The Lord of the Rings: War in the North joins the long list of action RPGs that made their appearance at E3 2011. On the show floor was a 3 player co-op of the game where all the characters in the squad were pre-chosen. There was a human ranger, an Elven mage, and a Dwarven warrior.

The interesting thing about these classes is that they are not bound to their roles. That is to say, the Elf mage does not have to only use magic. She is also able to attack with a sword. When a character levels up, the player can distribute points into their skill trees. In the demo, there were three different skill trees which the player could distribute their character’s experience points. Through these skill trees the player can specialize their character.

For instance, the Elf mage can choose to become a support or battle mage. However from what I have noticed in the hands-on demo, the player is not bound to a certain skill tree after they have chosen their character’s specialization. Granted the player has enough experience points to distribute, they can create an all-round character.

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Trailer

A video shows Assassins of Kings was terminated on 16 September 2009, is before the game was officially announced. According CD project was the video for potential publishers, and had thought about six months been established before it was leaked. It was using a "very early alpha version of the game, and the voices were from CD instead of the final project staff provided on those. CD project released a short FAQ in response to the leak, but said that apart from the fact that they "do not plan material will be published shortly." The game itself was said to be "still deep in development" should and people "do not expect the game early."

The game was announced officially on 24 March 2010, with a number of articles and videos appearing. A two-minute trailer was released on GameTrailers, and articles (with accompanying video and screenshots) have been released in English, Polish, and Russian.

The official CDPR forum was launched on March 23, 2010 along with the official trailer. An official website followed in April.

The platforms on which the game will be released have been confirmed for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The PC version will arrive first in May 2011. The console versions are TBA.

-The game features timed conversations, with a default response being used if players do not choose an option within a certain length of time. Players are not presented with the full, exact line that Geralt will deliver, instead choosing from among short summaries.

-The combat system has been reworked, being "much more open-ended" and which "will no longer require the timed input of the original game".

-The "sex cards" are not returning, although Geralt still has opportunities for encounters. These will involve cutscenes.

-According to a Polish preview, it will be possible to import saved games from the first game, although the exact mechanics of this system have not been detailed yet.

-Fighting alongside companions will receive greater emphasis, although they will still act autonomously rather than be under the control of the player. How players relate to these companions (both in conversations and elsewhere) can open up quests and affect the game's ending.

-Meditation can now be done anywhere, provided there are no enemies nearby to prevent it.

-Geralt can now climb over walls and other such obstacles.




Minimal
- OS: Win XP / Vista / Win 7
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon x2 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista, W7
- Graphics: Nvidia GF 8800, 512 MB VRAM or AMD HD 3850, 512 MB VRAM
- Hard Drive: 8GB for game and 8GB bonus content

Recommended
- OS: Win XP / Vista / Win 7
- Processor: Intel or AMD quad-core
- Memory: 3 GB for XP / 4 GB for Vista, W7
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260, 1024 MB VRAM or AMD HD 4850, 1024 MB VRAM
- Hard Drive: 8GB for game and 8GB bonus content

The Lord of the Rings: The War in the North is developing the Action / RPG genre with innovative online, interdependent co-op mode for up to three players to form their own Fellowship and in brutal combat.

Players must play together or perish, as previously unexplored areas, story elements and characters, and elements of the past known feature films to explore.

Players engage in extensive character customization and development, expanding co-op gameplay options and upgradeable weapons, abilities and special skills.

Publisher: Warner Bros.Interactive

Developer: Snowblind Studios

Genre: Action, Role-playing

Release Date: 05/24/11

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360,