Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time, might not have been possible, ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is set to hit theaters on December 17, 2027. The film explores a previously little ...

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Boffins, Proudfoots, Brandybucks, and Tooks, listen up! The Official Tolkien Calendar 2026 is here ...

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit can take virtual tours of some of the novel’s locations thanks to a new interactive map by Google. While the book famously has a hand drawn map of Middle-earth, it ...

Shadow of War has gone through some changes since it launched last October. The much-criticised loot box marketplace is gone, leaving a fairly unsullied orc murder/management sim. Now, there's a free ...

If you've returned to Tolkein's world with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, you know there are lots of secrets to uncover. One of the most intriguing collections to unearth are the Ithildin. These are ...

When I first reviewed Guardians of Middle-earth for consoles, I praised it for its ability to ease new players into the notoriously difficult MOBA genre. Now that it’s crossed over to the genre’s ...

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