{"id":73886,"date":"2014-10-01T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=73886"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:26:29","slug":"watch-the-launch-trailer-for-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/watch-the-launch-trailer-for-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the launch trailer for Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out now on PC, Xbox One and PS 4, <strong>Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor<\/strong> is a new <strong>open world adventure<\/strong> set in J.R.R Tolkien&#8217;s fantasy world, between the stories of <strong>The Hobbit<\/strong> and <strong>The Lord of the Rings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of gameplay, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is clearly influenced by Ubisoft&#8217;s massive Assassin&#8217;s Creed games, featuring fast flowing movement around environments, and fluid but brutal swordplay. The game&#8217;s defining feature is called the Nemesis System, which is an<strong> enemy artificial intelligence <\/strong>that responds to player actions, creating &#8216;personalized&#8217; enemies that remember you and adapt to your style of play.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div>\nDefault player\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. If you wish to have the player instantiated only after\nthe rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line.\n--><br \/>\nbrightcove.createExperiences();<\/p>\n<p><!-- End of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<p>The story is new, about a ranger called Talion who is brought back to life by a &#8216;spirit of vengeance&#8217; after being slain with his family. Journeying through Mordor, you&#8217;ll discover the nature of the spirit that resurrected you and the origins of &#8216;the Rings of Power&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor on PC <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/241930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Gamescom announces its 2014 award nominees\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/gamescom-announces-its-2014-award-nominees\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gamescom announces its 2014 award nominees<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Battlefield Hardline multiplayer will launch with nine maps and seven game modes\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/battlefield-hardline-multiplayer-will-launch-with-nine-maps-and-seven-game-modes\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Battlefield Hardline multiplayer will launch with nine maps and seven game modes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ping, a free app that wants to send you interesting information\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/ping-a-free-app-that-wants-to-send-you-interesting-information\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ping, a free app that wants to send you interesting information<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow Jonathan on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanriggall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jonathanriggall<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out now on PC, Xbox One and PS 4, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a new open world adventure set in J.R.R Tolkien&#8217;s fantasy world, between the stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In terms of gameplay, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is clearly influenced by Ubisoft&#8217;s massive Assassin&#8217;s Creed games, featuring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/watch-the-launch-trailer-for-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Watch the launch trailer for Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-73886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330059,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73886\/revisions\/330059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73886"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=73886"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=73886"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=73886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}