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February Contest of the Month Updates

2nd February 2010

Another month has passed and thus another wave of contests has entered the arena. February’s Contest of the Month is a Caption Contest dealing with any of the Lord of the Ring’s games or movies.
The Lord of the Rings Caption contest runs throu…

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CNN Interviews Ian McKellen

30th January 2010

Ian McKellen is interviewed on CNN in their “Connect the World” feature. Ian talks about his 40 years of acting through his numerous films and his years of acting in theater. The entire interview is embedded below.

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MERP Beta 0.2.4

29th January 2010

The team working on the MERP mod, a total conversion LotR mod for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, has just released beta version 0.2.4. The mod recreates the world as Tolkien envisioned it, with special attention given to lore. MERP describes themselves a…

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LotRO News Update!

29th January 2010

Turbine has recently announced their next update, Volume 3 – Book 1: Oath of the Rangers. Book 1 of the next volume ushers in five new skirmishes, four of which are centered around Dol Guldur and one skirmish for the Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu. In addition pl…

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Warner Brothers Layoffs Developers!

13th January 2010

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment has laid off an unknown number of jobs at three of its studios, including Snowblind Studios which has been rumored to be working on a Lord of the Rings RPG. It is unknown whether this rumor is true in the first plac…

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Spoilers! The Hobbit casting calls and plot details

8th January 2010

SpoilerTV has published a long casting call for the Hobbit, featuring some first insight into the story of the movie and the characters featured in it. Read on for the full details but note there are SPOILERS!

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Contest of the Month Updates!

31st December 2009

First Middle Earth Center would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Now moving onto the topic at hand, Middle Earth Center is proud to announce our third Contest of the Month, the Middle Earth Song Contest!
The Middle Earth Song contest runs throughout…

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Peter Jackson Knighted

31st December 2009

After bringing never before seen attention to New Zealand and to the Lord of the Rings franchise, Peter Jackson has been knighted by the Queen of England, New Zealand’s head of state.
The knighthood was conferred on Jackson for his services to film…

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Peter Jackson on the Hobbit and LotR

31st December 2009

In an interview with the Aussie 7:30 Report TV Show, Peter Jackson talked about the upcoming Hobbit films and reflects back on Lord of the Rings. The interview is embedded below for your viewing pleasure.

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Third Age: Total War 1.4 released

31st December 2009

The creators of the Medieval 2: Total War (Kingdoms) modification ‘Third Age, Total War’  have released a special new years’ treat; version 1.4 of their mod. This version introduces several new units such as the Balrog, Aragorn and…

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