Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: Middle-earth is a busy place for an adventurer! Take a look at this overview about the many leisure activities available to the battle-weary fighter. [More]
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In my opinion Halo is to video games what American Idol is to television, and yet both 20th Century Fox and Universal decided a Halo movie (with newbie director Neill Blomkamp directing) just wasn’t going to happen. But that was then, and this is now — with Halo 3 getting set to demolish the gaming world, Peter Jackson told OnFilm magazine that he expects the project to lift itself out of development hell once Fox and Universal catch a glimpse of the Halo hype first hand. As far as Blomkamp goes; Jackson notes: “We wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else. It’s Neill’s call.” But that’s not all the man has on his plate; apart from directing The Lovely Bones, Jackson is producing a remake of 1954’s The Dam Busters; a project he’s kept quiet about for quite some time. [More]
Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar writes: We’re pleased to provide you with some stunning screenshots from our upcoming content update: The Shores of Evendim! Enjoy! [More]
May 23, 2007 – Chance Thomas seems to have a knack for getting himself attached to rather epic videogames, specifically in the arena of composing vast, interactive, and equally epic scores for such games. Thomas’ credits to date include X-Men: The Official Game, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, Peter Jackson’s King Kong, among others. His latest project, however, brings him back to a realm he is quite familiar with: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. [More]
Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar proves that a product doesn’t have to be completely original to be very good. Whether it’s combat mechanics, character development, player-versus-player clashes, crafting, quests or communication channels, chances are Turbine’s latest massively multiplayer online franchise will remind veteran gamers of another MMO product. The graphics engine, developed during the course of three games spread over seven years, was most recently used in Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach. [More]
Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar writes: Today we added a new Dev Diary about the new Evendim update coming soon! Matt “Scenario” Elliott gives you a sneak peek at the creation of LOTRO’s first content update: The Shores of Evendim! [More]