What with the movie trilogy and all (heard of it, have you?), the Lord of the Rings is one of the hot licenses in the video games industry. Turbine has recently acquired the right to develop and publish all online titles based on the Lord of the Rings book trilogy, and their first title to be developed under this license is The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The game was previously known as Middle-Earth Online, and is currently slated for release in 2006.