The Lord of the Rings: War in the North that co-operation amongst traditionally antagonistic races is such a major theme in the novels, they wanted to replicate it in the game. Having experimented with two, three and four-player co-op, they ultimately decided to go with three-player, thus mirroring the classic triptych in the novels; Man (Aragorn), Elf (Legolas) and Dwarf (Gimli). Lead designer Andre Maguire explained that "how" players experienced co-op mode was equally as important as them simply playing it; However, according to Tomandl, the focus on co-op gameplay did not mean single-player mode was neglected; "War in the North" is the first "Lord of the Rings" game
The Lord of the Rings Online Rings Online" would be developed and maintained by Standing Stone Games, a newly formed independent game studio made up of the groups that have been working on "The Lord of the Rings Online" and "Dungeons & Dragons Online" under Turbine Inc. before. The game's milieu is based on "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". However, Turbine does not have rights to any other works in Tolkien's legendarium, such as "The Silmarillion". Much of the gameplay is typical of the MMO format: The player controls a character avatar which can be moved around the game world and interacts with