EA plans new Lord of the Rings game for 2008

EA is planning to release a brand new The Lord of the Rings title in 2008, the publisher has revealed this afternoon.

And continuing to invest in the power of the Ring, the company's announced it's renewed its licensing agreement with both New Line Cinema and Tolkien Enterprises which will result in "new, in-depth and compelling interactive adventures inspired by the books and movies of The Lord of the Rings."

Details on the brand new game mentioned "will be forthcoming", the publisher has said.

"The Lord of the Rings is an incredible canvas to create epic games," said Frank Gibeau, EA's executive vice president and general manager of North American publishing. "We look forward to our next project with New Line Cinema and Tolkien Enterprises scheduled to ship in 2008."

via cvg

hope this one is better than the last --__--

Quite frankly, I wish they lost the license and it was picked up by someone who could do it jusitce.

Only game I've enjoyed out of the lot was the Return of the King hack and slasher - and that's not saying much. Even Peter Jackson is known to have expressed his distaste for EA's efforts thus far.