PlayStation 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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Published by

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developed by

Electronic Arts, Inc., Stormfront Studios

Released

Oct 21, 2002

Also For

GameCube, Xbox | Combined View

ESRB Rating

Teen

Genre

Action, Role-Playing (RPG)

Perspective

3rd-Person Perspective

Non-Sport

Fighting, Medieval / Fantasy

Misc

Licensed Title

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3.5

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Electronic Arts
Executive Producer	Neil Young
Senior Producer	Scott Evans
Development Director	J. Arcadia Kim
Producers	Todd Arnold, Sam Clifford
Director of Game Development	Steve Gray
Lead Designer	Christoper A. Tremmel
Software Engineers	Dominick Regan, Davor MrKoci
Level Designer	David C. Hill
Associate Art Director	Margaret Foley
In‑Game Cinematics	Si Tran, Scott Yu, Miku Kayama, Michael Miller
Graphic Design (U.I.)	Margaret Foley, Sveta Trushchenkova
Associate Producer	Billy Delli-Gatti
Localization Associate Producer	Rachael Bristol
Assistant Localization Producer	Philip Maynard
Assistant Producers	Kamini Birusingh, James Stanley, Kevin Johnson
Senior Animator	Christopher Stone
Animator	Tony Gialdini
Environment Modelers	Shao Wen Lim, Lenny Williams
Production Supervisor	Gail Oda
FMV Production Manager	Geoffrey Sawyer
Technical Art Director	John Burk
Art Director	Tetsuo Kadonaga
Animation Director	Peter Krygowski
Character TD	Eric Pavey
Lead Environment Artist	David Nix
Writer	Michael Becker
Environment Artists	Miku Kayama, Alejandro Gil, Shao Wen Lim, Lenny Williams
Character Artists	Takehiko Hoashi, Véronique Garcia
Senior Character Animators	Si Tran, Tim Heath, Marco Marenghi, Christopher Stone, Tim Keon
Senior Lighting Artist	David Blizard
Senior FX Animator	Michael Miller
FX Animator	Tim Teramoto
Rigger/CG Modelers	Justin Prazen, Michael Hobbs
Camera Layout	Irene Nolan
Editors	Michael Marsh, Greg Mishey, Kenji Yamamoto, Christine Steele, Jennifer Taylor, Heath Kessler
Audio Director	Don Veca
Sound Designer/Re‑recordist	Steve Limonhoff
Art Production Manager	David Goodwine
Executive Assistant	Eileen McMahon
System Administrator	Marco Rhodes
Production Assistant	Devin Williams
Dialogue Editing	Berkeley Sound Artists
Additional Audio Processing	Ralph Leith
Voice Talent	James Kevin Ward, Rick Watts, Chris Kelley, Don Veca, Charles B. R. Mitchell, Carole Ruggier, Nina Dobner
QA Manager	Kurt Hsu
QA Supervisor	Tim Attuquayefio
QA Leads	Deni Skeens
QA Assistant Leads	Shawn Mulligan, Louis Liang, Romulo Rodriguez
QA Core Testers	Theresa Redfield, Jeff Cushenberry, Dan Dwonch, Bruce Burrows, Richard Hartzell, John Cunningham, Bill Sondergaard, Meggan Piersall, Josh Fowler, Matt Mihalus, John Stiles, Chris Vu, Jeremy Nichols, Rob Overmeyer, David Janzen, Starr Piwowarski
FLT Project Lead	Benjamin Smith
Functional Language Testers	Brad Trosin, Ben Flax, Cameron Travelli, David Song, Chris Heil, Luis Iga, Justin Pace, Justin Pace, Erick Arnold, Jose Paredes
Language Testers	Daniel Langer, Javier Martínez, Erwan Jegouzo, Stefano Buffoli, Kees Ligtelijn, Nicklas Mether
CQC Manager	Joel Knutson
CQC Supervisor	Benjamin Crick
CQC Department Lead	Dave Knudson
CQC Product Analysts	Simon Steel, Anthony Alexander, Anthony Barbagallo, Eron Garcia, Darryl Jenkins, Russell Medeiros
Mastering Lab	Michael Yasko, Kima Hayuk, Michael Deir, Chris Espiritu, Roger Metcalf
Director, International Product Development	Atsuko Matsumoto
Localisation Project Manager	Dagmar Bruenig
