Codemasters today announced that an exclusive premiere of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar will take place at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival 2006’s Game Screenings event on Tuesday, 22nd August.

Edinburgh is the gateway to Middle-earth as The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar gets exclusive premiere at EIEF06  

The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM: Shadows of Angmar confirmed as part of "Game Screenings" at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival.

Hobbits, Elves, and Orcs are set to descend on Edinburgh later this month when The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar receives an exclusive premiere at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival 2006’s (EIEF06) Game Screenings event.

EIEF06’s Game Screenings offer members of the public a chance to get up close with some of the leading names in video games. The event is being held at The Odeon, Lothian Road, Edinburgh on Tuesday, 22nd August.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the first and only massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The game is currently in development at Turbine, Inc.’s studios in Massachusetts and is tipped as the next major landmark in online gaming.

In The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar players will journey to Middle-earth™, an evolving and persistent re-creation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved world. There they will join thousands of others in an epic adventure as they explore a massive online world while defending the lands from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Gamers will face the dangers Frodo and the Fellowship left behind when they began their epic journey to destroy the One Ring. They will be able to choose from thousands of players online to forge their own fellowships and face the hideous monsters and minions of evil, fight epic battles and immerse themselves in the greatest adventure of our time.

Be one of the first to experience The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar at EIEF06’s Game Screenings on Tuesday, 22nd August at The Odeon, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. For information, please visit www.eief.co.uk

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is currently alpha phase of development. The game will be published and operated in Europe by Codemasters Online Gaming. For more details on The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar visit the official European website at http://www.lotro-europe.com/