Two New Lord of the Rings Titles In Development
As part of a recent expansion of their original contract to publish Lord of the Rings games, EA has announced two new Lord of the Rings titles to light up the PC and PSP.
EA will once more be responsible for presenting Middle-Earth apparently. The publisher announced this morning that they had officially been granted the rights to publish and develop titles based in JRR Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-Earth while introducing gamers to brand new characters, as part of the expansion from the original contract which permitted EA to publish titles based on New Line Cinema’s three part movie trilogy following Tolkien’s main three Lord of the Ring novels. Ea has already announced two new titles which are currently in development.
The first of titles to be published will indeed be a sequel to last autumn’s amazing Real-time strategy Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth. The so-far untitled sequel will, like its predecessor, leave gamers to command the armies of light and dark in massive battles both from the books and the movies, using a realistic artificial intelligence system from the makers of popular futuristic RTS Command and Conquer.
"The new rights have unlocked the world of Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings and strategy game fans alike. We're building a deeper, richer, bigger game based on the #1 RTS from the previous holiday season in North America with new fantasy races, places, heroes, and battles from both the books and films," said Mike Verdu, Senior Producer of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth at EA.
Second of the titles to be published and with no release date as of yet, Lord of the Rings: Tactics will be a massive role-playing game exclusively for the Sony PSP, allowing total customization of a player-created character, and the choice of which path to pursue: either lead the Fellowship in their quest to destroy the ring, or play as the forces of Sauron and attempt to stop the Fellowship from reaching the fires of Mount Doom. Tactics will return to the turn-based battle system LOTR gamers grew accustomed to in last year’s turn based RPG Lord of the rings: the Third age in a WiFi four-player multiplayer battle system, letting up to four Tactics owners duke it out with their own characters. Tactics will show battles and events both new to Middle-Earth and sometimes based on events depicted in the books and movies.
"Now that we are expanding our Lord of the Rings universe to encompass Tolkien's books, we'll be able to combine the visual impact of the films with those complex stories," said Steve Gray, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Tactics at EA. "The RPG genre, in particular, is a great medium for story telling. We are delving into unexplored depths of Tolkien's works to deliver new, compelling and immersive experiences. The Lord of the Rings Tactics gives RPG fans a first look at how we will do this."
While this certainly seems like plenty of Lord of the Rings news for one day: missing from the deal seems to be the RPG sequel to Lord of the Rings: the Third Age. The sequel was originally planned for a Q4 2005 release for consoles and would adopt a new quicker-paced battle-system similar to that seen in the blockbuster movie-based series, most notably: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. It is possible that Tactics is indeed the very same title, simply on PSP format. No release dates have been specified for either title, though EA has updated the Battle for Middle-Earth homepage to feature new info regarding Battle for Middle-Earth 2...
EA will once more be responsible for presenting Middle-Earth apparently. The publisher announced this morning that they had officially been granted the rights to publish and develop titles based in JRR Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-Earth while introducing gamers to brand new characters, as part of the expansion from the original contract which permitted EA to publish titles based on New Line Cinema’s three part movie trilogy following Tolkien’s main three Lord of the Ring novels. Ea has already announced two new titles which are currently in development.
The first of titles to be published will indeed be a sequel to last autumn’s amazing Real-time strategy Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth. The so-far untitled sequel will, like its predecessor, leave gamers to command the armies of light and dark in massive battles both from the books and the movies, using a realistic artificial intelligence system from the makers of popular futuristic RTS Command and Conquer.
"The new rights have unlocked the world of Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings and strategy game fans alike. We're building a deeper, richer, bigger game based on the #1 RTS from the previous holiday season in North America with new fantasy races, places, heroes, and battles from both the books and films," said Mike Verdu, Senior Producer of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth at EA.
Second of the titles to be published and with no release date as of yet, Lord of the Rings: Tactics will be a massive role-playing game exclusively for the Sony PSP, allowing total customization of a player-created character, and the choice of which path to pursue: either lead the Fellowship in their quest to destroy the ring, or play as the forces of Sauron and attempt to stop the Fellowship from reaching the fires of Mount Doom. Tactics will return to the turn-based battle system LOTR gamers grew accustomed to in last year’s turn based RPG Lord of the rings: the Third age in a WiFi four-player multiplayer battle system, letting up to four Tactics owners duke it out with their own characters. Tactics will show battles and events both new to Middle-Earth and sometimes based on events depicted in the books and movies.
"Now that we are expanding our Lord of the Rings universe to encompass Tolkien's books, we'll be able to combine the visual impact of the films with those complex stories," said Steve Gray, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Tactics at EA. "The RPG genre, in particular, is a great medium for story telling. We are delving into unexplored depths of Tolkien's works to deliver new, compelling and immersive experiences. The Lord of the Rings Tactics gives RPG fans a first look at how we will do this."
While this certainly seems like plenty of Lord of the Rings news for one day: missing from the deal seems to be the RPG sequel to Lord of the Rings: the Third Age. The sequel was originally planned for a Q4 2005 release for consoles and would adopt a new quicker-paced battle-system similar to that seen in the blockbuster movie-based series, most notably: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. It is possible that Tactics is indeed the very same title, simply on PSP format. No release dates have been specified for either title, though EA has updated the Battle for Middle-Earth homepage to feature new info regarding Battle for Middle-Earth 2...
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