La compañía canadiense podrá combinar la película con los libros de Tolkien. <P><STRONG>Electronic Arts</STRONG> ha anunciado que acaba de cerrar la adqusición de los derechos para poder desarrollar videojuegos basados en la obra del genial escritor<STRONG> J.R.R. Tolkien</STRONG>, <STRONG>El Señor de los Anillos</STRONG>. La gigante del software, que ya tiene los derechos de la trilogía cinematográfica de Peter Jackson, dispondrá de barra libre para combinar con libre albedrio todo lo relacionado con la película y con las películas.</P>
<P>Electronic Arts ya tiene en parrilla la secuela de La Batalla por la Tierra Media para Pc y El Señor de los Anillos: Tactics para PSP. Todavía no se han anunciado ningún juego para las actuales consolas de sobremesa, aunque es posible que en breve tengamos noticias (hace tiempo se habló de una posible secuela de La Tercera Edad, el juego de rol de El Señor de los Anillos.).</P>

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EA GRANTED RIGHTS TO DEVELOP THE LORD OF THE RINGS GAMES BASED ON J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S EPIC LITERARY FICTION

Two New EA Games Introduce Players to Characters, Environments and Battles Not Depicted in Theatrical Releases


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Redwood City, Calif., – July 25, 2005 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Line's Academy Award winning theatrical productions of The Lord of the Rings, as depicted by Peter Jackson. The expansion of the rights allows EA to introduce players to depths of the fiction never before explored in an EA game. The company also revealed today the first details of two new games in the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings series; The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II and The Lord of the Rings™ Tactics (working title). With the new games, fans will be able to step into a world that looks like the films, but experience characters, environments and battles that have been inspired by the books.


The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II is the next PC installment to EA's blockbuster The Lord of the Ringsâ„¢ series of video games. The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Real-time Strategy (RTS) game from EA Los Angeles, The Lord of the Ringsâ„¢, The Battle for Middle-earthâ„¢. The newest The Lord of the Rings PC title will introduce players to depths of the fiction never before explored by EA, in accordance with an agreement with The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises that grants EA the rights to develop games based on the books, in addition to a separate agreement that allows for games based on the New Line films. Expanding on The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth, the new RTS game will allow players to engage in heated battles with Elven and Dwarven armies plus heroes and creatures that have never been seen in a The Lord of the Rings film.


“The new rights have unlocked the world of Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings and strategy game fans alike. We're building a deeper, richer, bigger game based on the #1 RTS from the previous holiday season in North America with new fantasy races, places, heroes, and battles from both the books and films,â€

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