The Two Towers trading card list is now at Decipher's website.  Thanks for the link, Ringbearer! ;)

Yes folks, here is another run down on the Extended DVD Version.  But this is by IGN.  Take a look here.

Note: SPOILERS!

This game has shipped its PS2 version to stores Nationwide.

"Black Label Games has today announced that the PS2 version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is now in stores. The game"....... more on this article, and it also has a nice little review of the game.

Thanks Gamespot!

"Officers made two arrests after finding 10,000 videos and 200 video machines at an industrial unit in Stratford St Andrew, near Saxmundham, police revealed on Wednesday.

The machines were allegedly being used to make illegal copies of The Lord of the Rings."

More on this story.

Thanks BBC

The Noble Collection has recently added to their collection to include:

Glamdring

Broken Narsil

Chess Set

Check them out! A Narsil as per the book too!

Thanks to the Armoury and Orc for that.

Hi Folks,

Well I am sure you have noticed some problems and a distinct lack of news. We are having troubles as I said before with our hosting and server. In light of all this we are negotiating a new home for the site.

So expect a move fairly soon.

NB The mail has failed again so please use my own e-mail for the moment. jameswray@btinternet.com DO NOT use our contacts on the pages. Many people are still doing so. We are not recieving that mail.

Please bear with us during this bumpy time, full service will resume once we have moved the site.

We will keep you informed.

Regards

Fatty

...all because of the success of LOTR.

So Mortenson's business partner Pilar Perez reveals in a nice sit-down chat with The House of Telcontar about Perceval Press, an independant press for artistic books.

Read the interview here and find out how to order Viggo's very own books and CD's!

Some great new shots scanned from White Dwarf magazine. See them over at Tolkien Online. Spoilers!

Here are some great scans from Deciphers latest brochure.

Thanks to Grima and Saruman from Orthanc's Workshop for the scans!

Hi Folks,

Well I am sure you have noticed some problems and a distinct lack of news. We are having troubles as I said before with our hosting and server. In light of all this we have negotiated a new home for the site.

So expect a move fairly soon.

Our mail is working again so if you need to contact us you can throught usual channels. The same goes for entering competitions and the like. NB The mail has failed again so please use my own e-mail for the moment. jameswray@btinternet.com

Please bear with us during this bumpy time, full service will resume once we have moved the site.

We will keep you informed.

"The live-action movie based on the classic tale of the mischievous boy-puppet, made $7.02 million (euros) at the weekend, ripping past the previous record of $5.86 million set by "Lord of the Rings," cinema agency AGIS said.

More on the report.

Wanna talk about it?  Then head on over to the News Forum.  (link is below)

Thanks to CNN Entertainment

This is a review from Lisa Shea over at BellaOnline:

"You have simple quests to achieve - get a mill working, find the pigs. You gather up some firecrackers and mushrooms (yum!) and deal with your annoying relatives. In hardly any time at all you've met up with Sam, Merry and Pippin and have left the Shire."

Click here to read more of this great review.  Sounds like a fun game, might have to go buy it... (checks wallet)

Thanks Lisa

Pravda:

"The population census which is currently held in Russia has revealed rather unbelievable things: as it turned out, hobbits, elves and skiffs are habitual for Russia, as some of them live in the country. The first two “peoples” have been discovered in the Russian city of Perm,...."  more on this funny story.

Shows you what kind of impact Tolkien has had on teenagers!

From TheBiz:

"New Line Cinema sequel The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers opens Dec. 18 with promotional support from new partners Verizon Wireless and Air New Zealand, plus a serious boost in November from a new, longer DVD edition of the first The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."....read more.

Thanks Verizon and Air New Zealand!!

Apparently Sci Fi got to view the Extended DVD too.  Maybe you would like to view their review of it. 

WARNING:  SPOILERS!!!

Click here to view the review.

Thanks to Sci Fi.

(I'm glad the site is back up!) ;)

Hi Folks,

Well I am sure you have noticed some problems and a distinct lack of news. We are having troubles as I said before with our hosting and server. In light of all this we are negotiating a new home for the site.

So expect a move fairly soon.

NB The mail has failed again so please use my own e-mail for the moment. jameswray@btinternet.com

Please bear with us during this bumpy time, full service will resume once we have moved the site.

We will keep you informed.

Regards

Fatty

Well as you might have noticed this weekend has been a bit of a disaster for us. First the hosts had trouble with router. Which will cause more problems later today when they swap it. Then our dns got messed up and after instlaling security software we came under persistant attack from spammers and such.. For those not technically minded, we had a bad time :-).

