Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Video: Warner Bros and Snowblind delve into Tolkien's Middle Earth.

If you pay any kind of attention around here, you'll know where massive Tolkien fans here at Atomic. Movies, books, you name it, but games... well, that's been a mixed bag. Hopefully, the just announced Lord of the Rings: War in the North, can change that.

Sure, there's the very good LotR MMO, but other than, gaming in Middle Earth has been pretty lacklustre. This one, however, has us excited. War in the North is going to be designed with co-op gameplay in mind, for up to three players online. It focuses on the vision of the movies, but will also feature locales and characters only seen in the books.

"In The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Snowblind will deliver an action RPG for core gamers featuring authentic narrative and environmental locations from J.R.R. Tolkien's original The Lord of the Rings," said Ryan Geithman, Founder and Studio Head of Snowblind Studios. "This game is a natural evolution of the acclaimed RPG gameplay that Snowblind has consistently delivered over the past years. Players and fans will experience an innovative approach to online co-op gameplay, woven throughout every facet of the game in a way that only Snowblind can deliver."

And though there's no gameplay yet, the trailer has us cautiously excited...

Hmm... Eagles. Though we do wonder why anything called War in the North seems to feature battles around Minas Tirith - though perhaps we're being a bit too picky. Expect the game on all major platforms some time in 2011.

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12 Comments

tunksy Mar 25, 2010 4:57 PM	oh my, its a little done to death :(
tunksy Mar 25, 2010 4:57 PM	oh my, its a little done to death :(
swalden Mar 25, 2010 5:04 PM	So is double posting
Hawkeye Mar 25, 2010 5:24 PM	swalden, you took (get it?) the words right out of my mouth :)
tunksy Mar 25, 2010 5:34 PM	whoops :P nice one hawkeye lol
swalden Mar 25, 2010 7:02 PM	haha
Mojorising Mar 25, 2010 8:47 PM	with characters only from the books? Maybe there will be a level where you need to avoid being anally penetrated by Tom Bombadil. Voice and Dance acting supplied by Hugh Jackman
bozo01 Mar 25, 2010 8:53 PM	Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO will pwn the LotR MMO when it comes out. Let's hope this game can get back at Mr. Lucas by being better than KOTOR.
Leckie Mar 26, 2010 12:47 AM	That was a pretty daggy joke Hawkeye. :) I had a lot of fun playing the MMO. Will this be borderlands meets LotR I wonder?
Elfarch Mar 26, 2010 3:39 AM	Indeedy, from my "perigrinations" about middle earth I would have thought Forochel would have been the playground of the north.
Hawkeye Mar 26, 2010 10:54 AM	Oh, bravo, Elfarch. Bravo. Though I'll put copper on the game being set around Arnor. In fact, if I had my druthers, it'd be in the 1400s of the Third Age, when the North Kingdom split into three realms and the Witch King was working his nastiness. That would rock.
Snoochems Mar 26, 2010 7:44 PM	I spent about 10 months in the LOTR MMO. It was a good MMO. I rage quit after a couple of things that didn't go my way. (stupid symbol produced two dud LI's and then had one of my tier 9 relics disappear on a forge). Kinda miss the game, and am looking toward the next big MMO (TOR). This game hopefully will fill that gap.

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