The game is due out Oct. 7 for major platforms ... Back to the orcs. The experiment of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is not just to create a world in which the player mows down wave after ...

Shadow of Mordor and its 2017 sequel, Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Those LOTR games were beloved by fans in part because of Monolith's innovative Nemesis system, an AI procedural program that ...

In the case of Monolith's Middle-earth games ... facing "the same problem" with Shadow of Mordor. So, the question was asked: "How do we create a single-player game that is so compelling, that ...

Monolith Productions crafted the Nemesis system as a response to the growing issue of second-hand Batman copies undermining game sales.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System is still beloved ... "Trend-chasing has always been a thing in the games industry," former WB Games executive Laura Fryer explains in a new ...

This has put one of the coolest game mechanics of the 2010s in limbo. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's excellent Nemesis ...

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor had a killer feature that made it ... The Nemesis system is a way for a game to track your progress and interactions with the world, and then use that information ...

One unexpected consequence of that weird industry huff is Shadow of Mordor's nemesis system. Laura Fryer, who was vice president of WB Games in charge of the publisher's Seattle studios during ...

Despite my rather low expectations going into the game, Shadow of War’s story left me pleasantly surprised, drawing heavily on Middle-earth lore. It either greatly expanded on some of the more ...

Reviewed on September 25 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor stands out from other open-world action games by putting a great new layer on top of the trail that Batman blazed. I was surprised at how ...