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Thursday, March 18,2004 @ 3:05pm

Final LOTR title goes gold, to ship in early April

Aspyr today announced that The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King has gone "gold", finishing development on the third-person action/adventure title; Due early next month, it "puts the fate of Middle-earth in the hands of the gamer... players must destroy the One Ring by casting it into the Crack of Doom, freeing Middle-earth from the clutches of the Dark Lord Sauron." It offers eight playable and secret characters including Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam and Frodo with exclusive voice-over provided by the actual actors from the films as well as an all-new co-op multiplayer mode, 12 interactive environments, and seamless movie-to-game transitions. The $50 title will be available on April 2.

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