The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King video game again puts the fate of middle-earth in the hands of the gamer. In the last installment of the movie trilogy, destroy the Ring by casting it into the Crack of Doom, which frees Middle Earth from Dark Lord Sauron.

Return of the King's third person gameplay allows immersive action set in rich, interactive levels. The new game also features an all new co-op multiplayer mode which lets players form their own Fellowship and eight playable characters like Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimil, Sam and Frodo all played out by thier actual actors from the films, battle vicious boss monsters like Shelob and the final showdown with Dark Lord Sauron, all backed up by Academy Award winner Howard Shore.

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Alternate Titles

"魔戒：王者再臨" -- Taiwan spelling
"指环王：王者无敌" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"שר הטבעות: שיבת המלך" -- Hebrew spelling
"Zhihuan Wang: Wangzhe Wudi" -- Chinese title
"Władca Pierścieni: Powrót Króla" -- Polish title
"Sagan om Konungens Återkomst: Härskarringen" -- Swedish title
"O Senhor dos Anéis - O Retorno do Rei" -- Brazilian title
"LOTR:ROTK" -- Abbreviated title
"Le Seigneur des Anneaux: Le Retour du Roi" -- French title
"Il Signore degli Anelli: Il Ritorno del Re" -- Italian title
"El Señor de los Anillos: El Retorno del Rey " -- Spanish title
"Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs" -- German title
"A Gyűrűk Ura: A Király Visszatér" -- Hungarian title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King	Xbox	$1.25
	Lord of the Rings The Return of the King	GameCube	$0.01
	Lord of the Rings: Return of the King	PlayStation 2	$0.59
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User Reviews

Proof That Beat-'Em-Ups Still Have Their Place In Current Gaming.	GameCube	Guy Chapman (1747)
A great Hack and Slash game	Xbox	Anthony Colford (4)
Perfect, perhaps the best Lord of the Rings game and a good beat'em up.	PlayStation 2	Depth Lord (946)
I love medieval setting games this one rocks.	GameCube	Andrew Shepard (1247)

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The Press Says

JeuxActu	PlayStation 2	Nov 17, 2003	18 out of 20	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Nov 17, 2003	17 out of 20	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Nov 14, 2003	17 out of 20	85
Game Revolution	GameCube	Nov, 2003	B+	83
Legendra	PlayStation 2	Oct 21, 2010		80
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Nov 03, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Xbox	Nov 03, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Gamesdog	Windows	Dec 16, 2003	8 out of 10	80
XBox Front	Xbox	Jan 07, 2005	79 out of 100	79
Eurogamer.net (UK)	PlayStation 2	Nov 14, 2003	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Sales

In the first quarter of 2004 has The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PS2) won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.