Pandemic Studios developing new Lord of the Rings game
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Feb 13th 2008 at 9:30AM }
Little is known about Pandemic's journey to Middle-Earth, save for EA CEO John Riccitiello's announcement that it will release during the publisher's 2009 fiscal year -- somewhere between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. You'll know more when we know more.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff @ Feb 13th 2008 9:45AM
Let's hope it's not like the multi-platform licensed movie games that came out when the films did.
Dustin @ Feb 13th 2008 9:50AM
I actually thought they were pretty fun. Good hack-and-slash romps, anyways.
But not The Fellowship of the Ring... no, not that one... ugh...
I imagine this game will be much more action-oriented and focused on a single character... flush out a backstory, etc...
StrangeBum @ Feb 13th 2008 9:56AM
@ Dustin
Yeah. I enjoyed them quite a bit too. Although Fellowship was pretty bad, the second and third were fun.
Also, it's 'anyway' there is no such word as 'anyways'.
farfisa @ Feb 13th 2008 10:17AM
I liked RotK.
Anyhoo, they could really do anything with that world and somebody'd buy it.
SAGExSDX @ Feb 13th 2008 9:47AM
absolutely brilliant caption! i love it!
samfish @ Feb 13th 2008 9:50AM
Someday, Ludwig, when your time has come and you're standing before the pearly gates to have your life judged by St. Peter, they're going to look back on this blog posting. And despite all the good you've done in your life, including that time when you single-handedly saved London from the Super Nazis in 2024, they will look upon that awful pun and send you straight to Hell.
FOXHOUND @ Feb 13th 2008 10:02AM
+1
LoL ... he's like a real-life Magilla Gorilla with some of these puns. XD
Zertoss @ Feb 13th 2008 10:06AM
/r/ Justin call Ludwig "Magilla" throughout the next podcast.
Ludwig Kietzmann @ Feb 13th 2008 10:56AM
"I bet you hobos wish you were home more and not home LESS."
Oh, Magilla. I'm not THAT bad (yet).
Kendall B @ Feb 13th 2008 10:09AM
It's actually been a while since the last sub-par LoTR game. I look forward to not playing this.
baby sea tuna @ Feb 13th 2008 10:14AM
That pun made me weep.
And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Martez @ Feb 13th 2008 11:01AM
The only reason that awful pun worked is the expression on Gandalf's face. Well done, Ludwig.
foamking @ Feb 13th 2008 11:11AM
Best. Pun. Ever.
JohnMazz @ Feb 13th 2008 11:48AM
I see what you did there...
Who am I kidding, that was a great caption.
J @ Feb 13th 2008 11:38AM
It could be related to the Hobbit movie. (pt 1 is supposed to release in 2010).
WhY sO seRIouS @ Feb 13th 2008 11:49AM
despite reading in silence, i physically made noise in regards to the pun. thats the power of the media.
enjoy:
Lord of the Rings Two Towers Defense
http://www.fyrebug.com/displaygame.php?gameid=2123
KaNineteen @ Feb 13th 2008 12:01PM
Could this be based on the two new movies based around the hobbit?
Jerk Face @ Feb 13th 2008 12:31PM
Every single time someone crits an orc when my friends and I play Dnd, it is absolutely mandatory that someone says that line. Really.
LiK @ Feb 13th 2008 12:36PM
HAHAHAHAHA! that pic of Gandalf just made my day. Nice job. ^^
bender @ Feb 13th 2008 5:04PM
That is my new favorite pun.
Ihavepants @ Feb 13th 2008 6:26PM
So it's not the Australian Pandemic working on this?
mrlogical @ Feb 13th 2008 9:18PM
Adam Sessler just straight stole your whole "Now that's what I'm Tolkien about" followed by an acknowledgement of the badness of the joke thing on XPlay tonight. I guess it's good to know his writers read your blog and like your jokes, right?
t_m @ Feb 13th 2008 9:55PM
I just want a singleplayer version of LOTRO.
I wanna run around pretty environments and imagine i'm in Middle Earth... but i don't want to pay a monthly fee to do it.
D-Train1183 @ Feb 14th 2008 12:13PM
Pandemics doing it huh? So we'll get to play in what? 2012?