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Kate Welch Reflects on Lord of the Rings, Games, and Play
Kate Welch, when introducing her Lord of the Rings-inspired game to an audience, says that she hopes she doesn’t disappoint any book purists–she’s going to be inventing some new canon tonight. Welch’s game—sponsored by Lost Odyssey and benefiting the charity Extra Life—takes place after the War of the Rings, and she…
The balls on this guy: An author is suing Amazon and JRR Tolkien’s grandson claiming they infringed on his Lord of the Rings fanfiction
Lord of the Rings: Gollum will put the squeeze on your PC hardware
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Preorders – Precious Edition, Bonuses, And More
Following a delay, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is finally set to release on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC on May 25 in a standard edition and an aptly-named “Precious edition” that includes a few extra goodies. It’s also releasing on Switch at a later date. If you know you want to head back to Middle-earth, Lord of the Rings: Gollum preorders are available now at Amazon.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a brand new LOTR adventure that sees players exploring the world of Middle-earth through the eyes of the nefarious Gollum with gameplay focused on stealth and agility instead of combat.
Here’s everywhere you can preorder The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, plus all the pre-purchase bonuses available.
The Webb Telescope finally shows us Uranus’ glorious rings
Most pictures of Uranus in textbooks show it as a bright blue, featureless ball.
NASA scientists say Uranus’ rings have only been captured by two other cameras. They were first scoped out by the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it flew past in 1986. Later, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii spied the planet’s ring system with advanced adaptive optics technology.
But the James Webb Space Telescope, the preeminent new observatory that senses light at invisible, infrared wavelengths, allows astronomers to see the seventh planet from the sun for what it truly is: a world crowned with rings, glorious rings.
Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King’s 20th Anniversary Re-Release Adds Even More Dates
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is returning to theaters this week to celebrate the fantasy film’s 20th anniversary, and its re-release period has now been extended.
The movie was originally set to come back on April 13 and April 19, but due to strong demand, six more dates have been added to the calendar. The movie will now play April 13-20 in the US. It’s also been confirmed that series star Elijah Wood, who played Frodo, will appear in a video message before the screenings to discuss the “lasting impact” of the films (via Collider).
What’s more, the re-release will include “exclusive coverage” of the new Lord of the Rings tabletop game featuring a “celebrity panel” helping to raise awareness for the Extra Life For Kids charity. This is being done in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
See Uranus’ Rings in Stunning New Image from the Webb Telescope
The image is representative of the telescope’s significant sensitivity, NASA said, as the fainter rings have only been captured previously by the Voyager 2 spacecraft and the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii. Uranus has 13 known rings, with 11 of them visible in the new Webb image. Nine rings are classified as the main rings, while the other two are harder to capture due to their dusty makeup and were not discovered until the Voyager 2 mission’s flyby in 1986.
Two other, faint outer rings not shown in this latest image were discovered in 2007 from images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and scientists hope Webb will capture them in the future…. “The JWST gives us the ability to look at both Uranus and Neptune in a completely new way because we have never had a telescope of this size that looks in the infrared,” said Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney, a postdoctoral research scientist and solar system ambassador for the Webb space telescope at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “The infrared can show us new depths and features that are difficult to see from the ground with the atmosphere in the way and invisible to telescopes that look in visible light like Hubble.”
“When Voyager 2 looked at Uranus, its camera showed an almost featureless blue-green ball in visible wavelengths,” NASA explains. “With the infrared wavelengths and extra sensitivity of Webb we see more detail, showing how dynamic the atmosphere of Uranus really is.”
On the right side of the planet there’s an area of brightening at the pole facing the Sun, known as a polar cap. This polar cap is unique to Uranus — it seems to appear when the pole enters direct sunlight in the summer and vanish in the fall; these Webb data will help scientists understand the currently mysterious mechanism. Webb revealed a surprising aspect of the polar cap: a subtle enhanced brightening at the center of the cap. The sensitivity and longer wavelengths of Webb’s NIRCam may be why we can see this enhanced Uranus polar feature when it has not been seen as clearly with other powerful telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck Observatory….
This was only a short, 12-minute exposure image of Uranus with just two filters. It is just the tip of the iceberg of what Webb can do when observing this mysterious planet.
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Lord of the Rings Mobile Game Arrives in May
‘Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth’ arrives May 10th
EA will release the mobile free-to-play Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth on May 10th, marking its first LOTR game since 2009’s The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. It also unveiled the first real trailer, showing gameplay, menus and more. It’s one of five LOTR games currently in development from Embracer (which bought the rights last year), including the much anticipated Lord of the Rings: Gollum set to arrive shortly afterwards.
The trailer features a “stylized realism art style,” EA wrote, leaning into existing lore with wanderers, warriors, wizards and other classic LOTR characters. AT the same time, it creates “a more diverse and inclusive Middle-earth,” the company said, while showing off Story, PVP and other gameplay modes.
Heroes of Middle-earth includes characters from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, along with collection systems, turn-based combat and more. In a previous news release, EA said that players will experience “iconic stories from the world of Tolkien and take up the fight against the great evils of Middle-earth.” Given the free-to-play aspect, there are of course microtransactions.
Heroes of Middle-earth is set to arrive on iOS and Android on May 10th, with pre-registration now open. Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings: Gollum will launch on consoles and PC May 25th, and Embracer reportedly has three additional titles in development for the next two years.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-arrives-may-10th-160018567.html?src=rss