The news is flying fast and furious here at Gaming Havens. HavensSpy Glorfindel just sent us a link…
Continue ReadingThe news is flying fast and furious here at Gaming Havens. HavensSpy Glorfindel just sent us a link to pictures of forthcoming Lotr models for the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game by Games Workshop, including models of Elladan, Elrohir and Glorfindel: More
Thanks for the update, Glorfindel! And remember to keep sending us the latest at havens@theonering.net
LA Ringers: Don’t forget to visit the TheOneRing.net booth(#155) at the Los Angeles Times – Festival of Books, this Saturday and Sunday! We will have 4 out of the 5 authors to sign copies of TORn’s first book, “The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien.” And yes, as with all TORn events, we’ll be giving away some GREAT prizes. So don’t miss out! See you tomorrow. [More]
Since coming home last night and posting how happy I was with ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘, we have been bombarded with e-mails asking more questions than I’ve seen in my entire time here at Gaming Havens. Let me tell you, KEEP IT UP! So for your enjoyment here are the answers to the most frequently submitted questions last night!
Leon writes:
I’ve just read your accounts on the Electronic Entertainment Expo and was interested to know what format the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring game will be played in ie:is it like Baldurs Gate, Two Towers for PS2, or Age of Empires? Do you know what consoles it will be released on?
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘ is a PC title comparable to Warcraft, or Command and Conquer: Generals. It is a Real Time Strategy game only in the respect that you command a large number of forces rather than concentrate on one character throughout the game. What will make ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring‘ stand apart from other Real Time Strategy [RTS] games, is that they aren’t using the same tech tree for each culture. Obviously Tolkien didn’t make Soldier Class 1 Gondor, Soldier Class 1 Rohan, but each with their own very different strengths and weaknesses that can be found in game form with ‘War of the Ring’.
As for platform, which was one of the most asked questions we had, ‘War of the Ring’ itself will be released for the PC, and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard
Timmy writes:
I really want to know and which i’m sure you can tell is the genre of these games: war of the ring and treason of isengard. are they rts or fps or rpg like the two towers? also will these titles be released on the pc or not?
Timmy also asked:
Could you also post some pics of these games if possible?
For Concept art of ‘War of the Ring’ Click Here, we are compiling our screenshots now and should have them ready for you by the end of the day. Do continue to send in your questions and comments on this and all of the games based in Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Havens@TheOneRing.net!
AICN posted these two interesting bits of news. Apparently Orlando Bloom (Legolas) has completed his work as Legolas (sadly for the last time), and Andy Serkis (Gollum) has recorded a rather interesting acceptance speech for his possible win at the MTV movie awards. [More]
From AICN: Spy Johnny Bartlett tells us that Orlando Bloom has finished up his reshoots on RETURN OF THE KING. This would probably wrap him up for the entire production (ADR not withstanding, although he won’t need to don the ears again). At the moment, Andy Serkis is in New Zealand filling in the Gollum/Smeagol gaps currently in the ROTK rough cut. During his stay, Serkis recorded a reportedly hilarious in-character acceptance speech for the MTV Movie Awards… so everyone responsible for voting, VOTE FOR SERKIS! Screw the Oscars! MTV has the REAL integrity! Also, we want to see the speech.
erather sends along some interesting news regarding some LOTR costumes being shipped back to NZ after spending many months in LA (one wonders if the costumes developed a ‘diva’ attitude, being so close to Hollywood. Could they now be demanding bigger closets and only the best hangers?…stranger things have happened) [More]
