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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Action
Adventure
Systems
PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
Top Critic Avg: 85 /100 Critics Rec: 90%
Released
September 30, 2014
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
Developer(s)
Monolith
Publisher(s)
Warner Bros. Games
Engine
lithtech

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

Winner of multiple awards including Game of the Year, Best Action Game and the most innovative game of this generation. Experience the ground-breaking Nemesis System as you fight through Mordor and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.

Genre(s)
Action, Adventure

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