Category: Games

Last night CoE’s first ever Middle Earth Trivia Night was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who came and had fun! Another Middle Earth Trivia Night is being planned for the very near future so keep your eyes open! Our winner last night was cirithungol Congratulations! and in second place was HildifonsBank.

Join us on Saturday August 18th at 8pm EST in CoE’s #councilfree chat room for our first ever Middle Earth Trivia Night. So come on in and show off your knowledge of all things Lord of the Rings!

The new video game from EA and Project Gray Company was put on hold earlier in the year. While the status for this game remains the same EA has announced an “all new title” will be coming out early 2008. The full story can be found here.

After more than 80 hours immersed in Turbine’s multiplayer ‘The Lord of the Rings Online’, New York Times writer Seth Schiesel has written a review of the game. He seems very happy with the way the game plays , and in its ability to bring the player into the story without changing the main characters…

Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar launches today. The game is the first and only massively-multiplayer online game based on the Books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Click Read More to learn more.

Representatives from Turbine, developer of The Lord of the Rings Online, will be available for interviews and autographs at select locations across the country at midnight celebrations on April 23rd. Click Read More to find out more.

Variety report that Electronic Arts now has an extended deal to produce LotR games up to the end of next year. A new game is scheduled for release in 2008 but to date there are no further details.

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to the offices of Turbine, the game developers who are making the massively multiplayer online game, The Shadows of Angmar. They gave me a preview of the game, and I got a chance to play it. You can read Part I of my article here. LotR…

Decipher has announced a new expansion for their LotR Trading Card Game. The expansion will be called “Treachery and Deceit” and will focus on Grima and Gollum characters. The release date hasn’t been announced yet as the new cards are still being play tested. You can find more information here.

Decipher has announced that the latest expansion for the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game called “Rise of Saruman” will be in stores on 1st March 2007. You can find more information as well as a preview of the game cards at decipher.com.