Confused why Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor left "Lord of the Rings" out of its name? Well, lead designer Bob Roberts just explained to Eurogamer that the omission was a deliberate choice to make sure the game was seen as "clearly its own thing" by keeping it "separate" from established LOTR franchises. Mystery solved!
Depending on what platform you want kill orcs on, things will look a little different.
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Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor comes out tomorrow. While Tolkien fans will be delighted to finally play a Lord of…
Shadow of Mordor isn't just a surprisingly good game. It also has the most romantic stealth-game tutorial of all time. We couldn't help but share this image from the beginning of the game. (Disregard the bottom line of text—that's just a subtitle.) Read more
Returning to Middle-earth is going to take a little longer for Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. It's just been announced that the release date for last-gen versions of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has shifted to November 18 (November 21 for Europe). PS4 and Xbox One versions will still be coming out on September 30 (October… Read more
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A Lord of The Rings game needs to feel epic. Like, gigantic armies and hordes of spiky armor-encrusted villains and…
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A Hobbit wandering through Mirkwood, menaced by a giant spider:
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Here is the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, complete with a throwback to one of the best…
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The master of motion capture, Andy Serkis was the guest of Conan O'Brien last night and he did a little…
Here he is, slaughtering orcs left and right in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor's CG trailer.
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