Middle-earth: Shadow of War, has been announced as the spiritual sequel to Shadow of Mordor. The news comes from Warner Bros Games UK, which has partnered with Monolith Productions, the company which developed Shadow of Mordor.
The story of Shadow of War, is based on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, and takes place after the events of its predecessor. The game will feature the same heroes, Talion the ranger and wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor. The story sees the two forging a new ring of power to rival The Dark Lord Sauron. The player will be able to gather his own army to combat that of Mordor, to go at war with the hordes of Sauron and his Ringwraiths. The game will still have the nemesis system, which will allow enemy captains and soldiers to become stronger when they defeat the player.
Here is the announcement trailer for Middle-earth: Shadow of War:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Minimum System Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update for Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-2550K, 3.4 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 670 | Radeon HD 7950
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 60 GB available space
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Recommended System Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 10 version 14393.102 or higher required
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce GTX 1060 | Radeon R9 290X or Radeon RX 480
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 60 GB available space
Middle-earth: Shadow of War will be launched on August 25th for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The game is already listed on Steam for pre-order, and comes in three editions. Standard Edition, Silver Edition and Gold Edition.
While the pre-order entitles you to the Legendary Champions War Party and Exclusive Epic Sword of Dominion, the Silver Edition has the following bonuses: Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion, Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion and Silver War Chest.
The Gold Edition has all the following in addition to what the Silver Edition has: The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion, and The Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion.
The nemesis expansions will feature new Orc tribes with enemies, followers, missions, abilities, weapons, Fortress and wilderness updates, and a Mythic Gear Set. The Story expansions will have new campaigns, playable character & abilities, side missions, enemies, allies, etc.
Warner Bros has hinted that a gameplay trailer for Shadow of War will be released on March 8th.