2/22/04 - Latest News

Battle for MiddleEarth Trailer
Luthien @ 10:27 am EST

Courtesy of a very astute HavensSpy Jordan, a trailer for EA's The Battle of Middle Earth is up and running at GameTrailers.com, and it's stunning, if I do say so myself. Scroll down the page to the Lord of the Rings trailers--it's the very first one. [More]

2/19/04 - Latest News

War of the Ring Tournament Round One Update
Luthien @ 2:16 pm EST

The original 32 players in Round One are down to 16 in Round Two. Round Two players can be found here, and will play this coming Friday, Feb. 20th. And of course, congratulations to Nicholas "Turelio" Ruedig, who represented TORn, for making it into the first round!!

2/17/04 - Latest News

Posting on Havens
Luthien @ 7:18 am EST

Due to a near-fatal atack of Real Life, I've been absent from Havens recently. I hope to make up for this in the coming months with increased news coverage and postings. However, any help at all is appreciated! Send any/all gaming news to Havens@TheOneRing.net, and, so long as it's newsworthy, I promise I'll get it up just as quick as I can!

Perfect Post Valentine's Day Gift
Luthien @ 7:02 am EST

Valentine's Day nothing but flowers and chocolates? Girlfriend didn't get you a single gaming gift? Not to worry: Games Workshop has recently released some awesome new figures as part of their Fall of the Witch King Expansion set. Check out Eowyn, Merry and the Big Scary Guy himself. Gaurunteed to cure any post-Valentine's Day blues. [More]

2/16/04 - Latest News

Interactive Achievement Awards
Xoanon @ 11:02 pm EST

HOLLYWOOD -- Elijah Wood and Jada Pinkett-Smith didn't get Oscar noms for their roles in last year's "Lord of the Rings" and "Matrix" sequels, but they may get a prize yet.

Voiceover work in vidgame adaptations of those films has landed both among the finalists for upcoming Interactive Achievement Awards, which the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences will be presenting March 4 as part of its DICE Summit in Las Vegas.

Seventh annual awards are the academy's attempt to put together a kudofest equivalent to the Oscars for the videogame biz. A variety of vidgame awards, including one launched last year by Spike TV, are currently vying for primacy.

Most honored game was Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time," which drew 13 noms, including one for overall game of the year.

Wood and Pinkett-Smith were nominated in the new category of character performance, reflecting the growing use of professional thesps to voice vidgame characters. Other male voiceover nominees were Method Man, Snoop Dogg, Michael Ironside and James McCaffrey, while Pinkett-Smith's competition consists of Christina Milian, Anna Edwards, Tara Strong and Anna Garduno.

AIAS has some 5,000 members, including vidgame professionals from most major companies in the sector.

Kudofest will feature awards in 36 categories, including online multi-player game, animation, sound design and licensed soundtrack.

Publisher Electronic Arts received the most finalists spots with 29, followed by Ubisoft with 23 and Sony Computer Entertainment of America with 21.

1/15/04 - Latest News

ROTK mobile game launched in Europe
Xoanon @ 4:19 pm EST

LONDON - As games on mobile phones get closer in style to those on consoles and PCs, publishers are paying for the rights to popular films to attract customers. Mobile phone customers in France and Spain are now able to download games based on The Lord of The Rings film, "The Return of The King," and other European markets will have access to the game soon, according to distributor In-Fusio SA. [More]

1/09/04 - Latest News

The latest from Games Workshop!
Luthien @ 9:00 pm EST

Games Workshop has just released several new figures, which will be in stores Jan. 10th, including Balin, a mounted King Aragorn in full Gondorian regalia, and Goldberry and Tom Bombadil. Check them out and enjoy!

1/02/04 - Latest News

Another Quality LotR Module for Neverwinter Nights
Luthien @ 1:45 pm EST

Arhaic, author of "The Dunedain" module for Neverwinter Nights, has recently created another quality LotR module for NWN: LotR: Sons of the Steward. "This module is quite a bit deeper than the original," Archaic writes, "but it pays the same degree of homage and respect to Tolkien's source material."

To read the summary and features of this module, be sure to check out the Special Report by clicking [More] at the end of this paragraph. For more information and the module download, go here, and be sure to read the instructions in the ReadMe text file! Enjoy, and let us know what you thought of this module by e-mailing Havens@TheOneRing.net [More]