Middle-earth: Shadow of War is Officially Coming This Year

<p><em>Middle-earth&colon; Shadow of War<&sol;em> was first teased this weekend when Target accidentally posted the box-art for the game&period; Early Monday morning&comma; Warner Brothers officially confirmed that the sequel to critically acclaimed <em>Shadow of Mordor<&sol;em> is on the way&comma; and coming in six months&comma; on August 22&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"-&lowbar;UgfB95Wu0" title&equals;"Official Shadow of War Announce Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;-&lowbar;UgfB95Wu0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;-&lowbar;UgfB95Wu0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Official Shadow of War Announce Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game looks to continue on with the story of Talion&comma; and his ghostly companion Celbrimbor&comma; as they take a larger scale battle to Sauron and his armies&comma; including the Nazgul&period; Additionally&comma; the Nemesis system will return in the game&comma; and be greatly increased and enhanced&period; In the first game&comma; when Talion had an encounter with enemies that may or may not have gone his way&comma; the enemies could return later in the game&comma; and come with an increase in rank&comma; powers&comma; minions&comma; and more&period; Warner Brothers hopes to expand on that by apparently making the players actions affect the environment&comma; and not just your enemies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;120428" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-120428" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-120428" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;28002735&sol;Shadow-of-Mordor-4-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Middle-earth&colon; Shadow of War&comma; Warner Brothers" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-120428" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Middle-earth&colon; Shadow of War&comma; Warner Brothers<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Another aspect to the Nemesis system will include followers&comma; and while not much is known&comma; Warner Brothers has hinted that your followers can remain loyal to Talion or betray him&comma; which should make for dramatic playthroughs&period; One other new aspect to the game will be the introduction of Nemesis Fortresses&comma; that will affect how Talion leads his armies to battle and conquers new lands&period; Based on the trailer&comma; one should assume that there will be some very massive battles that will take place in the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Middle-earth&colon; Shadow of War<&sol;em> certainly came out of nowhere and is a welcome surprise to many&period; The trailer does a good job at setting up an epic new world where there is a potential to take what was experienced in the first game up to a whole new level&period; The gameplay trailer will be coming on March 8&comma; so until then we must wait&period; Are you excited to head back to Middle-earth&comma; and to take on Sauron&quest; Let us know if you&&num;8217&semi;re a fan and are anticipating this monster of a release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dualshockers&period;com&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;27&sol;middle-earth-shadow-of-war-announced-coming-august-25-2017&sol;">Dualshockers<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;