There and Back AgainTo celebrate the addition of ‘There and Back Again – The Map of Tolkien’s The Hobbit’ by Brian Sibley to the Official Tolkien Online Bookstore, TheOneRing.net and HarperCollinsPublishers teamed up to giveaway 3 copies. And without further delay, the winners are:

Jason F – USA
Izzy C – UK
Stephen W – USA

Winners will be contacted via email shortly to arrange for delivery. (We know there could be a lot of you out there that match the winners names, but please wait for the email before contacting us.) A special thanks to HarperCollinsPublishers for sponsoring this giveaway. If you did not win, please pick up your copy today! [Harper Collins UK]

For anyone who is addicted to ‘tower defense’ type games on their iPhone, you will be getting an amazing Christmas present this year. The folks from Glu Mobile are releasing an officially licensed The Lord of the Rings game app for the iPhone titled ‘The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Defense’.

The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Defense – Relive the major battles from the epic movie trilogy as you take command of Frodo, Aragorn and many other classic characters in a strategic tower defense game.

Gizmodo has posted a video of the gameplay featuring ‘story mode’ with Aragorn and Legolas are battling some ringwraiths and wargs (or at least it looks that way from the video). This is the first time we are seeing the gameplay, and it is expected to be available in December for download. Jump over to Gizmodo to check out the gameplay. Thanks to TORn Staffer Jincey for the heads up! [Gizmodo] [Glu Press Release]

In our report on TORn’s presence at DragonCon we made a mistake in the URL of the wonderful Tolkien Shop, who donated our hobbits standee and all the pens we gave away! Their website is in fact www.tolkienshop.com

Go and check out the shop! It’s not just a website – in fact it’s the only bricks and mortar shop in the world which is dedicated solely to Tolkien and his works. It’s located in Leiden, Holland – so if you find yourself in the Netherlands, you could visit in person! Meanwhile the rest of us can enjoy the store thanks to the wonders of the internet! Many thanks to Tolkien Shop again for supporting us at DragonCon!

Our friends at Warner Bros Studios are also celebrating  Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday today with up to 50% off selected items, and free shipping on orders of $60 or more from their WBshop.com store. This might be a perfect opportunity to nab a Halloween costume, DVD or that Gandalf bobblehead you’ve been putting off buying. Check out their complete Lord of the Rings offerings here. Thanks to stormcrow20 for the alert.