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With The Return of the King<br />
<br />
>return<br />
of the<br />
rings.<br />
From simple arcade<br />
games to complex<br />
adventures and sprawling<br />
battle sims, The Lord<br />
of the Rings has been a<br />
major source of<br />
inspiration for software<br />
developers for over 20<br />
years. Martyn Carroll<br />
sets off on a journey<br />
to uncover the many<br />
games based on<br />
Tolkein's epic work<br />
movie still raking in cash at<br />
cinemas up and down the<br />
country, and the extended DVD<br />
release due in November, it seems<br />
that no mere mortal will be able to<br />
escape the Lord of the Rings for the<br />
foreseeable future.<br />
You won’t find respite by<br />
playing videogames either,<br />
because EA has recently<br />
released its Return of the King tiein<br />
and are following it up later in<br />
the year with Lord of the Rings<br />
Trilogy, a game based on all<br />
three films.<br />
In a separate licensing deal, Vivendi<br />
Interactive are also releasing<br />
PC games based on the<br />
original book; the War of<br />
the Ring is out now<br />
and The Battle for<br />
Middle-earth is due out<br />
in the summer. The<br />
games are coming thick<br />
and fast, but it’s not<br />
the first time players<br />
have stepped into the<br />
shoes of their favourite<br />
Tolkien character and<br />
walk the world of<br />
Middle-earth.<br />
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