Lord of the Rings: War in the North Announced

Posted by Jeremy M. Zoss at 11:24 AM Mar 18, 2010

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment officially announced the existence of Lord of the Rings: War in the North from developer Snowblind Studios, and I find myself unreasonable excited by the news. There are a few reasons I'm so pumped by the news. First, a love a good "dungeon crawler" RPG, something Snowblind has done really, really well with games like Champions of Norrath (and less well with games like Justice League Heroes, but oh well). Second, it's promising online co-op, which is always welcome. Third, it's being published by WBIE - a publisher I've long believed could be a major force in gaming once it started reclaiming the licenses it granted to other publishers. The next Batman game will be published by WBIE, and now so will the next LoTR game. Could Harry Potter be the next series it takes back? WBIE could be a very strong publisher, and the more strong publishers we have, the better.

LoTR: War in the North is coming to PC, PS3 and 360 next year. Look for more info in the next issue of Official PlayStation Magazine.