Our friends at Warner Bros Studios are also celebrating Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday today with up to 50% off selected items, and free shipping on orders of $60 or more from their WBshop.com store. This might be a perfect opportunity to nab a Halloween costume, DVD or that Gandalf bobblehead you’ve been putting off buying. Check out their complete Lord of the Rings offerings here. Thanks to stormcrow20 for the alert.
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No, no, not the film — it’s a new boardgame by Dr. Reiner Knizia, who designed the recently-republished ‘Lord of the Rings’ cooperative boardgame and many other excellent titles. Fantasy Flight Games has announced this for ‘Winter 2010’. Some time back, Knizia indicated that, like the book, this will be a lighter title than ‘Lord of the Rings’ and playable by younger players and non-gamers. 2-5 players represent dwarves who accompany Bilbo on his journey; the goal is to end the game with the most loot!
With the forthcoming cooperative LotR card game and the new edition of the older Knizia LotR co-op (and a likely new edition of the big-box War of the Ring wargame next year), and now this new product, Fantasy Flight is keeping their Tolkien line very much alive. In any case, this game can keep us occupied on those long Yule nights while waiting for news about a Hobbit movie.
Learn more at the Fantasy Flight Games website. [Click Here]
[disclaimer – I (Ostadan) have nothing to do with FFG, but think they’ve done a fine job in their handling of the Tolkien game license, unlike some other companies I could mention…]
The Lord of the Rings films are coming out individually on Blu-ray today, so we thought we’d celebrate with a bit of a giveaway! TheOneRing.net in coordination with Warner Brothers Home Entertainment are giving you a chance to win an impressive LOTR prize pack! Each prize pack includes:
- (1) “The Fellowship Of The Ring” Blu-ray disc
- (1) “The Two Towers” Blu-ray disc
- (1) “The Return Of The King” Blu-ray disc
- (7) Seven Bookmarks
- (1) One Navy Blue Ornament
- (1) One deck of LOTR Playing Cards
- (1) One Travel Candle
- (1) One Poster
We are giving away (5) five packs, so your odds of winning are greatly increased! The entry form is after the break, and winners will be announced on Sept 21st 2010. Thanks to Warner Brothers for making this giveaway possible! And don’t forget to pick up your copies today at a local store or through your favorite online source. [FOTR Blu-Ray] [TTT Blu-Ray] [ROTK Blu-Ray]
This giveaway is now closed! Please see the winners, located here
Love Lord of the Rings? Love slot machines? Now you can combine the two! It looks like Spotlight 29 Casino in the Coachella Valley has added 10 new penny slot machine games to their line-up, and they include the brand new LOTR game:
Lord of the Rings has taken the J.R. Tolkien trilogy and created an innovative experience that utilizes the latest gaming technology. The player will embark on a mission through Middle Earth and complete different levels of the storyline through wins. “Adaptive Gaming” technology allows control over the spinning reels during a turn, while “Sensory Immersion” incorporates chairs with Bose sound systems to complete the illusion you are traveling with Frodo and friends through the elements of Tolkien’s fantastical world.
Read on for further details. [Press Release]
This comes to us from Fragland.com via a Gamasutra job posting. Warner Brothers is hiring a director for future gaming development and they specific mention ‘Hobbit’ games. Here’s the posting from Gamasutra:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. seeks a Director, Marketing for the Marketing department. Position will be responsible for brand development and product marketing activities for the entire portfolio of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit games at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Position manages high-level cross-company & external partnerships relative to the assigned franchises.
This is obviously good news for the gaming community, but could it also mean that WB is a bit more confident in The Hobbit films happening soon? If you are interested in the position, check out the full job listing at Gamasutra. [WB Job Listing]
Ostadan writes: Fantasy Flight Games, who have been the US publisher of Reiner Knizia’s cooperative Lord of the Rings boardgame for several years now, have announced a new edition of the game in their ‘Silver Line’ format. It features newer (smaller) redesigned game components and a new rulebook, apparently retaining the original game play but more clearly written. They have not announced compatible editions of the expansions that have been published for the original game. The original game has been out of print for a while, and I must say that the new graphics (still featuring John Howe’s artwork) look very good. Note that you can download the rulebook in PDF format. More..