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Article: Vivendi Universal Games Taps Surreal Software to Develop The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard; Original Title Named in Spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien's Vision; Emphasizes VU Games' License to Key Literary Works.
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- April 25, 2003
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LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. (VU Games) announced today that it has entered into a production agreement with Surreal Software to develop The Lord of the Rings(TM): The Treason of Isengard, an action-adventure game for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. As part of VU Games' long-term agreement with Tolkien Enterprises to create interactive entertainment based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic, "The Lord of the Rings," the title is scheduled for release in fall 2003.
The game's title derives from J.R.R. Tolkien's original subtitle for the first part of ...