EA has announced that they will publish a Return to the King game, which will appear on all consoles and also the PC. The third person action adventure game will allow you to control several game characters, and you can even engage in a multiplayer coop adventure. The game is due out this fall in time for the December 17 theatrical release of the last Lord of the Rings movie.

Computer & Video Games is reporting that Sierra's The Hobbit game is going multi-platform. Originally due on GameCube only, the third person action adventure game will now also be released for PC, GBA, Xbox and PS2 as well. The game is due out late this year.

The guys at GameRifts have interviewed Chris Taylor, who is producer on the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Online MMORPG. Questions are about the characters you play as, housing, the craft system, death, beta testing and several other related topics.

GameSpy has a Q&A with Ed del Castillo, one of the founders of Liquid Entertainment (Battle Realms) and also project leader on The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring. This strategy game based on the novels will be released early 2004 as can be seen in this press release.

Gigex is hosting a 132mb demo of Surreal's action adventure game Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. This game is based on the novel, instead of the movie like the games from EA. It's not mentioned what the demo includes. Thanks Blues News. Of course we have the demo mirrored on FileShack.

Black Label Games has released a patch for the US version of Surreal's Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring to version 1.1. The patch fixes several bugs. Thanks Gamers Hell.

GameSpy has posted a preview of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the action/adventure game in development at Surreal for the PC (based on the book, not the movie). The preview goes over the controls in the game, the item collecting you do, your sneak and distraction skills, enemies you face, the graphics engine and a few other things.

HomeLAN Fed has an interview with Chris Taylor, associate producer of Vivendi Universal's Lord of the Rings games. The first game, like all of Universal's LOTR games based on the book, will ship on PC, PS2 and Xbox. Chris is asked about the main goals for the Fellowship of the Ring game, how closely the game follows the story of the book, playable characters, locations, and plenty more.

We've only heard about it once, but apparently Ritual Entertainment's Lord of the Rings game has been cancelled. Supposedly the game could not be finished in time for the release of The Two Towers movie later this year. EA would not respond to PC.IGN, where they broke the story. I can only say that I have heard similar things myself. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is still coming out on PS2 and GBA.

There's a Fellowship of the Ring preview on GameSpot, taking a look at the upcoming PC/PS2 game by Surreal Software. This game is based on the book instead of the movie. The preview goes over the visuals, ingame cutscenes, the player characters and how each one is different, as well as gameplay features.

The cat is out of the bag. As most people will know Ritual is currently working on Star Trek: Elite Force 2. Though many are looking forward what Ritual can bring to this license, many were wondering if that was the only project that Ritual was working on. Well, it's not as Ritual.com has been updated with the news that they are hiring artists for a Lord of the Rings game which they are working for EA. Ritual fan site Ritualistic has also opened forums to talk about the title. There is no additional information on the game, and from what I understand, only the Playstation 2 version of the game will be featured at E3 next week. More information will possible head our way in June however. However, the information we have from the Game Boy Advance and Playstation 2 versions indicate that it's likely a third person game featuring several playable characters from the movies.

Electronic Arts emailed us the first details on their first Lord of the Rings game. In the game, you will play Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas as you battle Orcs and other monsters from the movie. The action will also take place in the enviroments you saw in the movie. Using a "visceral, tactical combat system", players will be able to select characters, weapons and moves. Though no specific platform is currently announced, EA mentions several games will be released on "next generation systems". More details on this game will be released over the next few months, though EA did add a release date to their announcement: the game should be out when the second movie is released (currently scheduled for December 18).

Got a press release from Sierra announcing GameCube game they are working on, The Hobbit. In this third person action/adventure game, you play as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he starts his epic adventure. The game will be released in 2003. Sierra is also working on games based on the Lord of the Rings books.