Video Gaming News - November 2004
Redwood City, CA (November 2, 2004) - Electronic Arts announced today
that The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age role-playing game has shipped and will
be on store shelves in time for the holiday season.
From EA:
The epic quest, in which players will take on the roles of previously
unplayable characters choosing their own path through Middle-earth while
interacting with the heroes and villains of the movie trilogy, is available for
the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance under the EA GAMES
brand.
Based on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson’s acclaimed film adaptations of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, The
Third Age videogame allows players to adventure through Middle-earth, building a
party of heroes as they journey. Players battle on the side of the Fellowship,
but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of Sauron as
they progress. In the game, players will interact with key characters of the
Fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting
the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forward such as the
epic battles at Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith. Parties will traverse through both
familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle
system as they fight, encountering the demonic Balrog in the Mines of Moria, or
defending the fallen city of Osgiliath.
The Lord the Rings, The Third Age, was developed by EA’s Redwood Shores studio
(Amaze Entertainment developed for the Game Boy Advance), the same studio that
developed the hit The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King game. The game
is rated “T” (Teen) with descriptor Violence by the ESRB and has MSRPs of $49.95
(PlayStation 2 console, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube) and $29.95 (Game Boy Advance).
For more information on EA’s The Lord of the Rings games, visit the official
franchise website at
lordoftherings.eagames.com.
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