Something that the company would have trouble repeating with their Star Wars related ventures.Īfter the movie tie-ins, EA threw somewhat of a curveball with The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. Collectively selling over six million copies worldwide, EA had a firm grasp on the Tolkien film licence. A second instalment in the same vein, The Return of the King, covered the action-packed finale of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Receiving a multi-platform release in October 2002, The Two Towers featured hack and slash battles from those first films. EA’s first movie tie-in for The Two Towers represented two-thirds of Peter Jackson’s trilogy, with most action sequences linking to The Two Towers. The Lord of The Rings movie licence was safely in the hands of Electronic Arts by the time The Fellowship of the Ring hit theatres.
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