The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition
Step into a darker, grittier Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition expands Tolkien’s epic legendarium, delving into the brutal, untold story of Agandaûr, a Black Númenórean and…
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition is an adventure developed by Aspyr Media, released 11 August 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition is
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition is an adventure game developed by Aspyr Media and released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
While much attention and focus has been placed on the journey of the One Ring, the assault on Middle-earth hits all corners of the map. War in the North turns our attention towards an integral part of the storyline that is grounded in details within the books and various appendices. This is not someone else’s fight. This is your own effort to forage a way through the dark, dangerous, and unknown landscape, defending all that is yours. This is your war.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition is the 69th of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. It arrived a year after Tales of the Shire. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
What it launched against
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition launched on 11 August 2026, within three weeks of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation and Star Wars Zero Company. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Star Wars Zero Company.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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