It is not merely a spectacular video game. It is a spectacular world. The magic of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor goes far beyond its well-crafted gameplay and its beautiful visuals. Developer ...

The creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings possess a bewildering variety of names and terms, which can cause confusion. Orcs and Uruk-hai, for example, are essentially the same species, ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

KNOW your Sauron from your Saruman? Ever mix up Gimli and Gollum, or an Orc and an Uruk-hai? Read this cheat sheet before you see “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” which opens tomorrow, kicking ...

When the original Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor release in September of 2014 the Nemesis system was without a doubt the game’s defining feature. I thought going forward that all sorts of RPGs in the ...

There is a particularly memorable and quotable scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when an Uruk-hai kills one of his comrades and then loudly declares, "Looks like meat's back on the menu ...

"Created specifically for Peter Jackson's movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Lurtz was the first of the Uruk-hai, a new breed of Orcs, leader of Saruman's scouts. Seconds after ...

Looks like Diamond Select‘s The Lord of the Rings line of action figures will survive beyond the initial build-a-figure waves. The first three waves of two figures each all came with bonus parts to ...

Prime 1 Studio continues with their amazing The Lord of the Rings statues and this time we visit The Two Towers. The Berserker Orc Uruk-Hai is getting his very own 1/4 scale statue. The Lord of the ...