War In The North

War In The North headlines

• Wednesday Shorts: OmniTouch, Blindside, THQ.com relaunch, Guillermo del Toro

  Go grab a cuppa. You’re in this one for the long haul.

• War in the North vignette introduces the Wight Lord of the Barrow-downs

  Warner and Snowblind Studios have released a new vignette for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and it features one my biggest nemesis: wights. Yes, you will fight orcs in the game along with trolls and massive spiders, but a Barrow-wight is more apt to piss you off than even a warg. […]

• War in the North developer diary discusses co-op

  Warner and Snowblind have released a developer video for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, discussing the game’s co-op. The game is due on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in early November, although the UK date is yet to be locked down.

• 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.

• Quick Shots: War in the North gamescom screens, renders

  Warner and Snowblind have released new assets for Lord of the Rings: War in the North. You can check out each shot and three character renders below. Remember, Loremasters rule, Guardians drool.

• Interactive Champions video released for War in the North

  Warner has released a new video for War in the North which gives you a glimpse of and interactive trailer experience located on the official website. This allows you to dive deeper into the War in the North by selecting either a Human Ranger, Elf, or Dwarf as your guide. Every choice offers up new […]

• Latest War in the North trailer is all about the Fellowship

  Warner and Snowblind released a new trailer for War in the North today, delving into the events and characters, which chart “the path of turmoil,” in which only the game’s Fellowship can walk. Check it out below.

• Thursday Shorts II: War in the North, Deathsmiles, Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, stats

  Shorts are short this afternoon. But that’s, okay. Never heard anyone complain about such a thing unless they’re being sported by large, hairy man.

• War in the North to be released this fall, collector's edition, pre-order incentives detailed

  Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios today announced details for the North American Collector’s Edition and pre-order incentive programs for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North along with a Fall 2011 ship date.

• Watch Beleram rip enemies apart in this vignette for War in the North

  Warner and Snowblind have released a new gameplay vignette for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, which focuses on the Great Eagle, Beleram.

• Thursday Shorts 2: Lara Croft models, bikini car wash, Alien queens, gentle games

  So many things out of E3, so little caffeine and sanity left. Let’s get to the shorts of it, shall we?

• War in the North assets introduce you to Beleram the Great Eagle

  Warner and Snowblind Studios have released a look at War in the North’s massive eagle Beleram.

• 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.

• The mountains of Gundabad become a troll's graveyard in War in the North

  Warner has released a new video walkthrough for Lord of the Rings: War in the North narrated by Shawn Stahl, designer at Snowblind Studios.

• Thursday Shorts: AMY, Backbreaker, iPad vs PC, FFVI, Moon Diver, Ono on Chun Li's thighs

  Headlines, small witticisms, and link dumps are below. Warning: there’s quite a few today.

• War in the North trailer is full of bloody, slow-mo combat

  Snowblind has released a new combat video for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and it shows quite a bit of blood as our heroes hack their way through orcs and the like.

• 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?”