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War of the Ring Units

Sep 20, 2003 11:36am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
GameSpot has posted an extensive look at the buildings and units of the two sides in Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring. A demo of this game will be released soon.

War of the Ring Preview

Sep 17, 2003 3:28pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
GameSpot has posted their own Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring preview, offering impressions of this strategy game along with seven new screenshots.

War of the Ring Preview

Sep 17, 2003 10:29am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
Over at IGN you can find a new preview of Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, offering hands-on impressions of the RTS game in development at Liquid Entertainment. A demo of this game will be released soon.

War of the Ring Demo Soon

Sep 15, 2003 9:58am CST tags: Lord of the Rings, Demo
Blues News is reporting that a demo for Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring will be released next week. The demo will contain two single-player levels, playable as the good guys.

War of the Ring Diary

Sep 11, 2003 6:18pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
RPG Vault has the third War of the Ring development diary posted. Liquid Entertainment designer Blaine Smith writes about design decisions that have shaped this strategy game.

War of the Ring Q&A

Sep 10, 2003 2:48pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
Middle Earth Warcry has posted a Q&A with Ed Del Castillo of Liquid Entertainment, the developers of the Lord of the Rings strategy game War of the Ring. Questions are about influence from Warcraft, discouraging the use of the "rush" strategy, troop formations, the resources you gather and the multiplayer features.

War of the Ring Diary

Sep 04, 2003 9:18am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
RPG Vault has posted the second Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring development diary. Liquid Entertainment's Jasen Torres explains what he does as a designer for this RTS title.

War of the Ring Videos

Aug 26, 2003 4:59pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
VUGames has released two (one, two) new videos from the Lord of the Rings strategy game War of the Ring, showing off some gameplay footage in Windows Media Video format. Thanks 3D Gamers. Update: there's also these new high-res screenshots.

War of the Ring Screenshots

Aug 26, 2003 10:16am CST tags: Screenshots, Lord of the Rings
ToTheGame has posted a boatload of new screenshots from War of the Ring, the Lord of the Rings strategy game in development at Liquid Entertainment. There's also a development diary series about this game starting on RPG Vault.

War of the Ring Q&A

Aug 22, 2003 12:33pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
There's a War of the Ring Q&A on C&VG today, chatting with Ed Del Castillo of Liquid Entertainment about this Lord of the Rings strategy game. Questions are about the story, influence from the Battle Realms game, bringing Middle-Earth to life, the objective as good and bad, and a few other things.

LOTR Dev Diary

Aug 21, 2003 8:26pm CST tags: Lord of the Rings
There's a new Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King development diary on GameSpot, this time written by lead game designer Chris Tremmel. Christ tells us all about the action elements in this upcoming action adventure game which will be released on PC and consoles.

Return of the King Preview

Aug 19, 2003 8:52am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
Gamers.com has a brief preview of Return of the King, EA's new Lord of the Rings action adventure game which will be released on PC as well as consoles. The preview is basically an overview of what you can expect from the game. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.

War of the Ring Q&A

Aug 12, 2003 9:01am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
The official Lord of the Rings games website has a Q&A with Erik Larson, asking this associate producer all about the upcoming strategy game War of the Ring. Q&As are about Middle-earth being a good setting for a stategy game, unique features of War of the Ring, if Hobbits are represented, and a few other things. Thanks Blues.

War of the Ring Preview

Aug 04, 2003 9:23am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
GameSpy has a War of the Ring preview for you this morning, offering an overview of this 3D strategy game along with quotes from producer Ed del Castillo.

War of the Ring Q&A

Jul 30, 2003 10:05am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
There's a War of the Ring Q&A on GameZone, asking Liquid Entertainment's Ed Del Castillo a few questions about this Lord of the Rings strategy game. Q&As are about the difficulty in bringing a game based on LOTR, how the story will be tied into the game and what War of the Ring offers gameplay and graphics wise.

War of the Ring Screenshots

Jul 22, 2003 9:37am CST tags: Screenshots, Lord of the Rings
There are new LOTR: War of the Ring screenshots on Gamers Hell, showing more from this Warcraft 3-like 3D strategy game.

Lord of the Rings Q&A

Jul 17, 2003 9:46am CST tags: Lord of the Rings
HomeLAN Fed still isn't done with the Camp EA impressions, today we get to read about Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King. Even though EA didn't release a LOTR PC action game last year, we will get a port of Return of the King.

Middle Earth Online Q&A

May 12, 2003 9:50am CST tags: Vivendi, Lord of the Rings
GameSpy's Middle Earth Online Q&A has been posted. Vijay Lakshman of Vivendi answers questions about the combat system, including Tom Bombadil, minimum system specs, available quests, and a few other things.

Middle Earth Online Confirmed

May 09, 2003 12:16pm CST tags: MMO, Vivendi, Lord of the Rings
Vivendi Universal Games today officially announced Middle Earth Online, a Lord of the Rings MMORPG in development at Turbine Games (Asheron's Call 1 & 2). Details and screenshots up are at GameSpot. GameSpy also has a few screenshots.
Middle-Earth Online will be a 3D online RPG that will immerse players in the world of Middle-earth and let them create characters using a number of Tolkien archetypes. Characters will be able to adventure throughout the world of Middle-earth depicted in the novels. Along the way, they will form kinships, build race-specific buildings, and craft unique items and weapons.
The title is currently scheduled for release some time in 2004.

Tolkien Game Impressions

Apr 27, 2003 1:05pm CST tags: MMO, Vivendi, Lord of the Rings
Over at HomeLAN Fed today there are some Tolkien game impressions, as Vivendi showed off the action adventure game Treason of Isengard and the strategy game The War of the Ring at their recent press event. There's a brief writeup about both these games and it's also mentioned Turbine's Lord of the Rings MMORPG will possibly be shown at E3.