8/13/05 - Latest News

BFME II Footage Online!
Xoanon @ 8:45 am EST

From gamespot.com: The Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings motion pictures made novelist J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novels live again on the big screen. Last year, the team responsible for Command & Conquer: Generals brought the fantasy movies home in the form of an epic real-time strategy game. The team is now back working on a sequel, Battle for Middle-earth II, which will be built out with the full library of lore offered by Tolkien's novels now that publisher EA has secured the rights to the books to go with its movie license. In plain English, this means bigger fortresses, bigger battles, and more spectacular effects. [More]

8/11/05 - Latest News

LOTR Online Game Update
Xoanon @ 4:43 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week, we're posting two new screenshots, including the Fields of Fornost. You can find them at the top of our screenshot gallery here.

We're looking forward very much to the LOTRO Gathering: Lunch of the Rings in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday, August 13th. Details can be found here. Turbine will be attending with swag in hand; several members of the LOTRO development team, plus Alex "Ibn" Beckers from the AC1 team, the Turbine community director Jon "Calandryll" Hanna, as well as me.

PAX, in Bellevue, WA August 26-28, is approaching fast too! If you're attending, be sure to stop by the Turbine booth and say hi, or catch up with us at the Turbine-sponsored PAX party on Friday night. And drop me a line so I know you're coming! We'll be demo'ing the game all three days.

7/01/05 - Latest News

Lord Of The Rings PSP-bound?
Demosthenes @ 8:28 am EST

It looks like gamers still debating whether to buy a PSP may get another nudge to get off the fence. Besides the arrival of the Grand Theft Auto and SOCOM franchises, it appears Q4 2005 may also see the Lord of the Rings games make their debut on Sony's portable. [More]

6/27/05 - Latest News

Lord of the Rings Online News
Xoanon @ 12:58 pm EST

From the folks at Lord of the Rings Online: This week, we introduce a new feature on the LOTRO site: The Thursday Insider. Each Insider will ask the team a question about themselves, Tolkien's works, or LOTRO, and post the answers. Not all of the team members answer all of the questions, so there may be different team members answering different questions. [More]

6/02/05 - Latest News

New 'Lord of the Rings Online' Wallpapers
Xoanon @ 9:25 pm EST

Three new wallpapers have been added to the LOTRO site; these are the first LOTRO wallpapers since the new name was announced. Take a look! [More]

5/22/05 - Latest News

Lord of the Rings MMOG Article & Images
Xoanon @ 12:11 pm EST

BlueJeans07 writes: After seeing reports on TORn, I HAD to try to track down the new Lord of the Rings MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) and give it a whirl to see if it's something I'll eventually invest in. However, since I didn't know what company was creating the game, I had an interesting time finding, only to discover it on pure chance when I was walking to join the three hour line for the new Legend of Zelda game. After three hours had passed and I had the Zelda experience, I hurried back to the Turbine booth to try out a demo of the MMOG. [More]

5/16/05 - Latest News

LOTR MMORPG Review and Images!
Xoanon @ 11:26 am EST

From gamespy.com: The world is rife with properties ideal for the MMO treatment, but few are as suited to this style of game as Middle-earth. With enough built in lore to often rival humanity's own storied history, any MMO developer working on a Tolkien-inspired game should consider itself lucky. Popular wisdom would dictate that, anyway. [More]