Midway to co-publish Lord of the Rings MMORPG
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Feb 23rd 2006 at 2:00PM }
Turbine
has announced that Midway will co-publish The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (formerly
Middle-earth Online) in North America. After severing ties with VU
Games last year, it looked as if Turbine was going to self-publish the long overdue Tolkien-based MMORPG.
Instead, Midway, undertaking its first MMO venture, has joined the developer-publisher in an effort to release the game
this year.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ngS @ Feb 23rd 2006 2:28PM
is it pc-only????
Boss @ Feb 23rd 2006 4:03PM
I hope its not PC only this would go great with the 360 version of Battle for middle earth2
paris @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:28PM
It is PC only. I can't wait for this. It's the only MMORPG that I'm looking forward to after WoW. The developers say that what players do in the world will actually have a lasting effect on the world which is a 1st I believe for a MMORPG.
Hamson @ Feb 23rd 2006 10:38PM
Middle-Earth Online was such a classier name.
Whodaimen @ Feb 24th 2006 1:53AM
No, WoW has world events, just not like lasting lasting stuff. Like you cant move a rock somewhere and its perminatly there. If THAT was allowed, I can totally see contests to see how many rocks can be put in one pile.
That and the AQ gates opening.
boneyard @ Feb 24th 2006 4:48AM
the aq gates open no matter what eventually, it's all scripted in wow. there is little if anything that has lasting effects.
good news for turbine, should calm down the vaporware people some more.