We've talked about the Outerra engine a few times here on Kotaku, and every time we do, someone invariably asks "but what is this actually for"? Well, here's one application: it's great for making a 1:1 recreation of Middle Earth. » 1/28/14 9:30pm 1/28/14 9:30pm

If you woke up craving new footage from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the newest game in Tolkien's iconic fantasy world, then you crave weird things. But also, you're in luck: via GameSpot, here's eight new minutes of footage from Shadow of Mordor, filled with orc-stomping and orc-slashing and orc-murdering. » 1/23/14 10:00am 1/23/14 10:00am

Middle-earth is spilling over into New Zealand. Again. » 11/21/13 5:30am 11/21/13 5:30am

The next Lord of the Rings game is called Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, and it's an open-world action game set between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. » 11/12/13 11:11am 11/12/13 11:11am

The Middle Earth Roleplaying Project is a rather glorious Skyrim mod, designed meticulously to recreate Tolkien's world. » 8/30/12 4:30pm 8/30/12 4:30pm

Elemental: War of Magic is a PC turn-based strategy game with a sweet map and a marriage alliance system that sounds like something from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. » 8/24/09 9:30pm 8/24/09 9:30pm

The battle for Middle Earth will soon be joined by forces from the human realms as EA's Pandemic Studios announce the release date for the Tolkien take on Star Wars Battlefront, Lord of the Rings: Conquest. The war kicks off on January 9th internationally, with the U.S. showing up after the action starts (as per… » 10/30/08 11:00am 10/30/08 11:00am