Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a video game, released 1 November 2011.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Snowblind Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. An OS X port was developed and published by Feral Interactive in 2013. It is the second video game based on both J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation released in 2001, 2002 and 2003, following the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II in 2006. WB Games acquired the rights for both intellectual properties in 2009 - prior to this, Vivendi Universal Games, in partnership with Tolkien…
How it was received
Lord of the Rings: War in the North holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Lord of the Rings: War in the North launched on 1 November 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lord of the Rings: War in the North yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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