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Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition released on Steam
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, a 2011 action RPG, has been re-released on Steam as a Legacy Edition with modernizations, following its original launch overshadowed by Skyrim.
Key points
- The Legacy Edition includes updates and improvements to the original game.
- The game originally launched 10 days before Skyrim in 2011.
- A former WB Games developer had warned against the original release timing.
- The re-release is published by Aspyr.
- The game is currently receiving positive feedback on Steam.
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VGCFormer WB director says Lord of the Rings: War in the North should never have released at the same time as Skyrim
GamesRadar+Skyrim eclipsed Lord of the Rings: War in the North's launch 15 years ago, so the WB Games lead who "argued vociferously" against the release is happy to see it get a second shot
PC GamerA dev tried to warn WB Games not to launch Lord of the Rings: War in the North 10 days before Skyrim, but was 'overruled'