4/29/04 - Latest News

EA Announces New Console RPG!
Luthien @ 2:09 pm EST

From the EA Games Newsletter (and cheers, Ravyneyez, for the tip):

"EA GAMES(TM) is pleased to announce The Lord of the Rings(TM), The Third Age(TM) Role-Playing Game!

The First Ever The Lord of the Rings(TM) RPG. Defend or destroy Middle-earth(TM) in the first console role-playing game (RPG) set in The Lord of the Rings universe. Explore your own path of good or evil as you travel in the wake of the Fellowship and intersect major events from the film trilogy. Encounter the Balrog in the Mines of Moria, defend Osgiliath, or destroy Helm's Deep. These choices and many more are yours to make as you align yourself with the free peoples of Middle-earth or the forces of Sauron.

Available this fall for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo
GameCube(TM), and Game Boy(R) Advance."
Screenshots can be found here, as well as an article here: [More]