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Lord of the Rings: War in the North returns to Steam as Legacy Edition

The 2011 action RPG Lord of the Rings: War in the North has been relisted on Steam in a Legacy Edition with gameplay, UI and stability improvements. The re-release from Aspyr restores a title that was delisted from Steam in early 2019 after poor sales and middling reviews at launch. The Legacy Edition adds hot-swappable characters, refined enemy-target locking, an improved interface, a new autosave feature and numerous bug fixes, and revisits the untold story of Agandaûr in the ruins of Fornost. Embracer — which owns Aspyr and Middle-earth Enterprises — has announced plans to spin off Middle-earth assets into a company called Fellowship Entertainment.

• Legacy Edition changes include hot-swappable characters, improved enemy-target locking, an updated interface, a new autosave feature and multiple bug fixes.
• The game follows Agandaûr, a servant of Sauron who raises an army in the ruins of Fornost; players build a three-hero Fellowship to confront the threat in the North.
• Original War in the North launched in 2011 to middling reviews and disappointing sales, was delisted beginning late 2018 and removed from Steam in February 2019.
• Aspyr developed the Legacy Edition; Aspyr and the Middle-earth rights are controlled by Embracer, which plans to spin off those assets into a standalone company called Fellowship Entertainment.