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Legal actions against Sierra?
Berendir @ 12:24 am EST

DarthCaesar has struck again, sending word to me of this news, which comes from the RPG Vault at IGN. Heres part of this interview:

Some days ago, we became aware of an unsubstantiated report that stated legal action was under way involving Sierra On-Line and The Saul Zaentz Company, which conducts business as Tolkien Enterprises. The matter in question was apparently the license granted to Sierra by The Saul Zaentz Company for the creation of computer games based on the literary works of the renowned fantasy writer, J.R.R. Tolkien. Sierra is known to have started development of two titles using this license. One was Orcs: Revenge of the Ancient, a strategy title that was cancelled last September. The other is a game in which we have a great interest, the persistent online world called Middle-earth.

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