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For the "Lord of the Rings" films, director Peter Jackson's version is all you get. But in video games, two starkly different visions of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe are unfolding in a competition between Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games. In round one of the Tolkien wars, EA outsold Vivendi 4 to 1. Eventually EA's "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' game sold nearly 4 million units worldwide, while Vivendi's "Fellowship of the Ring'' sold 1 million. [More] Thanks to Starmaid for the link!