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DMczaf · Jul 25, 2005

http://www.eagames.com/official/lor...rmiddleearth/us/subpage.jsp?src=upcoming_copy

Redwood City, Calif., July 25, 2005 Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkiens epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Lines Academy Award winning theatrical productions of The Lord of the Rings, as depicted by Peter Jackson. The expansion of the rights allows EA to introduce players to depths of the fiction never before explored in an EA game. The company also revealed today the first details of two new games in the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings series; The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II and The Lord of the Rings Tactics (working title). With the new games, fans will be able to step into a world that looks like the films, but experience characters, environments and battles that have been inspired by the books.

DrLazy · Jul 25, 2005

Thank God. It sucked having competition with books vs. movie games.

Borys · Jul 25, 2005

Did BfME sold that well?

I thought RTS fans hated it (I know I did) and bought Warcraft 3 and Rome: TW instead (I know I did).

Eitherway AoE3, Total Annihilation 2 and Civ4 will crush it.

El_Victor · Jul 25, 2005

Let me play as Morgoth and spawn armies of Balrogs and I will reach ecstasy.

Ulairi · Jul 25, 2005

Gawd no! EA is going to continue to suck and now they'll screw over the books.

border · Jul 25, 2005

Another license secured by Electronic Arts. I dunno why they'd want it though -- it's not like Vivendi was really competing with them, and it seems like people won't really be interested in titles that deviate from the art design of the films anyway.

Does this kill Middle Earth Online? Or was it already dead?

Ulairi · Jul 25, 2005

El_Victor said:
Let me play as Morgoth and spawn armies of Balrogs and I will reach ecstasy.

They don't have the rights to use Morgoth. They can only make games based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings+appendencies. The Silmarillion is not covered on the Tolkien Enterprises licnese.

ManaByte · Jul 25, 2005

border said:
Another license secured by Electronic Arts. I dunno why they'd want it though -- it's not like Vivendi was really competing with them, and it seems like people won't really be interested in titles that deviate from the art design of the films anyway.

Does this kill Middle Earth Online? Or was it already dead?

Turbine bought Middle Earth Online from Vivendi and renamed it The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
http://lotro.turbine.com/

Ulairi · Jul 25, 2005

border said:
Another license secured by Electronic Arts. I dunno why they'd want it though -- it's not like Vivendi was really competing with them, and it seems like people won't really be interested in titles that deviate from the art design of the films anyway.

Does this kill Middle Earth Online? Or was it already dead?

Seperate licnese.

Matlock · Jul 25, 2005

The Hobbit: Street!

Littleberu · Jul 25, 2005

Borys said:
Did BfME sold that well?

I thought RTS fans hated it (I know I did) and bought Warcraft 3 and Rome: TW instead (I know I did).

Eitherway AoE3, Total Annihilation 2 and Civ4 will crush it.

You bought WC3 instead? Like 2 years late? And you call yourself a "RTS" fan?

Littleberu · Jul 25, 2005

Matlock said:
The Hobbit: Street!

WITH EA TRAX, DJ SAMWISE AND STUPID LOGO LOLOL

BOYCOTTT

flarkminator · Jul 25, 2005

I can't believe EA is goign to slam its sloppy floppy liscence dong into my god damn childhood!!!!

Argh.

fennec fox · Jul 25, 2005

flarkminator said:
I can't believe EA is goign to slam its sloppy floppy liscence dong into my god damn childhood!!!!

Whoa, I didn't know Harry Knowles posted here!

Katana_Strikes · Jul 25, 2005

Why are we getting a sequel to the crappy BfME?

WHERE IS MY COMMAND AND CONQUER EA!!!!!

GamerShu · Jul 25, 2005

has EA created a game that doesnt used anything liscenced?

flarkminator · Jul 25, 2005

fennec fox said:
Whoa, I didn't know Harry Knowles posted here!

:lol

Littleberu · Jul 25, 2005

GamerShu said:
has EA created a game that doesnt used anything liscenced?

EA doesn't create games.

But one could say : BF1942, Medal of Honor, Oddworld, The Sims, Black and White, Command and Conquer, Ultima Online, Timesplitters 3, etc... etc...

flarkminator · Jul 25, 2005

Littleberu said:
EA doesn't create games.

But one could say : BF1942, Medal of Honor, Oddworld, The Sims, Black and White, Command and Conquer, Ultima Online, Timesplitters 3, etc... etc...

C&C was originally Westwood, Black and White was Molynuex and Lionhead studios.

I don't see how those could be attributed to EA unless I'm missing something.

Varian · Jul 25, 2005

The Tolkien estate is run by the insane. So is EA. Even the Winnie-the-Pooh family has scruples.

DMczaf said:
http://www.eagames.com/official/lor...rmiddleearth/us/subpage.jsp?src=upcoming_copy

"Hoist the sale first-mate Orc!"
"Aye, aye Cap'n!"

Deku · Jul 25, 2005

May God have mercy on our souls. EA domination continues.

Katana_Strikes · Jul 25, 2005

Deku said:
May God have mercy on our souls. EA domination continues.

Well to be fair, it can't be any worse than VU output with the book license... can it?

ronito · Jul 25, 2005

Why do I have a feeling when I play an LOTR RPG now and stay at the Prancing Pony they'll only sell "Mountain Dew" and serve "KFC"

Littleberu · Jul 25, 2005

flarkminator said:
C&C was originally Westwood, Black and White was Molynuex and Lionhead studios.

