https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&feed=atom&action=historyLicensing - Revision history2024-03-28T22:03:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=386905&oldid=prevGaetano: added update for lotr:heroes of middle-earth2024-03-05T19:24:19Z<p>added update for lotr:heroes of middle-earth</p>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=381908&oldid=prevGaetano: added entry for release date of Return to Moria2023-10-28T12:09:42Z<p>added entry for release date of Return to Moria</p>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=380658&oldid=prevGaetano: /* History */ added entry for Tales of the Shire2023-09-24T12:18:52Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> added entry for Tales of the Shire</span></p>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=377991&oldid=prevGaetano: /* History */ revised all entries for The Hobbit film trilogy - added references and detail2023-08-06T10:50:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> revised all entries for The Hobbit film trilogy - added references and detail</span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** 18 December - New Line and MGM announce the development of a two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Michael Fleming|articleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220185009/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977891.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|articlename='Hobbit' back on track as twin bill|dated=18 December 2007|website=Variety|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2008]]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2008]]'''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** New Line Cinema merges with [[Warner Bros.]] and through this way it obtains distribution rights of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film series]] and co-production rights of [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film series]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302060816/http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/its-official-new-line-cinema-is-dead/|articlename=It's Official - New Line Cinema is Dead!|dated=|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511141903/http://www.firstshowing.net/ FIRSTSHOWING.NET]|accessed=28 February 2008}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** New Line Cinema merges with [[Warner Bros.]] and through this way it obtains distribution rights of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film series]] and co-production rights of [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film series]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302060816/http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/its-official-new-line-cinema-is-dead/|articlename=It's Official - New Line Cinema is Dead!|dated=|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511141903/http://www.firstshowing.net/ FIRSTSHOWING.NET]|accessed=28 February 2008}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2011]]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2011]]'''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** 30 May - New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM announces the titles of Peter Jackson's two-film adaptation of ''The Hobbit''. The first film is titled ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' and the second film is titled ''The Hobbit: There and Back Again''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/%E2%80%9C-hobbit-unexpected-journey%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9C-hobbit-there-and-back-again%E2%80%9D-are-announced-titles|articlename=“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” And “The Hobbit: There And Back Again” Are Announced As Titles Of Peter Jackson’s Epic Two-Film Adaptation Of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Timeless Classic The Hobbit|dated=30 May 2011|website=Warnerbros|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 1 November - ''The Lord of the Rings: War in the North'' is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=Eddie Makuch|articleurl=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lotr-war-in-the-north-begins-november-1/1100-6326667/|articlename=LOTR: War in the North begins November 1|dated=2 August 2011|website=GameSpot|accessed=18 June 2023}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 1 November - ''The Lord of the Rings: War in the North'' is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=Eddie Makuch|articleurl=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lotr-war-in-the-north-begins-november-1/1100-6326667/|articlename=LOTR: War in the North begins November 1|dated=2 August 2011|website=GameSpot|accessed=18 June 2023}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2012]]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2012]]'''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** 30 July - New Line, MGM and Warner Bros. Pictures announce that Peter Jackson's two-film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'' will now become a trilogy.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/peter-jackson%E2%80%99s-long-awaited-filmed-adaptation-hobbit-be-trilogy|articlename=Peter Jackson’s Long-Awaited Filmed Adaptation of "The Hobbit" to be a Trilogy|dated=30 July 2012|website=Warnerbros|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** 31 August - New Line, MGM and Warner Bros. announce the second film of Peter Jackson's ''The Hobbit'' trilogy to be retitled as ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''. The third film is titled ''The Hobbit: There and Back Again''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Pamela McClintock|articleurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/third-hobbit-film-sets-release-367258/|articlename=Third ‘Hobbit’ Film Sets Release Date|dated=31 August 2012|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Dave McNary|articleurl=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/wb-to-release-third-hobbit-july-28-2014-1118058548/|articlename=WB to release third ‘Hobbit’ July 28, 2014|dated=31 August 2012|website=Variety|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 4 December - ''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]'', developed by Monolith Productions is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-launches-%E2%80%9Cguardians-middle-earth%E2%80%9D-moba-game|articlename=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Launches “Guardians of Middle-earth” MOBA Game Exclusively for Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStationNetwork|dated=4 December 2012|website=Warnerbros|accessed=11 June 2023}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 4 December - ''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]'', developed by Monolith Productions is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-launches-%E2%80%9Cguardians-middle-earth%E2%80%9D-moba-game|articlename=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Launches “Guardians of Middle-earth” MOBA Game Exclusively for Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStationNetwork|dated=4 December 2012|website=Warnerbros|accessed=11 June 2023}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Warner Bros releases </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Journey]]''</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">28 November - Premiere of </ins>''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''.