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cinderboy · 03-13-2009, 04:44 AM

After eight years of Electronic Arts holding the game rights to the Lord of the Rings films, the license has transferred to Warner Bros., which owns licensee New Line Cinema.

In 2007, publisher EA renewed its original licensing agreement through 2008, but apparently Warner elected to bring the property home after that period expired. The news was reported in an online Variety blog post, citing unnamed sources.

The reversion likely includes the rights to adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's original literary work, held by Vivendi Games until they too were obtained by Electronic Arts in 2005.

Pandemic's Lord of the Rings: Conquest, apparently the last Lord of the Rings game to be released by EA, made it onto the top 10 sales charts, but seemed to have little lasting power -- and took a critical beating.

With the main New Line film trilogy having competed more than five years ago, the franchise isn't at its top potential. However, New Line is producing a film version of Rings prequel The Hobbit, due in 2012 -- sure to receive multiple game adaptations.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has been making a concerted effort over the past several years to expand its game development and publishing efforts, and now fully owns Monolith Productions, TT Games (a.k.a. Traveller's Tales), and Snowblind Studios.

Also in recent years, Electronic Arts has signaled its intention to increase the proportion of its portfolio that is based on original intellectual property, as opposed to licensed material.

Sandman53 · 03-13-2009, 04:55 AM

Doesn't matter as all of the lotr games sucked cept for the one made by Turbine and not EA.

holy11 · 03-13-2009, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandman53

Doesn't matter as all of the lotr games sucked cept for the one made by Turbine and not EA.

Was that conquest? cause if not,then you my friend are wrong,cause i found LOTR:Conquest alot of fun.

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DarkEssence · 03-13-2009, 12:05 PM

Sandman I love you please marry me? Haven't been able to talk to you in so long.

And yeah Conquest was definitely my favorite LOTR games, and I've only played the demo D:. At first for some reason I was expecting Conquest to be a strategic MMO...but I was just as satisfied with being able to choose different classes/races and the 16-player multiplayer is freaking awesome. I hope it gets expanded to 32-player at some point.

TheWiseGuy · 03-13-2009, 12:12 PM

ehh conquest got a bit too repetitive after a while...only one i liked was lotro(the one produced by turbine)...and i dunno warner brothers games isn't doing too great in my book...especially after fear 2(pukes)....but meh who knows

03-13-2009, 04:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
cinderboy The Beast of the East Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Internetz Posts: 13,172 Reputation: 228	Lord of the Rings gaming rights no longer under EA After eight years of Electronic Arts holding the game rights to the Lord of the Rings films, the license has transferred to Warner Bros., which owns licensee New Line Cinema. In 2007, publisher EA renewed its original licensing agreement through 2008, but apparently Warner elected to bring the property home after that period expired. The news was reported in an online Variety blog post, citing unnamed sources. The reversion likely includes the rights to adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's original literary work, held by Vivendi Games until they too were obtained by Electronic Arts in 2005. Pandemic's Lord of the Rings: Conquest, apparently the last Lord of the Rings game to be released by EA, made it onto the top 10 sales charts, but seemed to have little lasting power -- and took a critical beating. With the main New Line film trilogy having competed more than five years ago, the franchise isn't at its top potential. However, New Line is producing a film version of Rings prequel The Hobbit, due in 2012 -- sure to receive multiple game adaptations. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has been making a concerted effort over the past several years to expand its game development and publishing efforts, and now fully owns Monolith Productions, TT Games (a.k.a. Traveller's Tales), and Snowblind Studios. Also in recent years, Electronic Arts has signaled its intention to increase the proportion of its portfolio that is based on original intellectual property, as opposed to licensed material. __________________

03-13-2009, 04:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sandman53 ಠ_ಠ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Land of the Lost Posts: 4,268 Reputation: 45	Doesn't matter as all of the lotr games sucked cept for the one made by Turbine and not EA. __________________ "The only dependable thing about the future is uncertainty." - Amarant Coral "People who commit war are stupid, but the blood they spill is not meaningless." - Dr. J.

03-13-2009, 12:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
DarkEssence Spyro’s Burning Cough Join Date: May 2006 Location: California Posts: 542 Reputation: 14	Sandman I love you please marry me? Haven't been able to talk to you in so long. And yeah Conquest was definitely my favorite LOTR games, and I've only played the demo D:. At first for some reason I was expecting Conquest to be a strategic MMO...but I was just as satisfied with being able to choose different classes/races and the 16-player multiplayer is freaking awesome. I hope it gets expanded to 32-player at some point. __________________ La Tale Review Written By Me: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/105523.html Ghost Online Faq Written By Me: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/35874.html If you need a guide on Magicians PM me or ask me in any thread I go to, and I'll link you to one I wrote.

03-13-2009, 12:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheWiseGuy OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Onrpg Posts: 4,649 Reputation: 82	ehh conquest got a bit too repetitive after a while...only one i liked was lotro(the one produced by turbine)...and i dunno warner brothers games isn't doing too great in my book...especially after fear 2(pukes)....but meh who knows __________________

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