The hordes of Mordor encroach on next-gen consoles...
Over at IGN some news has surfaced about the official announcement of The Lord of the Rings: The White Council -- EA's long rumored LotR RPG. It's coming in late '07 for the PC, 360, and PS3. We've been told it follows a new storyline based on the novels, so basically a new story set in Middle-Earth? According to IGN, "players will have the freedom to explore Middle Earth as a man, elf, dwarf, or hobbit. Whichever race you choose, your path will lead you to become a hero allied with the White Council, whose members include Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel, and Elrond."
If you're a LotR fanatic, not unlike Stephen Colbert, perhaps you could enlighten the rest of us approximately when in the Lord of the Rings story this takes place -- apparently before Saruman is enticed by Sauron? Do you think that, with the choice of races, this may be an MMORPG? It is coming out on the PC and both internet-ready consoles, after all. Who wouldn't want to become one of the thousands of peons in the impending war against Sauron?
