{"id":2089397,"date":"2026-08-12T10:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089397"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:42:05","slug":"a-forgotten-old-co-op-lord-of-the-rings-game-has-been-unexpectedly-remastered-and-re-released-and-theres-a-promise-of-more-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089397","title":{"rendered":"A forgotten old co-op Lord of the Rings game has been unexpectedly remastered and re-released, and there&#8217;s a promise of more to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lord-rings-war-in-north\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      The Lord of the Rings: War in the North<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">A forgotten old co-op Lord of the Rings game has been unexpectedly remastered and re-released, and there&#8217;s a promise of more to come<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Gimli, Gimli, Gimli.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/lotr-war-in-the-north.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"An old white man with a long grey beard and long grey hair, and a long grey robe - grey is evidently a favourite colour of his - stands in front of an ornate architectural stone building that has lots of plants growing on it. This man in Gandalf, and he&apos;s a wizard, and he&apos;s standing in front of the elven city of Rivendell, I believe.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"lotr-war-in-the-north.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Warner Bros.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-12T10:42:05+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 12, 2026, 10:42 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lord-of-the-rings-co-op-game-remaster-war-in-north?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          6 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c1d2df89-11c6-4406-a3bc-512d644c7d74\" data-name=\"The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\" title=\"Follow The Lord of the Rings: War in the North\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Lord of the Rings: War in the North<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Aspyr has unexpectedly remastered and re-released an old Lord of the Rings action role-playing game, which was notable for having three-player co-op and parallel story about one of Sauron&#8217;s powerful servants doing naughty things up north.<\/p>\n<p>That game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lord-rings-war-in-north\">The Lord of the Rings: War in the North<\/a>, and the Legacy edition, as the new  remaster is known, is available today on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2523770\/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_War_in_the_North__Legacy_Edition\/\">Steam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/p\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-702913\">Epic Game Store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/en\/game\/the_lord_of_the_rings_war_in_the_north_legacy_edition\">GOG<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP1032-PPSA22721_00-LORWARINNORTH325\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-legacy-edition\/9nw5319wvf3h\">Xbox Series X\/S<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be available slightly later on Switch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, from 18th August. The game costs around \u00a319.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more intriguingly, Warner Bros. teased that this is only &#8220;the first&#8221; The Lord of the Rings game re-release coming from Aspyr. &#8220;Fans can look forward to even more classic releases by Aspyr from the beloved franchise in the future!&#8221; a press release said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>The remastered edition of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ivVnZVGomQo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, released originally in 2011, was developed by Snowblind Studios, a team famed for co-developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/baldurs-gate\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate<\/a>: Dark Alliance, another co-op RPG. Snowblind was merged with Monolith in 2012 and went on to help make the acclaimed Lord of the Rings games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor\">Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor<\/a> and Shadow of War, so there&#8217;s pedigree here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we didn&#8217;t think much of War in the North when it was originally released, with contributor Jeffrey Matulef admonishing it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-review\">4\/10 in his Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review<\/a>. He labelled the game a &#8220;soulless cash-in&#8221; that &#8220;turns visiting one of Western civilisation&#8217;s most revered fictional settings into a chore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/screen3_RtagNbx.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"screen3_RtagNbx.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading spinner large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<nav class=\"pagination--hoverable\">\n<div class=\"previous\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\"--icon-mask-image: 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\/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Screenshots from the new remastered edition of War in the North.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But don&#8217;t let that put you off! The Legacy edition &#8211; this new edition &#8211; comes with 60 FPS support, the ability to hot-swap between characters, split-screen (not available on Switch 1, ditto 60 FPS), better target-locking, an improved UI\/UX, an autosave feature, gyro control support, and lots of bug fixes. In other words, plenty of polishing has been done.<\/p>\n<p>The game itself has you take a Golden Axe-like trio of fighters into the north of Middle-earth &#8211; a tanky dwarf, an elven mage, and a D\u00fanadan ranger &#8211; and fight your way through hordes of enemies in the name of saving the day. And also in the name of levelling up and getting new powers and lots of loot, as was the real goal of the Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Aragorn and pals are here in cameo roles, and you&#8217;ll adventure through well-known locations like Mirkwood and Rivendell. Think of it a bit as a prototype for Shadow of Mordor, albeit without the famed Nemesis system.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Aspyr has unexpectedly remastered and re-released an old Lord of the Rings action role-playing game, which was notable for having three-player co-op and parallel story about one of Sauron&#8217;s powerful servants doing naughty things up north.<\/p>\n<p>That game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lord-rings-war-in-north\">The Lord of the Rings: War in the North<\/a>, and the Legacy edition, as the new  remaster is known, is available today on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2523770\/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_War_in_the_North__Legacy_Edition\/\">Steam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/p\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-702913\">Epic Game Store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/en\/game\/the_lord_of_the_rings_war_in_the_north_legacy_edition\">GOG<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP1032-PPSA22721_00-LORWARINNORTH325\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-legacy-edition\/9nw5319wvf3h\">Xbox Series X\/S<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be available slightly later on Switch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, from 18th August. The game costs around \u00a319.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more intriguingly, Warner Bros. teased that this is only &#8220;the first&#8221; The Lord of the Rings game re-release coming from Aspyr. &#8220;Fans can look forward to even more classic releases by Aspyr from the beloved franchise in the future!&#8221; a press release said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>The remastered edition of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ivVnZVGomQo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, released originally in 2011, was developed by Snowblind Studios, a team famed for co-developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/baldurs-gate\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate<\/a>: Dark Alliance, another co-op RPG. Snowblind was merged with Monolith in 2012 and went on to help make the acclaimed Lord of the Rings games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor\">Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor<\/a> and Shadow of War, so there&#8217;s pedigree here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we didn&#8217;t think much of War in the North when it was originally released, with contributor Jeffrey Matulef admonishing it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north-review\">4\/10 in his Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review<\/a>. He labelled the game a &#8220;soulless cash-in&#8221; that &#8220;turns visiting one of Western civilisation&#8217;s most revered fictional settings into a chore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/screen3_RtagNbx.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"screen3_RtagNbx.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading spinner large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<nav class=\"pagination--hoverable\">\n<div class=\"previous\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\"--icon-mask-image: 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The Legacy edition &#8211; this new edition &#8211; comes with 60 FPS support, the ability to hot-swap between characters, split-screen (not available on Switch 1, ditto 60 FPS), better target-locking, an improved UI\/UX, an autosave feature, gyro control support, and lots of bug fixes. In other words, plenty of polishing has been done.<\/p>\n<p>The game itself has you take a Golden Axe-like trio of fighters into the north of Middle-earth &#8211; a tanky dwarf, an elven mage, and a D\u00fanadan ranger &#8211; and fight your way through hordes of enemies in the name of saving the day. And also in the name of levelling up and getting new powers and lots of loot, as was the real goal of the Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Aragorn and pals are here in cameo roles, and you&#8217;ll adventure through well-known locations like Mirkwood and Rivendell. 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