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Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Monolith Productions / Oct 9, 2017 / Action, Adventure, RPG

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That's more people than live in Vatican City.

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

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What's new

Middle-earth: Shadow of War – Patch Notes v1.20 – August 15, 2018

2018-08-15

Fixes • Updated backend support, no player facing impact.

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What players say

Very Positive

88% positive, 49,922 reviews

Recommended59 hrs played

The nemesis system is one of the greatest things ever and the fact that its patented is a crime

124 found this helpful, 2026-07-28

Recommended58 hrs played

Great game, shame it took for me so long to play it, but yet again a wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He plays it precisely when he means to.

158 found this helpful, 2025-10-02

Recommended100 hrs played

Incredible. One of the greatest video games of all time. The nemesis system is the coolest and most unique systems in a video game ever made. I will never forgive WB for locking it behind a patent. WB games has not done anything with it and hasnt released any good games after this and the arkham trilogy. They deserve all of the failures for what they have done. Sadly we will never see another installment of this or...

146 found this helpful, 2026-08-26

Recommended77 hrs played

A good game. The Nemesis system makes it great. Still can't forgive the devs for locking Nemesis behind patents for a decade and then just... sitting on it and doing basically nothing of note with it. Still a great game but its legacy has been overshadowed by the titanic, historic fumble of the Nemesis system after this game. The game designers deserve accolades, WB and the legal team deserve fates I'm not...