Former WB director says Lord of the Rings: War in the North should never have released at the same time as Skyrim

A game designer who used to work at Warner Bros Games says he’s happy to see The Lord of the Rings: War in the North getting a new port, because he doesn’t think it was given a fair appraisal the first time around. Christian Allen, who has 24 years of experience in the industry and was a design director at WB Games during the period when War in the North was originally released, took to X to say he was happy to see the announcement of the game’s new Legacy Edition on modern platforms. War in the North was released 15 days before The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and Allen claimed that he was one of the people arguing at the time that it was a bad move to release it so close to Bethesda’s game. Read More...

Aug 14, 2026 - 11:00
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Former WB director says Lord of the Rings: War in the North should never have released at the same time as Skyrim
A game designer who used to work at Warner Bros Games says he’s happy to see The Lord of the Rings: War in the North getting a new port, because he doesn’t think it was given a fair appraisal the first time around.

Christian Allen, who has 24 years of experience in the industry and was a design director at WB Games during the period when War in the North was originally released, took to X to say he was happy to see the announcement of the game’s new Legacy Edition on modern platforms.

War in the North was released 15 days before The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and Allen claimed that he was one of the people arguing at the time that it was a bad move to release it so close to Bethesda’s game.

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