It’s out on November 25 for PS3, 360 and PC.

Since the resulting files are a little difficult to view, Warner Bros. has helpfully made videos, which you can look out without twisting your eyeballs unduly. Voila.

War in the North is a co-op focussed action RPG from Snowblind, due November 1 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

• Sony’s asked Japanese gamers what accessories they’d like for the Vita. A UMD drive is the clear favourite so far.
• North Korea has denied allegations it’s using gold farming in harvest foreign currencies.
• Nintendo has filed its Wii U trademarks but doesn’t own WiiU.com or NintendoWiiU.com – oh oh.
• Id Software’s John Carmack has said the PlayStation 3 is the second-best console ever made. And the Xbox 360 is the first. Hurh hurh.
• Gamepron has a lovely quote about dwarfs as they pertain to Lord of the Rings: War in the North.
• EA has told Reuters it’s optimistic about holiday sales. Good-o.
• Facebook spin-off Maple Story Adventures has attracted 1 million players so far.

Today’s unrelated street art.

War in the North is due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in northern autumn.

The vignette illustrates Beleram’s role as strategic player component in the co-op action-RPG.

Beleram can ripe enemies limbs off, fling them off cliffs, and destroying their structures .

Check out the awesome eagle below, courtesy of EvilAvatar.

War in the North is due on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in late August.

• E3 had a Saints Row: The Third-themed bikini car wash. How many attendees even drove to the conference anyway?
• Speaking of scantily clad women: there will no more live models of Lara Croft. There will be an Origins movie though.
• Is Kotick planning on buying Myspace? Some insiders think so.
• Seems like everyone has seen Aliens: Colonial Marines. D’toid has too, and seemed pleased with the “freakin’ FANTASTIC Alien Queen.”
• There’s a lot of Dead Island screens through here. Not many are new, though.
• SOE has just announced that it has dropped the price of Station Access to $19.99 a month.
• Check out a video and a hands-on with Rochard, the gravity-bending, platform-puzzler for PSN.
• GamersGate is launching FreeGames in 84-days, and it will be an ad-supported platform for both PC and Mac.
• An extended version of the Eagle trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North has been released with developer commentary.
• The Accursed Woods location has been revealed for The Secret World. Looks spooky.
• There are 57 shots of Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns through here.
• A trailer for Disney Universe has been released. Makes us feel like an innocent child, again.
• “Videogames are becoming kinder and gentler as women and older players seek pleasure in a pastime long dominated by teenage boys hell-bent on winning wars in fantasy worlds.” Yeah, right. Gears says hi.
• X-Men Destiny apparently makes you pretend to be The X-Men without actually playing as them.

“Where you strike the enemy, is where he severs. if you hit his leg, that leg flies off and he writhes in pain on the ground,” said game designer Zach Peterson. “If you hit an enemy in the head, that head is gone. That is a homerun hit.”

It’s not all about violence though, the developers also talks about the balance of melee and ranged tactics in the game, so it’s more than just turning orcs into mincemeat.

Watch it courtesy of Eurogamer below.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North ships for PC, 360 and PS3 on later this year.

The video’s focus is on the Black Númenórean Agandaur the corrupted sorcerer in league with Sauron.

Announced in May last year, War in the North is an action-RPG in the works at Snowblind, complete with online, and interdependent co-op for up to three players to form their own Fellowship to fight Sauron’s forces in the North. The game will come complete with character customization and development, upgradeable weapons, skills and special abilities.

War in the North explores both original and familiar narrative elements of the J.R.R. Tolkien penned saga and focuses on the story and locations pertaining to the Northern battle that raged during the War of the Ring.

This particular battle was alluded to in the books, but never detailed, nor was it explored in the films.

It’s out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 sometimes this year.

Snowblind has put out a new trailer for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and it’s called Untold Story, which is rather fitting.

Reason being, War in the North portrays the great battle of the North as part of the epic War of the Ring, but not something that was detailed in the books or the movies. It was alluded to, but not focused on. This is where the game comes in.

Players will get to exploring unseen lands, story elements, and characters from Middle-earth as well as elements familiar from the films – so it won’t be totally unfamiliar territory at all times.

There’s some character customization and development, upgradeable weapons, skills, and special abilities, and for those who don’t want to fight alone, there’s also interdependent co-op for up to three players to form their own Fellowship to fight Sauron’s forces in the North. Don’t worry – there’s online play as well.

It looks like there will plenty of orcs to slay, and watching the trailer, we saw a warg or two in there as well – so we are honing our virtual blades as well speak. We abhor both with equal voracity.

We really liked what Snowblind did with Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath on PS2, as we’ve said before,  so we are looking forward to this – as if you couldn’t tell.

Announced during E3, it’s out next year for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Enjoy the trailer below, courtesy of Machinima. There’s also some screenshots and concept art below as well.

The Saul Zaentz Company, which holds the rights to the Lord of the Rings, has filed a trademark for War in the North.

The trademark covers all sorts of gaming related media, as well as physical and broadcasting related items. This means toys, games, movies, TV, etc., which is not uncommon so “Joe Blow” can’t make action figures or anything else that will generate profit.

No word on what The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is exactly, but it was picked up by Superannuation.

More through the links.