Warner Bros. is celebrating the release of the Blu ray TE single editions of Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. These theatrical editions are due to hit the streets on September 14. Be the first to bring Middle-earth to your desktop with an interactive panoramic wallpaper and access new content daily. Click here to get your wallpaper! Continue reading “Warner Bros. Interactive Panoramic Wallpaper”
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Poet Michael GR Tolkien’s reworking of classic children’s fantasy is read for audiobook by Charles Dickens’s great-great grandson. It is a match made in publicists’ heaven: the grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first time on a verse retelling of a classic fantasy story.
Poet Michael GR Tolkien, the eldest grandson of the Lord of the Rings author, was inspired by Florence Bone’s prose fantasy for children, The Rose-Coloured Wish, first published in 1923. Telling the story of two children who set out to use an evil enchanter’s wishing chain of stones to save their alpine valley, only to fall into trouble, the book was read to Tolkien in the 40s and 50s as a child, and he in turn read it to his own children. More..
Author J.W. Braun writes: Gen Con 2010 in Indianapolis has come and gone. The convention, billed as “the best four days of gaming” brought gamers from around the world to Indianapolis, USA from August 5 – 8, 2010. Continue reading “Gen Con 2010 Photos”
Love Lord of the Rings? Love slot machines? Now you can combine the two! It looks like Spotlight 29 Casino in the Coachella Valley has added 10 new penny slot machine games to their line-up, and they include the brand new LOTR game:
Lord of the Rings has taken the J.R. Tolkien trilogy and created an innovative experience that utilizes the latest gaming technology. The player will embark on a mission through Middle Earth and complete different levels of the storyline through wins. “Adaptive Gaming” technology allows control over the spinning reels during a turn, while “Sensory Immersion” incorporates chairs with Bose sound systems to complete the illusion you are traveling with Frodo and friends through the elements of Tolkien’s fantastical world.
Read on for further details. [Press Release]
See collectors’ own photos of Smaug the Golden: Smaug the Golden is now shipping in the US (and will be shortly in the rest of the world – see bottom of this email). The Weta Collectors on the forum (our most discerning customers) have some very nice things to say about it. Start reading at about page 25 (23 July) when the first few were opened by expectant fans. Like the one on the right, by N2Darkness on the forum. Continue reading “Latest WETA Newsletter: It’s all about the fans!”
This comes to us from Fragland.com via a Gamasutra job posting. Warner Brothers is hiring a director for future gaming development and they specific mention ‘Hobbit’ games. Here’s the posting from Gamasutra:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. seeks a Director, Marketing for the Marketing department. Position will be responsible for brand development and product marketing activities for the entire portfolio of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit games at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Position manages high-level cross-company & external partnerships relative to the assigned franchises.
This is obviously good news for the gaming community, but could it also mean that WB is a bit more confident in The Hobbit films happening soon? If you are interested in the position, check out the full job listing at Gamasutra. [WB Job Listing]