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'LOTR Online' To Be Free on September 10th

‘LOTR Online’ To Be Free on September 10th

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment has announced that The Lord of the Rings Online game will allow players to download the game for free at www.lotro.com and access the new Lord of the Rings Online store to “buy expansions, quest packs, items, and account services a la carte.”
The new store is “seamlessly integrated into the game [...]

'Lord of the Rings: War in the North' Trailer

‘Lord of the Rings: War in the North’ Trailer

Last week, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment revealed a short, but action-packed trailer for the next Action/RPG The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, developed by Snowblind Studios.
The game is described as introducing “players to the brutal, northern reaches of Middle-earth, in a realm where survival depends on Fellowship. Featuring online, interdependent co-op play [...]

'Thor' Video Game Coming in 2011- UPDATED

‘Thor’ Video Game Coming in 2011- UPDATED

Check out this picture of a bulked up Chris Hemsworth as Thor, attempting to retrieve Mjolnir.  Perhaps this takes place after SHIELD takes it from the site seen in the end credits of  Iron Man 2?
To coincide with the release of the upcoming film, SEGA has announced that they are developing a third-person game Thor: [...]

New Screenshots from LOTR Online

New Screenshots from LOTR Online

A new set of screenshots have been released for Volume 3, Book 2 of The Lord of the Rings Online titled the Siege of Mirkwood.  According to TheOneRing.Net, these depict “the new Character Generation experience and Locked Quest icons.”
Check them out here: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/07/15/37525-new-lotro-f2p-screens-character-generation-locked-quests/

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Trailer Has Arrived

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Trailer Has Arrived

Last week, we reported positive reviews towards the trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. This week, the real trailers have leaked online.  You can view both the UK and the U.S. domestic trailer at the link below.
The trailers feature great special effects shots as well as a look at the playful sexual [...]

A Lucky Few Get a Sneak Peek of 'Prince of Persia'

A Lucky Few Get a Sneak Peek of ‘Prince of Persia’

This week, Disney premiered the trailer of the upcoming video game adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for a lucky few in Santa Monica.  One of them was Steve Weintraub, who gave the footage a rave review at Collider.
“It’s easily the most expensive video game-based movie ever made and this could be the film that [...]

New Images From LotR Online Volume II- Siege of Mirkwood

New Images From LotR Online Volume II- Siege of Mirkwood

With The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood set to launch in North America on December 1st, new images have been released on theonering.net that show the “new Gathburz region deep in the forests of Mirkwood.”
Siege of Mirkwood will conclude the second volume of The Lord of the Rings Online and, as previously [...]

More Details On Sam Raimi's World of Warcraft Movie

More Details On Sam Raimi’s World of Warcraft Movie

In an interview with MTV Movie News, Sam Raimi revealed that Saving Private Ryan screenwriter Robert Rodat will write the screenplay for the anticipated adaptation of World of Warcraft.
Raimi also shared that the story would be original, rather than an adaptation of a game story.  ”We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an [...]

LotR Online Volume III To Come Early 2010

LotR Online Volume III To Come Early 2010

In an interview with GamerZines.com, Turbine, the makers of the Lord of the Rings Online game, revealed that the upcoming Siege of Mirkwood (logo pictured on the left) will arrive this December to conclude Volume II.  But the game is far from over after that.  Volume III of the game will arrive early next year [...]

Spore: You've Played The Game, Now See The Movie

Spore: You’ve Played The Game, Now See The Movie

Will Wright’s popular PC game, Spore, will make its way to the big screen as an animated movie, thanks to Twentieth Centruy Fox and Electronic Arts.
The creative team behind the Ice Age films, including director Chris Wedge, will make the adaptation from a screenplay by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, who also wrote Disney’s upcoming [...]