Also please use the email I posted ealier if you need to conact us as the site alias's are also defunct.

Anyway everything should be fine after tomorrow. Then there maybe some other news in respect of the site. Good news I might add.

So sorry for the lack of service but it has been frustrating for us as well. A caffeine filled weekend of endless nightmares ;-)

Can I say a huge thanks to Jeff from RackAid who worked through the night to get us back online. Much thanks Jeff!

Regards, as ever

All at War of the Ring

Found this article on some neat games coming out, or that are already out, this Fall.  It mentions Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game by EA.  Nevertheless, it is an interesting read.

Click here to read the article by Dean Takahashi

Thanks to Herring.com

Someone sent me this email, pretty neat:

"Before 'The Two Towers' hit the cinemas around the world, you'll be able to
watch Gollum (Andy Serkis) in the UK WWI horror movie 'Deathwatch', which
opens on December, 6th (at least in the UK)..."  more on the movie Deathwatch.

Andy Serkis will be playing the role of Quinn.  By the necklace, Andy looks like he is on Germany's side.

Thanks

The email contact on the site should now function. If you send or tried to send us any mail in the last couple of days, we will not have recieved it. Therefore we would ask that you resend it.

Apologies and thanks for your patience during this difficult time.

Fatty

Well our lucky man on the spot, Illuvatar got to see The Felowship of the Ring Extended DVD yesterday.

Is it any good?.........well he thinks so, check out his review of the events and the DVD. Read more............Spoilers!

BBC on DVD sales in the UK:

"Sales have been driven by films like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, which have been the biggest seller of 2002 so far.  But Gladiator..."  click here to find out.

I think we will pass Gladiator, so don't worry, ;) .  But congrats to the people associated with the film!

Every now and then I search eBay for the most interesting items that they have put up.  I just realized that I would find the coolest ones if I clicked the "Highest Priced" button, to list the LOTR items that are really expensive.  I was blown out of my chair about some of the stuff that they have.  Click here to see these INTERESTING eBay Lord of the Rings items.

Note:  These are very expensive.  I try to find the *interesting* items, not affordable.  But if you have a big wallet, then go for it!

Rolling Good Times:

"Casting couch lovelies and Best Picture nomination favorites are: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Gangs of New York, and Road to Perdition.

The Hobbits are looking hot and -- at 1-5 -- The Two Towers is the favorite to receive a nomination for Best Picture award. Expect to see hairy feet treading the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre on March 23rd, 2003."  read more.

I know this came out a while ago, but people might have never seen it, ya never know!

Thanks RGT!

Hi Folks,

Well you know we experiencing some router difficulties. We are also installing some e-mail virus scanning software so if any of our emails do not work then contact or submit competition entries to us direct.

jameswray@btinternet.com

The email addresses will be fixed shortly. Apologies for the glitches.

Fatty

Check them out at imdb .

Next week we will have a report on a great visit to Universal Interactive studios we had  and will finally get round to review both the games released so far.

We know a few teething problems with these initial releases but patches coming we think very soon. Check out fan reviews so far here.

In the meantime here is a great comparison courtesy of Electronic Arts. It shows you the still from the movie and then the ones from the same part of the game. We are way hyped about this game.

Next week we hope for a review and maybe something else for you folks......

More on Universal's PS2 and PC releases soon. You can check all the details about the various games in our Gaming Section.

"This is a simplistic classic-style RPG that works well on the GBA.  The first two things I noticed were the spongy controls and how large the world is".........the full review.

Looks like a nice game, 'cept for that glitch in Moria!

Thanks Mike!

Video Store Magazine had the following to report:

"New Line Home Entertainment’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, released Aug. 6, dominated retail sales in August, propelling Warner Home Video, which distributes New Line, HBO and PBS product, to an easy victory in the August sales market-share sweeps...."   rest of the story.

Ok well we are going to be on and off a bit until Monday folks, so apologies.

But we are still trucking so here are some great new shots from the forthcoming game. Check them out, looks great. Even one of Gimli fighting a Warg Rider! See them here.

More later if we are online plus look out for a review in the next week or so.

Oh remember this game is based ont he movie so possible spoilers!

Yes just like Arnie ;-)

Anyway apologies folks, our host had their main router burn out and the backup malfunctioned. We may have more troubles on Monday when they replace the backup.

So as I say sorry for the lack of service but outwith our control.

Good to be back :-)

War of the Ring Team