The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) game was a financial success, selling over one million units across all platforms, it was heavily outsold by EA's "The Two Towers", which sold almost four million units. Vivendi initially planned to make two sequels to the game, covering all three books in the trilogy, but the first sequel, called "The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard" (a discarded title for Tolkien's "Two Towers" book), developed by Surreal Software and slated for release in late 2003, was cancelled late in development. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is an action-adventure game played from a
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest Association in their list of titles to debut at the upcoming E3 event. The ESA write-up for the game stated, ""The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest" is the first "Lord of the Rings" videogame created specifically for kids and their families with accessible gameplay set in a friendly, colorful rendition of Middle-earth. Players assume the role of Strider and embark on his greatest quests from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The game offers authentic, action-oriented sword fighting, lancing and archery that all ages can play together." The game was officially announced by WB Games in a press release