10/28/05 - Latest News

LOTR Online Update
Xoanon @ 12:39 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: At long last, the team is unveiling one of their game systems. It's been wondered, asked, and endlessly discussed; how can we work an MMORPG class system into Tolkien's world, in which magic classes are clearly limited and magic itself is quite subtle? Answer: The Morale System. Chris "Hakai" Clay explains how pondering one of the major themes in Tolkien's work, that of Hope, led to the creation of the Morale system. [More]

10/26/05 - Latest News

Lord of the Rings: Tactics Hands-On
Xoanon @ 7:32 pm EST

The battle for Middle-earth comes to the PSP, and we take on the forces of evil in this preview. The epic battle over the fate of Middle-earth has been waged across many a venue in the video game realm, and now the fight comes to the PSP in the form of Lord of the Rings: Tactics. Covering the events of the entire trilogy, this turn-based strategy game brings back all the familiar faces and places for some tactical action. We ran through both the single-player and multiplayer games to see how the old enemies duke it out in the small-screen realm. [More]

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10/20/05 - Latest News

LOTR Online Update
Xoanon @ 4:51 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week, we've posted a piece on the Barrow-downs, including two gorgeous screenshots. As most of you know, the Hobbits' experience on (and in) the Barrow-downs was a very important part of The Lord of the Rings, and no re-creation of Middle-earth would be complete without them. [More]

10/13/05 - Latest News

LOTR Online Update
Xoanon @ 8:13 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week, Jill "Dwynna" Harrington has written a dev diary about setting up a character model for animation, with a Ringwraith as her example. [More]

10/06/05 - Latest News

Lord of the Rings Online Update
Xoanon @ 8:47 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online wrotes: It's screenshot week! In honor of October and Halloween, we picked three of our spookier screens to show this month. Next week, technical artist Dwynna talks about animating the Ringwraith in her first LOTRO dev diary. See you then! [More]

9/15/05 - Latest News

New wallpapers at The Lord of the Rings Online
Xoanon @ 9:17 pm EST

Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week, we've posted three new Q4 calendar wallpapers on The Lord of the Rings Online site. We also revised the Q3 wallpapers to remove the calendars and make them general purpose. We have some exciting stuff lined up for the next few weeks, so stay tuned! [More]

8/27/05 - Latest News

Battle for Middle Earth Review
Xoanon @ 12:11 pm EST

Erwin writes: This PC game is not for hardcore Tolkien fans. This action, real-time strategy game by Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studios does not only rewrite the whole history of Middle Earth, it also allows Evil to triumph over Good. In this version of Middle Earth's history, Boromir survives the assault by the Uruk-hai in the Breaking of the Fellowship episode. He goes on to fight more Orcs and Uruk-hai, killing its head, Lurtz, in the process. Or you can rewrite what was rewritten and have Lurtz deal a big blow to the Fellowship and send the Hobbits back to Shire. So if you're expecting to play another Lord of the Rings franchise game, this will definitely disappoint you, folks. [More]