Neowin News Feed for: Rings

Xbox to send out new wave of invites for Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings soon

Paul Hill — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has said it's issuing new invites to the Xbox Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings to eligible participants. Places for the rings are limited, so be sure to accept quickly if you want to join. Read more...

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...

Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:50:19 +0000

Thanks to information provided by the Secret Service, on June 12 French National Police arrested four on online fraud charges in relation to an international ID theft ring. The arrests were part of an undercover... 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...

Wireless Doorbell rings you in

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:00:30 +0000

Imagine a device that allows apartment dwellers, home owners, and small businesses to answer their door, communicate with visitors, and even open the door remotely with their GSM phones . Wireless startup Waleli would like... 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...

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...

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...

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...

Liquid To Create Tolkien's War Of The Rings

Marcel Klum — Mon, 02 Dec 2002 09:26:01 +0000

The newest issue of Computer Games magazine reveals in a brief article that Battle Realms developer Liquid Entertainment will be the developer for The War of the Rings, the upcoming RTS game from Vivendi Universal's... 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...

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...

Regulating the Olympic Rings

Sun, 10 Feb 2002 00:19:21 +0000

As the Salt Lake City Olympics commence, one of the world's most widely watched sporting events will be noticeably absent from the Internet -- again. Just as in the Sydney 2000 Olympics,... 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...

Cell Phone Rings Interfering Device

Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:56:28 +0000

A Hong Kong company hopes to sell signal jamming technology, previously used by the military to thwart lethal missiles, to block annoying cell phone calls in places such as hospitals, places of worship and restaurants.... Read more...