Preview: Screenshots released for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) (From Surrey Comet)

Preview: Screenshots released for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

11:16am Friday 14th October 2011 in Video games

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Snowblind Studios have released screenshots for their upcoming action RPG, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is an intense Action RPG video game based on the novel and films of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Through innovative online, interdependent co-op play for up to three players who form their own Fellowship, the game breaks new ground as the first The Lord of the Rings video game to embrace the gritty and brutal reality of Middle-earth.

Exploring previously unseen lands, storylines and characters as well as those familiar from The Lord of the Rings film and novel trilogies, gamers experience expansive co-op gameplay and upgradeable weapons, character customization and development, skills and special abilities. Gamers must play together or perish as they work to defeat Sauron’s forces in the North.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Games for Windows.

Release date: November 25 2011