WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2006--Turbine, Inc. has officially started taking Beta player registrations for the highly-anticipated The Lord of the Rings Online(TM): Shadows of Angmar(TM), the first and only massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. To sign up for their chance to be selected for The Lord of the Rings Online(TM) Beta, players should head to http://beta.turbine.com/signup. The Beta Program will launch later this summer.
I think i'll pass, the movie version is the only version in my opinion. [...] Its a shame EA isn't making this one.
Don't kid yourself, it's Turbine. You know all they did was churn out the standard hobbits-and-orcs RPG and slap the LOTR franchise on top. Turbine is one of those companies that has one good game (Asheron's Call) and just rides the reputation they built up, which isn't looking so good anymore.
And no, EA-the cash-cow should NOT make this. Good god, what is wrong with you?