I don't see how those could be attributed to EA unless I'm missing something.

That's why I wrote : "EA don't do any games". Their studios do.

Why do I have a feeling when I play an LOTR RPG now and stay at the Prancing Pony they'll only sell "Mountain Dew" and serve "KFC"

Because you touch yourself at night.

temp · Jul 25, 2005

Littleberu said:
EA doesn't create games.

But one could say : BF1942, Medal of Honor, Oddworld, The Sims, Black and White, Command and Conquer, Ultima Online, Timesplitters 3, etc... etc...

Yeah, but Oddworld, Command and Conquer, Ultima and Timesplitters were existing licenses when EA started publishing them. And, like you said, EA didn't make Battlefield 1942 or Black and White. I'm really not sure about Medal of Honor, though.

ChrisReid · Jul 25, 2005

Dav2k said:
Why are we getting a sequel to the crappy BfME?

WHERE IS MY COMMAND AND CONQUER EA!!!!!

GArrerf! Beat me to it! Tiberian Twilight, Red Alert 3, Generals 2, I don't care, I want a new command & conquer game!

Patrick Klepek · Jul 25, 2005

temp said:
Yeah, but Oddworld, Command and Conquer, Ultima and Timesplitters were existing licenses when EA started publishing them. And, like you said, EA didn't make Battlefield 1942 or Black and White. I'm really not sure about Medal of Honor, though.

EA didn't come up with Medal of Honor; it was a DreamWorks (back when they did games) product that EA picked.

Error · Jul 26, 2005

so many replies and no

iapetus · Jul 26, 2005

http://t-o-m-e.net/main.php?tome_current=0

flarkminator · Jul 26, 2005

eXxy said:
EA didn't come up with Medal of Honor; it was a DreamWorks (back when they did games) product that EA picked.

yeah and as soon as EA grabbed them the original team split off and formed their own company.

And guess what they made. Thats right. Call of Duty, which fucked all Medal of Honors in the ASS.

blackadde · Jul 26, 2005

Dav2k said:
WHERE IS MY COMMAND AND CONQUER EA!!!!!

Westwood doesn't exist anymore.

temp · Jul 26, 2005

eXxy said:
EA didn't come up with Medal of Honor; it was a DreamWorks (back when they did games) product that EA picked.

All right; I figured they didn't come up with it, but I was too lazy to look it up.

Shard · Jul 26, 2005

THese games be any worse then those god-awful VU LOtR book games.

flarkminator · Jul 26, 2005

blackadde said:
Westwood doesn't exist anymore.

But the westwood team was absorbed into EALA, which is the same team that did Battle for MIddle Earth which was, MISTAKINGLY, why I thought it would be good.

Shard · Jul 26, 2005

Fun fact, EALA used t obe Dreakworks Interactive.

Wario64 · Jul 26, 2005

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acklame · Jul 26, 2005

Dav2k said:
Why are we getting a sequel to the crappy BfME?

WHERE IS MY NON-GENERALS COMMAND AND CONQUER EA!!!!!

fixed.

..pakbeka.. · Jul 26, 2005

I knew it, they can't get a hold of a franchise like LOTR and not release one game every year

Littleberu · Jul 26, 2005

flarkminator said:
yeah and as soon as EA grabbed them the original team split off and formed their own company.

And guess what they made. Thats right. Call of Duty, which fucked all Medal of Honors in the ASS.

Annnnd total bullshit. They split when they got an OFFER from Activision.

flarkminator · Jul 26, 2005

Littleberu said:
Annnnd total bullshit. They split when they got an OFFER from Activision.

Wait..that doesn't make what I said bullshit. I said they split off, and made Call of Duty. Who cares if it was Activisions money that made them do it?

Littleberu · Jul 26, 2005

flarkminator said:
Wait..that doesn't make what I said bullshit. I said they split off, and made Call of Duty. Who cares if it was Activisions money that made them do it?

They did both the MOH on PSX, the one on PS2 and then Allied Assault, then left. That's not "as soon as EA grabbed them".

belgurdo · Jul 26, 2005

Rockstar about to get sent to the gas chamber, EA owning the world...o, woe to the gamer, for he is troubled with a burden

flarkminator · Jul 26, 2005

Littleberu said:
They did both the MOH on PSX, the one on PS2 and then Allied Assault, then left. That's not "as soon as EA grabbed them".

I thought they left before Allied Assault. Huh, *thumbs up*. But as for the topic at hand. I'm not happy about it

Battle for middle earth was painful.

And for some reason I bought the RPG they made. I'm not sure why.

Littleberu · Jul 26, 2005

flarkminator said:
I thought they left before Allied Assault. Huh, *thumbs up*. But as for the topic at hand. I'm not happy about it

Battle for middle earth was painful.

And for some reason I bought the RPG they made. I'm not sure why.

As someone else already said, were you happier with Fellowship of the Ring from the marvelous Vivendi?

flarkminator · Jul 26, 2005

Littleberu said:
As someone else already said, were you happier with Fellowship of the Ring from the marvelous Vivendi?

No. But, I mean. Its sort of like the adventure of the unknown. You never know if Vivendi could have turned out something good, or they could have sold the liscene to someone else ya know. But now I'm almost certain I wont' like comes from it. And trust me, I'm not saying this because its EA. I have purchased and played every LotR game they made because I was a huge LotR fan. And I'm glutten for punishmen

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