Localisation Project Coordinator	Christoph Betschart
Manager, Partner Clearances and Approvals	Nina Dobner
Business Affairs	Marci Galea
Legal	Sue Garfield
Studio Operations	Paulette Doudell, Steve Sammonds, Rosalie Vivanco
Studio Contracts Coordinator	Milly Ng
Director of Marketing	Mike Maser
Product Manager	Jonathan Harris
Public Relations	Anne Marie Stein, Jeane Wong, Jason Andersen
Documentation	C. Noah Davis
Documentation Layout	Big Idea Group
Package Project Management	John Burns
Package Design	BLT & Associates Inc., Marco Garcia
Special Thanks to	Mark Ordesky, all at 3foot6 and New Line Cinema for their encouragement and support during the making of the game, Tom Frisina, Lawrence F. Probst IV, Don A. Mattrick, John Riccitiello, Nancy Smith, Gerhard Florin, David Gardner, Nigel Sandiford, Christopher Thompson, Bruce Mcmillian, & Electronic Arts Distribution, John Batter, Nicholas Earl, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gibeau, Joel Linzner, Danny Bilson, Matthew Brown
Stormfront Studios
Project Director	Hudson Piehl
Technical Director	Mark Danks
Development Director	Alyssa Finley
Audio Director	Andrew Boyd
Lead Designer	J. Epps
Lead Programmer	Steve Kojder
Lead Environment Artists	Devin St. Clair, Robert Clarke
Lead Cinematics Artist	Bill Boyer
Lead Animator	Will Elder-Groebe
Art Direction	Raymond Monday
Associate Producer	Jeanne Young
Special Effects Artist	Ben Wanat
Environment Artists	Fred Aquino, Jay Fitt, J. R. Jones, James Larsen, Jed Melnik, Martin Servante, Matt Small, Michael Spaw, William M. Sullivan, Josh Watson
In‑Game Cinematics Artists	Ben Wanat, Scott Foust
Conceptual Artists	Matt Gaser, William V. Tiller, Kenn Berry
Character Modelers/Animators	Kevin Anderson, Jay Davis, Stephen Ekstrom, Scott Foust, Jae Cheol Hong, Leonard Robel, Dean Ruggles, Doug Watson
Interface Artist	Robert Pollock
Graphics Programmers	David Farrell, Paul Melamed, Rodney Huff, David Yee, Hai-Ping Kenneth Chao, Ewen Vowels
AI Programmers	Burkomir A. Drane, Bart Presnell, Paul Skibitzke, Ralf Knoesel
Gameplay Programmers	Steve Mariotti, Lee Adams, David Chen
Game Designers	Mike Hurst, Jerry Darcy, Matt Tieger, Chris Ferriera, Matthew Shores, Paul Pettross
Sound Design & Music Editing	Robb Mills
Sound Design	Christopher Hegstrom
Additional Development Direction	Sarah W. Stocker
Additional Project Management	Randy Angle, Gary Keith Brubaker, Bill Dwyer, Robert Clarke
Additional Art	Timothy Dean, Jeff Weir, Greg Grigoriev, Nic Boudreau, Jacques Muller
Additional Programming	Donovan Boden, Joyce Colenbrander, Ron Little, Jonathan Menzies, Michael Novi, Gregory Sabatini, Matthew Shores, James T. Tomasko
Additional Sound Design	Paul Gorman, Duff Studios
Additional Writing	Jerry Darcy
Business Development	Bob Wallace
Executive in Charge of Development	Don L. Daglow
Special Thanks	Christy Marx, Tim Larkin, Katie Kelly, Marta Daglow, Robin Joss, Jaia Sun-Childers, Steve Borstead, David Bunnett, Mark Buchignani, Jim Hanson, David Stoll, Dean Gloster, Baldwin Lee, Maria Pizzoli, Jane Sisti, Suzanne Grace, Justin & Chris at Cafe 4040, Krazy Karls Katering, Alexandria Thomas, Barbara Rhodes, Larry Rhodes, Sergio Lobato, Calvin Adams, Barbara Adams, Cindy Epps, Justin Epps, Julia Epps, Delia Holt Ekstrom, Giselle Walseth, Marc Finkel, Trinh & The Chao family, Michele Piehl, Audrey Piehl, Natalie Piehl, Peter Kojder, Paul Kojder, Tyler Newell, Chris Piekleinik, Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil for giving me a reason to dance at alpha!, Rob would like to thank Mom, Dad