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RPG Frog
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| EA grabs the rights to Lord of the Rings (Books & Movies |
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This means we could see Final Fantasy-like RPGs that use Middle-Earth instead of just the movies. They could come up with new assets instead of recycling stuff from the movies. This could be really good if they improve what they had with Third-Age. I admit it was really mediocre, but it has great potential. I'd love to see them ditch the LOTR trilogy and just use the world, myths, races, legends of Lore of Middle-Earth. After all, professor Tolkien penned 14 volumes of material they can use.
Hobbit
Lord of the Rings(3 volumes)
Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
History of Middle Earth(12 volumes)
I really hope they use this new license power for PC and next-gen consoles, rather than go the easy-route and make more PS2, Xbox, and gameboy titles. They are even taking on Final Fantasy Tactics with LOTR Tactics for PSP. Who knows, maybe EA will become an RPG giant. You never know!
http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/637/637090p1.html
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EA Gets Complete Rings Rights
J.R.R. Tolkien's epic Middle-earth trilogy is no longer split between movies and books.
by Jeremy Dunham
July 27, 2005 - Console fans may have missed it during the recent announcements of Battle for Middle-earth II and Lord of the Rings Tactics, but Electronic Arts has confirmed that it has finally been granted the official rights to develop future videogames based on the highly popular J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings.
Now if you're confused it's understandable, as EA has been already been publishing games inspired by the franchise since 2001 -- the hitch is, that up until now, Electronic Arts was only allowed to develop titles based on the New Line Cinema movie series and not the books themselves. This announcement means that future Lord of the Rings titles will look like the films but feature content that was previously only seen in the novels.
"Now that we are expanding our Lord of the Rings universe to encompass Tolkien's books, we'll be able to combine the visual impact of the films with those complex stories," said Steve Gray, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Tactics at EA. "The RPG genre, in particular, is a great medium for story telling. We are delving into unexplored depths of Tolkien's works to deliver new, compelling, and immersive experiences."
Though the aforementioned Tactics and Middle-earth 2 games have been confirmed under the new agreement, no console titles that take advantage of it have to be revealed. Should that change at any time, however, we'll keep you posted.
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Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities…there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars…Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand…to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. - Robert E. Howard |
Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:02 pm |
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