* LOTR : War in the North *

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, an epic multiplayer action/RPG video game based on the renowned novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, is set to launch on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows® in 2011.

Developed in association with Middle-earth Enterprises, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North explores both original and familiar narrative elements as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment holds the rights to develop video games based on both the literary and motion picture content from The Lord of the Rings. Breaking new ground as a mature RPG video game set in Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North advances the RPG paradigm through innovative online, interdependent co-op play for up to three players who form their own Fellowship to fight Sauron’s forces in the North.

“With The Lord of the Rings: War in the North we are taking a mature approach to the widely celebrated property with authentic portrayals of battles and all new storylines,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Utilising the award-winning and passionate development team at Snowblind Studios, we are looking to evolve the RPG experience and deliver The Lord of the Rings game fans have been waiting for.”

“In The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Snowblind will deliver an action RPG for core gamers featuring authentic narrative and environmental locations from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original The Lord of the Rings,” said Ryan Geithman, Founder and Studio Head of Snowblind Studios. “This game is a natural evolution of the acclaimed RPG gameplay that Snowblind has consistently delivered over the past years. Players and fans will experience an innovative approach to online co-op gameplay, woven throughout every facet of the game in a way that only Snowblind can deliver.”

In The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, players can become the heroes in the great battle of the North as part of the epic War of the Ring. Exploring unseen lands, story elements and characters from Middle-earth as well as elements familiar from past feature films, gamers will experience extensive character customization and development, expansive co-op gameplay options and upgradeable weapons, skills and special abilities.
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http://www.warinthenorth.com/index.php?tp=1&template=witn_gate

Out this year :D
 
It looks terrible based on the trailer. LoTR needs a game that does what Arkham Asylum did for the Batman franchise. Something awesome :D
 
It's criminal that the LOTR license, one of the greatest Fantasy epics ever....has been used for such **** games so far. Seems like we'll never get a good one :(
 
Shamikebab said:
It's criminal that the LOTR license, one of the greatest Fantasy epics ever....has been used for such **** games so far. Seems like we'll never get a good one :(
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Smile at the fact that tolkein practically created the fantasy universes we see today. :p
 
remember played Return of the king, and it was great for me that time!

Conquest was likable too, will wait for this one!
 
The third age? Was that the one that was a bit Final Fantasy like and centered on a "fellowship 2" that was following the first fellowship and seemed to be the same characters but with different names? And you even fought the Balrog while the main fellowship was having a lunch break or something?

Yeah it was ****.
 
Shamikebab said:
The third age? Was that the one that was a bit Final Fantasy like and centered on a "fellowship 2" that was following the first fellowship and seemed to be the same characters but with different names? And you even fought the Balrog while the main fellowship was having a lunch break or something?

Yeah it was ****.
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Nice in-depth review, would read again.
 
Well granted the storyline was complete ******** :D

Still a great game though, some really hard battles in there and loads of atmosphere. And your party was nothing like the one in the film iirc.
 
Doesn't look bad.

It's about time we had a decent LOTR action game. The movie tie ins were a bit poor. Only good LOTR games imo are LOTRO, War of the ring and BFME2.

Only thing that gets me though, when i think of LOTR, massive battles come to mind. Which is probably why I only really liek the RTS ones.
 
Sleepery said:
And your party was nothing like the one in the film iirc.
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Berethor, Gondor - Sword and Shield - Boromir
Idrial, Lothlorien - Basically Arwen, even uses her Water horses thing
Elegost - Dunedain ranger, bow and sword - Aragorn
Hadhod - Basically Gimli (they're related)
Morwen - Well a bit Eowyn
Eoaden, Rohan - Eomer.

So pretty damn similar :p
 
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