and Catherine; Art, Annie & Joseph, My family & friends, Jeremy Lavin, and the Balrog, To Pia, thanks for being so supportive in this time - I love you!, To JohnBoyd and Ann, I'll be able to go out again soon!, Tracy Engelman, Iishwara Rao, for feeding Jed and making his bed, My family, the Cardinals, William Lee, Rory, and my friends, Cindi Servante (for understanding that the phrase "I'll be home in half an hour" doesn't mean anything), Elizabeth Servante, Port, Legg, Kiki, DasNate, Nairb, BenNJaime, Andre, Murph, The Dr, Thanks to Mr. B... You are the vision behind every great game, Sharon Danks, Maia Danks, who stayed up late for me, Snoobly Wombonnet, So Hyun, Luke-June Sang, Jang Mo Nim, My parents, Milalhwe members, Steve Uchrin, Richard Kyanka, Josh Boruff, Jeff K, Derek Smart, All the SA Goons, Cory Rogers, Cliff Yablonski, Tanya for providing the team w/ pastries, To David, Sandy, Chris, Greg & Marci thanks for all the good thoughts, To Joanne, Zoe and Haley for all their patience & support, To Kodo, for keeping me sane, To Mom & Dad in Grubwood, To my beloved Hobbits: Marianne, Taylor, Jordan, Cori & Chad, To my wife, Emily Sophia Yee, To Stormfront, EA, Mom, Jammy, Design Crew, Myths, Strive & Kristie
A Film by Peter Jackson
Produced by	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders
Co‑produced by	Rick Porras, Jamie Selkirk
Special Effects	Weta Digital, Jim Rygiel, Randy Cook, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Mark Stetson
Music by	Howard Shore
Game Voices	Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
New Line Cinema - Lord of the Rings Film Team
Director	Peter Jackson
Producers	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders
Executive Producers	Mark Ordesky, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Robert Shaye, Michael Lynne
Co‑producers	Rick Porras, Jamie Selkirk
Archivist	Judy Alley
Asset Wrangler	Glen Sharah
Producers Assistant	Tanya Buchanan
Post Production Supervisors	Jonas Thaler, Rose Dority, Peter Skarratt
Miniatures Wrangler	Tam Webster
Exec VP WW Licensing and Merchandising	David Imhoff
Creative Director	John Mayo
Film Talent	Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Bernard Hill (Theoden), Liv Tyler (Arwen), Harry Sinclair (Isildur), Sean Astin (Samwise), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Sean Bean (Boromir)
New Line Cinema - New Line Music
VP Music Business Affairs	John F. X. Walsh
Executive in Charge of Music	Paul Broucek
Director of Music	Erin Scully
Producers	Barrie M. Osborne, Rick Porras
Merchandising Coordinator	Judy Alley
Phantagram Entertainment, Inc.
Vice President	GilHo Lee
Producer / Production Manager	Lisa Foster
Animation Supervisor	Owen Klatte
Lead Animator	Chang Eui Im
Senior Technical Director	Chang Jin Im
Technical Director	Igor Lodeiro
Lead Technical Setup	Jeff Kasunic
Animators	Joel Fletcher, Sangbum Kim, Miyhun Park
Matte Painters	Jacob Parker
Office Manager	James Lim
The Finish Line
Executive Producer	Dick Voss
Director of Marketing	Brian Gaffney
Super 78
Executive Producer	Dina Benadon
Creative Director	Brent Young
Director of Marketing	Lisa O'Brien
Line Producer	Stephanie Taylor
Lead CG Artist	Damon Chernavsky
CG Artists / Animators	Lincoln Kamm, Darren Kiner, Kevin Quaid, Victor Racz
Arnson Communications
Executive Producer / Creative Director	Todd Arnson
Writer / Producer	Aaron Sternlicht
Editors	Glen Amonitti, Jay Lizarrago
Art Director / Animator	Jeremy Alcock
DS Artist	Dean Chu
Line Producer	Susan Harris

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