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Game Trailers TV Exclusive - Lord of the Rings: Conquest

The Lord of the Rings: ConquestRohan from GameTrailers TV sends us a heads up that they will have an exclusive trailer of the upcoming ‘The Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ game:

Friday night, Saturday morning, 1AM PDT weR’re having the exclusive game debut of Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Along with the first trailer, we’ve interviewed the game developer, Pandemic Studios, about how they created the game and even constructed an alternate LOTR universe where evil conquers over good! Being a LOTR fan and a gamer - I have to say, it’s a great episode.

Tune into GameTrailers TV this Saturday at 1AM PDT on the Spike Network. [View the Teaser for the Show]

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LOTR Online Soundtrack Download Now Available

LOTR ONLINE LOGO The folks from Turbine write: Now you can download over 50 tunes from The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ in .mp3 format! Featuring award-winning artist Chance Thomas as well as original compositions by Turbine, LOTRO has received wide-spread critical acclaim for its high audio quality and variety. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Game

From CrispyGamer.com: With Pandemic behind the reins, will The Lord of the Rings: Conquest just be Star Wars: Battlefront with different uniforms?

Having already told the entire tale in videogame form, EA is now looking at new ways of retelling the epic saga that was Peter Jackson’s masterful movie version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.” Thankfully, the software giant has opted not to make an arcade-style kart-racing game, but has instead charged Pandemic Studios — makers of the Battlefield-esque Star Wars: Battlefront series — with the task of making The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, a similarly massive multiplayer game out of the fantasy film. Though according to Sean Soucy, the game’s lead designer, Conquest won’t just be Battlefront with Elves instead of Ewoks. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Game

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LOTR Online Updates

LOTR ONLINE LOGO Meghan from Turbine writes: In addition to Tuesday’s update covering the warg Baugarch, aka the demise of many a lowbie in the Chetwood (a good friend of mine Leroy Jenkins’d him and got us killed!), today we added a profile of the NPC Ada Musgrove, our Bree Festival grounds Dance Leader, to the LOTRO Lorebook. The Lorebook is available at lorebook.lotro.com.

The bigger news is that Eleventy-seven Morsels is the third minigame on the Unlock the Mines of Moria site! Players can earn deeds leading to another star on the gate, which will unlock an exclusive Mines of Moria poster. The Mines of Moria site can be visited at unlocktheminesofmoria.com!

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Creatures of Middle-earth: Baugarch

LOTR ONLINE LOGO The folks from Turbine write: Wandering through the Chetwood and the Blackwold camp is a vile Warg that came with Éogan out of the North. Many an unwary woodsman has vanished in the Chetwood, taken by the evil Baugarch. Learn more about this terror in this week’s content update! Creatures of Middle-earth: Baugarch

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Characters of Middle-earth: Gollum

The folks from Turbine write: The tale of Gollum is sad and complicated. A poor creature named Sméagol enslaved and isolated by The One Ring; he was twisted in both mind and body. Learn more about the famous and complicated creature named Gollum. Characters of Middle-earth: Gollum

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Characters of Middle-earth: Bill Ferny

LOTR ONLINE LOGO The folks from Turbine write: Known for his foul disposition, his rotten manners, and his ill treatment of both animals and people alike, Bill Ferny is considered the “bad apple” of Bree-town. His unsavoury reputation has caused many Bree-folk to shun him. Take a brief look at this scoundrel in this week’s content update! Characters of Middle-earth: Bill Ferny

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Exploring Middle-earth: Gammy Boggs’ Farm

LOTR ONLINE LOGO This oft-visited farm is the headquarters for the unassuming but quite influential Gammy Boggs. If anyone wants news of the current happenings in Staddle, Gammy’s farm is the place to go. Visit her farm and she’ll waste no time putting your idle hands to work! Exploring Middle-earth: Gammy Boggs’ Farm

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Characters of Middle-earth: Flosi

LOTR ONLINE LOGO The folks from Turbine write: Among the few dwarves who believed that precious metals still might be found in the Blue Mountains, Flosi, an old prospector, spent many of his long years seeking gold and silver in the mountains of his home. Players adventuring near Thorin’s Hall in the Blue Mountains may want to visit the old dwarf and perhaps help him recover what he lost… Characters of Middle-earth: Flosi

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What is “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST”? Pandemic Studios’ Eric “Giz” Gewirtz Tells Us About It!

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Pandemic Studios, the geeks behind Star Wars: Battlefront I & II, Mercenaries, Destroy All Humans, and other titles contacted us a while back giddy with excitement over their new project ‘Lord of the Rings: Conquest’. This is setting up to be the battle game to end all battle games, I sat with game director Eric “Giz” Gewirtz to talk about it. Take a look! Read the rest of this entry »

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