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Media Watch: Computer Gaming World Magazine
Xoanon @ 09:34 EST

LOTR was mentioned twice in the new June issue of Computer Gaming World. The first mention is on page 40 "There are only two times we get excited by elves: when mentioned in the same breath as madman Peter Jackson's upcoming film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, and when they're not presented as the usual pointy eared pansies that AD&D has molded them to be."

The second mention is on page 52 "...and one very attractive game license about to be yanked away from Havas Interactive, or so the rumors go. Yes, Havas dallied. They diddled. They fiddled while the Lord of the Rings movie was being filmed, and someone's mad enough to take back the Middle Earth license from them. Havas had contracted to produce a massively-multiplayer game based on Tolkien's Middle Earth mythos, a game which seems like a sure hit if they'd ever get around to making it. You may recall that MIDDLE EARTH ONLINE was underway, but then Havas pulled the plug as part of some corporate restructuring and laid off the development team. Havas said the project would be started from scratch, but apparently never got around to doing any scratching. As a result, they are being stripped of the license, and if that's all that happens to them, they can count themselves lucky. Yes, my preciousssss...they really blew this one."

Thanks to Rwraith for the tip!