An EA analyst report and meeting (via ShackNews) has revealed that Pandemic Studios is developing a new Lord of the Rings title. The studio, which was recently acquired by EA along with BioWare, continues to work on the twice-delayed destruction-fest, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
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 (24)
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 9:50AM dustindeckard said
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...
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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...
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 9:56AM (Unverified) said
@ 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'.
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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'.
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 10:17AM (Unverified) said
I liked RotK.
Anyhoo, they could really do anything with that world and somebody'd buy it.
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Anyhoo, they could really do anything with that world and somebody'd buy it.
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 9:50AM samfish said
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.
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Posted: Feb 13th 2008 10:56AM Ludwig Kietzmann said
"I bet you hobos wish you were home more and not home LESS."
Oh, Magilla. I'm not THAT bad (yet).
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Oh, Magilla. I'm not THAT bad (yet).
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 10:09AM (Unverified) said
It's actually been a while since the last sub-par LoTR game. I look forward to not playing this.
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Posted: Feb 13th 2008 10:14AM baby sea tuna said
That pun made me weep.
And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
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And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 11:48AM (Unverified) said
I see what you did there...
Who am I kidding, that was a great caption.
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Who am I kidding, that was a great caption.
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 11:49AM (Unverified) said
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
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enjoy:
Lord of the Rings Two Towers Defense
http://www.fyrebug.com/displaygame.php?gameid=2123
Posted: Feb 13th 2008 12:01PM KaNineteen said
Could this be based on the two new movies based around the hobbit?
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Posted: Feb 13th 2008 12:36PM (Unverified) said
HAHAHAHAHA! that pic of Gandalf just made my day. Nice job. ^^
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Posted: Feb 13th 2008 6:26PM iHavePants said
So it's not the Australian Pandemic working on this?
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Posted: Feb 13th 2008 9:55PM (Unverified) said
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.
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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.
Posted: Feb 14th 2008 12:13PM dtrain1183 said
Pandemics doing it huh? So we'll get to play in what? 2012?
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