You can’t just walk into Mordor, and, these days, you can’t just walk into the store and pick up a quality Lord of the Rings title for your console like it’s 2003. Since Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, there have been twelve LOTR games, fourteen if you count expansions and EA’s (sadly) canned The White Council, not to mention free, browser-based games, board games, card games, and all the other ways publishers have sought to monetize the property. Surely, this flood of games would be enough for even the most die-hard “ringer,” no? [Full Article]
Month: June 2010
Thanks to Ringer Dave W for sending this link to the trailer for the upcoming ‘The Lord of the Rings: War of the North’ game. For complete details on the game, visit the official website at http://www.warinthenorth.com. Parental Note: This game has some pretty violent gameplay, as does the trailer.
World Cup fans, this video speaks for itself! Enjoy!
Before anybody gets crazy, let me be clear that we are not reporting that Neill Blomkamp is the director of ‘The Hobbit’. I am not ready to put my name or TheOneRing’s name on a story that says this is fact.
However, we did receive a spy report that stated it as cold, hard, unsurprising fact. We haven’t been able to get a verification but the tip stated some other information on the side that fits with other info from other sources. A bunch of little pieces of information, some rock solid, some unclear, start to form a big picture that looks like it could have Blomkamp in it. I promise to explain it all if you will keep reading!
MGM and Warner Bros. want Peter Jackson to direct both movies adapted from “The Hobbit.” They are trying to talk him into it because his name can carry the films and is an obvious and bankable marketing strategy. Continue reading “Neill Blomkamp is the ‘Hobbit’ director – maybe”
Turbine today kicks off the North American closed Beta for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) Free-to-Play. Beta participants will help shape and refine new content and features to be introduced in Volume 3, Book 2, as well as the new in-game Store, when LOTRO Free-to-Play launches this fall. Continue reading “LOTRO Free-to-Play Closed Beta Begins & 1st Store Screens!”
Sideshow Collectibles has revealed the full product gallery and pricing information for their upcoming ‘Aragorn as Strider’ Statue – part of a new line of The Lord of the Rings collectibles. The exclusive version of the piece, available only at their website (SideshowCollectibles.com), will include a switch-out portrait of the un-hooded Strider. The exclusive version will pre-order with the launch of the Sideshow Collectibles newsletter on Thursday approx 5-6pm PT. For the complete gallery click on the following link. [Aragorn as Strider]