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• Report - WB Games Seattle hit with a round of lay-offs

  A source close to WB Games Seattle has confirmed to Joystiq a number of lay-offs have occurred in the studio. Developers which work out of the Seattle arm of Warner include Monolith, Snowblind Studios, and Surreal Software. The redundancies first came to light via a tweet from 3D Realms founder George Broussard. The only title […]

• LotR: War in the North demo exclusive to OnLive

  You’ll need access to streaming games service OnLive if you want a taster of the latest Tolkienesque adventure.

• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North's launch trailer features giant bird

  You remember the huge eagle chaps Gandalf flew around on in Lord of the Rings? No? Remind yourself with the launch trailer for War in the North, which features a brief look at one of the goggle-eyed feathery bastards in between a bunch of magic and shouting. It’s developed by Snowblind, and looks about as […]

• The Witch-king of Angmar haunts LotR: War in the North

  Take a look at the Witch-king of Angmar – he who gave Frodo a gentle stab in the Fellowship of the Ring – as he appears in Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North delayed in Australia

  Warner Bros. Australia has announced a two-week delay to the release of Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North trailer celebrates Humanity

  It is okay to pick a vanilla human character in Lord of the Rings: War in the North, because as this trailer shows, they’re actually pretty sweet.

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North screenshots in 360 degrees

  Narrowly beating out Sega’s 3D screenshots for strangest asset dump of the year so far, Warner Bros. has sent a pair of 360 degree screenshots of Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

• War in the North trailer issues dramatic call to arms

  A rousing new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North urges you to choose a champion and find out what happened on the parts of Middle-earth not being scurried over by hobbits.

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North trailer explains franchise overlap

  If you have trouble knowing your Gimlis from your Gloins, this new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, which shows how the game’s plot intersects with that of the film trilogy, may help you out. War in the North is due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in northern […]

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North all about "fellowship"

  The co-op experience is central to Lord of the Rings: The War in the North, according to Snowblind Studios.

• War in the North dev diary explains the weaponry of Middle-earth

  Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios released a new diary today detailing the weaponry you will be handling in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

• War in the North trailer describes knocking off heads, severing limbs

  Snowblind has released a new trailer for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and in it the development team talks about the violence inherit in war.

• LotR goes mature with War in the North: movie, hands-on

  Lord of the Rings: War in the North is the spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and the mature Tolkein game you’ve been waiting for. GDC impressions inside.

• Lord of the Rings: War in the North dev diary justifies game's existence

  In this developer diary for Snowblind’s War in the North, the team make no bones of tackling the question “why do I want to play another Lord of the Rings game?”

• LotR: War in the North invites you to join the Council of the North

  Warner Bros. has announced a new way to get your LotR geek on; a community of War in the North fans called the Council of the North. Join the ranks of hardcore fans, and you’ll be rewarded with insider information and exclusive assets – and we have one such trailer, to show you what the […]

• LOTR: War in the North gets previewed, trailered

  Warner has put out a video and some screens for Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

• Staff at Monolith, Surreal and Snowblind laid-off by Warner Bros.

  Warner Bros. has made a number of layoffs at Monolith Productions, Surreal Software, and Snowblind Studios.

• Death Tank up on Live

  Nelson’s confirmed that Death Tank is now up on the Live Arcade. The Snowblind remake features eight-way multi-play and eight different landscapes on which to settle your differences. It’s 1,200 Points.

• Death Tank goes to XBLA this week

  Death Tank’s this Wednesday’s XBLA game, which is probably pretty cool. The Snowblind Studios remake features Live play for up to eight, and it’ll cost you 1,200 Points. You really may as well buy it. It’ll probably be fun.