PC Gamer features a demo of Electronic Arts' upcoming action-adventure title Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. In the demo you play as Gandalf, fighting off an... Read more...

Lord of the Rings RTS announced

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 05:43:17 +0000

Thanks to Gaijin who IM'd me with the heads up. Black Label Games, a studio of Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games), has announced it has entered into a production agreement with Liquid... Read more...

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Goes Online

Marcel Klum — Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:28:02 +0000

Vivendi Universal Publishing has brought forth news on several new games based upon Professor J.R.R. Tolkien's renowned novels currently under development by Vivendi Universal Games' Black Label Games studio. For the past few months there... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring shots

Marcel Klum — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:41:10 +0000

Check out these cool screens from the Xbox version of Universal's upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Some are older, but most of them are all new. Note that it... Read more...

Lord of the Rings screenshots

Marcel Klum — Fri, 07 Jun 2002 09:36:21 +0000

5 great new screens from EA/Stormfront Studios' upcoming PS2 action title - The Two Towers - based on the monstrous The Lord of the Rings license. "The goal is to provide players with... Read more...

Lord of the Rings comes to XBOX.

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 04:45:27 +0000

"The Lord of the Rings: one heck of a movie, and a three-volume encyclopaedia of a novel. Epic is the word we're looking for here. Universal Interactive has picked up the rights to Tolkien's original... Read more...

Lord of the rings game

Marcel Klum — Sat, 22 Dec 2001 13:25:59 +0000

The Fellowship of the Ring is an Xbox title slated for release in fourth quarter 2002 and is being developed by Seattle-based WXP, Inc. The game is a third-person action title in which gamers play... Read more...

Buy the original Lord of the Rings Ring?

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:08:52 +0000

Andy sent me an email with a special something that is being auctioned on eBay, The ring was used as the basis for all rings which were used in the movie "The Lord Of The... Read more...

The Lord of the Rings Announced

Marcel Klum — Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:04:51 +0000

Universal interactive to bring J.R.R. Tolkien's middle-earth to life as video games for next-generation and pc platforms As part of Vivendi Universal Publishing's long-term deal with Tolkien Enterprises, the company acquired... Read more...