WESTWOOD, MA – October 9, 2008– Turbine, Inc. announced today the details of the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™. On November 18, 2008 The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria will be available in stores across North America and Europe allowing players to begin their journey to the vast, terrifying and unparalleled world beneath Middle-earth. Turbine also announced the launch of the Mines of Moria Pre-Order and Early Upgrade Programs. Players in North America can pre-order Mines of Moria at participating retailers nationwide beginning today or can purchase an early upgrade of Mines of Moria by visiting www.lotro.com/moria and get special benefits — including a special $9.99 per month subscription when purchasing a multi-month plan and special in-game items. Turbine Unveils Launch Date, Pre-order and Early Upgrade Programs for The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™
Month: October 2008
During our exclusive coverage of Peter Jackson’s King Kong we got to know talented artist Joe Devito. Joe’s eternal devotion to all things Kong are evident in the books and art he continues to publish. He recently sent me some information about an exhibit that will be hosting his work, alongside the work of his brother, Vito Devito.
VITO AND JOE DEVITO – BROTHERS IN ART 25 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
CLASSIC SPORTING AND WILDLIFE ART TO KING KONG, CYBORGS TO SUPERMEN, SCIENCE FICTIONTOTHE SACRED ARTS.
ASHAWAGH HALL, EAST HAMPTON
Friday October 17th – Sunday October 26th • 10 – 5 P.M.
Reception, Saturday October 18th • 5 – 8 P.M.
Annette writes: The trailer for Reclaiming the Blade, Galatia Film’s documentary on swords and sword fighting is full of LOTR folks. It begins with comments by John Howe who is followed by Richard Taylor, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys Davies (the film’s narrator), Karl Urban and, of course, swordmaster Bob Anderson. There are clips of all of our favorite sword fights and the list of authorities on the film’s web site is would make an incredible melee!. Continue reading “Reclaiming the Blade Trailer Boasts LOTR Alumni”
Amid ongoing reports of doom and gloom, Flagship Studios CEO and cofounder Bill Roper confirmed the worst in July, saying that his studio had undergone wide-scale layoffs. In the wake of that announcement, former Flagship staffers Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer joined several other castaways in forming a new studio devoted to online action role-playing games, Runic Games. Now, a few more ex-Flagship castaways have found a safe harbor. Today, massively multiplayer online gaming specialists Turbine Inc. announced the opening of a new West Coast studio, and in so doing, conscripted former Flagship chief visionary officer Dave Brevik as well as Jeff Lind, who led the team that built Hellgate’s online platform. With Brevik slotting into the studios’ chief creative position and Lind assuming the director-of-engineering role, Turbine has appointed former Sniper Studios head Matt McKnight as studio director. Flagship alums opening Turbine West
TheOneRing.net provided a segment on this Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. This week, Sohaib spoke with MrCere about the latest news and rumors concerning ‘The Hobbit’ movies. As always, it was broadcast live via the internet via the WNJC website. [Fictional Frontiers] [Netcast]. A full transcript of the radio segment can be found [right here]. TheOneRing.net is featured every other week on Fictional Frontiers.
Daniel alerted us to this impressive undertaking: Have you heard of Patrick Action, the matchstick man of Iowa? He is currently working on a large model of Minas Tirith and it should be completed by the end of 2009. The link to his website is below. The second link is to a St. Paul, Minnesota TV station that did a 5 minute story on the Matchstick man. It is well worth watching.
Here is a link to Patrick’s site Matchstick Marvels.com with more pictures of his Minas Tirith model, and a link to the news story about Patrick. Check it out.