The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

"Off the bat, what makes this game so great is that it actually includes the best moments from the first movie in this game as well. [...] Add in a friend for some co-op Uruk-hai butt-kicking action, it just ranks up on the awesome meter."

- Jovenshire explaining why he loves this game

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is an action and hack-and-slash game based on featured on Top 5 Friday.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 action hack and slash game developed by Stormfront Studios for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance by Griptonite Games, to the GameCube by Hypnos Entertainment, and to mobile by JAMDAT. A version for Microsoft Windows developed by Ritual Entertainment was canceled during development. The game was published on all platforms by Electronic Arts. In November 2003, EA released a sequel, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The game is an adaptation of Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and his 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released shortly after the game. As it is not an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 novel, anything from the novel not specifically mentioned or depicted in the films could not be represented in the game, as, at the time, Vivendi Universal Games, in partnership with Tolkien Enterprises, held the rights to the gaming adaptations of Tolkien's literary works while Electronic Arts held the rights to the gaming adaptations of the New Line Cinema films.