10/22/04 - Latest News

BFME Armies Profile
Xoanon @ 10:58 am EST

Ringer Joe writes: The official site for EA's Battle for Middle Earth has just put up two sets of armies profiles: Isengard and Rohan! Now you can see the different types of Uruks, Rohirrim, and more that you'll have in these armies, as well as the different buildings and upgrades they have, and even descriptions of the heroes for these two armies. Very cool stuff! [More]

10/10/04 - Latest News

New 'Battle for Middle-earth' Video
Xoanon @ 8:17 pm EST

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-earth's Game Design Director Dustin Browder talks about the games POWERS in this edition of Inside the Battle. (Quicktime Needed) [More]

9/28/04 - Latest News

Chance Thomas' Lord of the Rings Themes Surpass 1 Million Downloads
Xoanon @ 6:31 pm EST

They have come relentlessly. Like an army of Uruk Hai. Month after month, the fans have come to www.LOTR.com to hear the music. More than a million have come, downloading MP3 after MP3 of Chance Thomas' original music from Vivendi-Universal Games' Lord of the Rings series. [More]

Online Mag Helps RPGers Unite
Xoanon @ 6:21 pm EST

Joshua writes: I am currently writting articles for a great web-based publication entitled Hall of Fire. This publicaton is desinged by, written for, and upkept by fans of Decipher's Lord of the Rings Role Playing Game. Hall of Fire includes articles with detailed information on gaming scenarios, character statistics, and rule alterations that are a must-read for any fans of the game. However, each issue also includes in-depth articles describing many of Tolkien's characters (eg, the past few issues have included articles on the history of individual Nazgul), places (this month's issue has an in-depth article on Dol Amroth), and creatures (eg, the past several issues have included articles on the morphology and ecology of the beasts found in Tolkien's works). Therefore, it also potentially has appeal to people who do not play the RPG.

I am writting to inquire if theonering.net would be interested in running a piece about the Hall of Fire webzine? We are currently on our 11th issue (as of Sept. 24) and already have a loyal fan base, but would like to expand our audience. If you are interested in viewing any of these issues, they can be downloaded as PDFs from the following website.

9/10/04 - Latest News

New 'Third Age' Video Online!
Xoanon @ 10:30 pm EST

Ringer Joe writes: There is a new video on the official site for The Third Age. It's called "From Silence to Cinematics" and is about the audio effects of the game. It's also got some great new game footage! [More]

9/05/04 - Latest News

More "Inside the Battle" Goodness
Xoanon @ 12:49 pm EST

Ringer Joe writes: The official site for EA's Battle for Middle Earth now has two new "Inside the Battle" videos, numbers four and five! Volume #4 is called "Building Middle Earth" and is abou the game's building and resource management innovations. Volume #5, which is about the game's revolutionary new interface, is of course called "A New Interface". Both videos show a lot more BME footage. This game just keeps looking better! [More]

8/06/04 - Latest News

Howard Shore to Compose Game Soundtrack
Xoanon @ 12:20 pm EST

Webzen Inc. announced today that the next in-house developed blockbuster game will be titled SUN: Soul of the Ultimate Nation, and Howard Shore, the world-renowned film composer who composed the scores for The Lord of the Rings, will join Webzen's project. Building upon the success factors for MU, Webzen last year began active development of SUN, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). SUN will be first introduced in early 2005 and launched later in the year. [More]

GPhoria Awards Air Tonight
Xoanon @ 9:14 am EST

TechTV is presenting the 'GPhoria Awards' tonight. This Oscars-for-video-games event has the ROTK game by EA nominated in a few categories. They are; Achievement in voice acting by a male performer (Both Sean Astin & Elijah Wood are nominated), Best Sound Design, Best Cinemati & Best Adaptation. [More]

7/30/04 - Latest News

The Fellowship Festival Debuts 'BFME'
Xoanon @ 11:49 am EST

Access All Areas Events Ltd is pleased to announce that EA Games will be attending the upcoming Fellowship Festival event in August at Alexandra Palace in London, and exclusively unveiling its two latest interactive games based on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. EA Games will be joined by New Line Cinema and The Tolkien Society, who are main event sponsors. [More]