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Magic: The Gathering journeys through Tolkien's trilogy in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is a straight-to-modern booster-based set for Magic: The Gathering, releasing on June 23 2023.

Daily Mirror · May 30, 2023

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review — Time’s too precious for this sneaky action game

There’s potential in this twisted Tolkien side-tale, but not much in the way of fun

Evening Standard · May 25, 2023

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review: "Not so much an unexpected journey as it is one to avoid altogether"

Deep in the blackened bowels of Barad-Dur, a great evil is brewing. Sauron's army grows with every passing day, as the Dark Lord's piercing eye surveys the lunar wastelands of Mordor for his prized possession – the Ring of Power: one ring to rule them all. It's far from his…

GamesRadar · May 25, 2023

The new Lord of the Rings game gives one Return of the King character a wild new look

Behold the Tooth Snood

GamesRadar · Apr 14, 2023

The Lord of The Rings: Gollum teases a precious story, but I want to see more from its gameplay

The stealth-led adventure game appears improved, but there's work to do

GamesRadar · Mar 23, 2023

Will 'The Last of Us’ Be the Last of HBO’s Great Run? (Bloom)

Warner Bros. Discovery keeps hacking at its farm system, but can it keep finding enough big-league creative talent to take the big swings executives say they plan to keep taking?

Broadcasting & Cable · Mar 19, 2023

Italian princess, conspiracy theorists and Steven Seagal: meet Russia’s friends overseas

‘I am 100% Russophile’ declares US actor at meeting of International Movement of Russophiles in Moscow

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Why Old Norse myths endure in popular culture

From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have been central to the stories we tell ourselves.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023

Couple have Lord of the Rings wedding after wife's devastating rare diagnosis

Tolkien enthusiasts Becky and Jack Unwin, who watch or read Lord of the Rings every week, thought life was too short for an ordinary wedding

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Woman diagnosed with rare condition that causes organs to harden

Becky Unwin, 34, was devastated to be diagnosed with systemic sclerosis after a routine blood test

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023