<ref>{{webcite</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">author=Pip Bulbeck|articleurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/new-zealanders-see-hobbit-an-334183/|articlename=New Zealanders to See ‘The Hobbit: </ins>An Unexpected <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Journey’ on Nov</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">28|dated=6 June 2012|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2013]]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2013]]'''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 12 November - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''. A new game set between ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'', developed by Monolith Productions.<ref>{{webcite|author=Matt Miller|articleurl=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/11/12/december-2013-shadow-of-mordor-67498.aspx|articlename=December Cover – Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor|dated=12 November 2013|website=Gameinformer|accessed=7 May 2023}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 12 November - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''. A new game set between ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'', developed by Monolith Productions.<ref>{{webcite|author=Matt Miller|articleurl=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/11/12/december-2013-shadow-of-mordor-67498.aspx|articlename=December Cover – Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor|dated=12 November 2013|website=Gameinformer|accessed=7 May 2023}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 25 November - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group announces ''[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game|LEGO The Hobbit]]'', based on the first two films of Peter Jackson’s ''The Hobbit'' Trilogy, ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' and ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-tt-games-and-lego-group-set-new-journey-create-|articlename=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group Set Off on a New Journey to Create “LEGO The Hobbit”|dated=25 November 2013|website=Warnerbros|accessed=22 July 2023}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 25 November - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group announces ''[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game|LEGO The Hobbit]]'', based on the first two films of Peter Jackson’s ''The Hobbit'' Trilogy, ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' and ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-tt-games-and-lego-group-set-new-journey-create-|articlename=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group Set Off on a New Journey to Create “LEGO The Hobbit”|dated=25 November 2013|website=Warnerbros|accessed=22 July 2023}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Warner Bros releases </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Smaug]]''.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2 December - Premiere of </ins>''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Borys Kit</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">articleurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/inside-hobbit-desolation-smaug-premiere-661467/|articlename=Inside ‘The Hobbit: </ins>The Desolation of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Smaug’ Premiere: Middle Earth Comes to Hollywood|dated=3 December 2013|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2014]]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''[[2014]]'''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 8 April - ''LEGO The Hobbit'' is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=Warner Bros. Games</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** 8 April - ''LEGO The Hobbit'' is released.<ref>{{webcite|author=Warner Bros. Games</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** 24 April - Warner Bros Pictures, MGM and New Line Cinema announce that the title of the third film of Peter Jackson's ''The Hobbit'' trilogy to be renamed as ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/final-film-peter-jackson%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C-hobbit%E2%80%9D-trilogy-be-titled-%E2%80%9C-hobbit-battle-five-armies%E2%80%9D|articlename=Final Film in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” Trilogy to be Titled “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”|dated=24 April 2014|website=Warnerbros|accessed=6 August 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=377880&oldid=prevGaetano: /* History */ added entry for lotr:return to moria2023-08-02T19:46:58Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> added entry for lotr:return to moria</span></p>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=377344&oldid=prevGaetano: /* History */ added entry for LEGO The Hobbit2023-07-22T16:36:56Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> added entry for LEGO The Hobbit</span></p>
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</table>Gaetanohttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Licensing&diff=376848&oldid=prevGaetano: /* History */ fixed broken link, added entry for upcoming lotr musical adaptation2023-07-11T18:38:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> fixed broken link, added entry for upcoming lotr musical adaptation</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** [[Turbine]] releases an MMO videogame based on the literary property only, ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' (LOTRO) under license from Tolkien Enterprises.<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** [[Turbine]] releases an MMO videogame based on the literary property only, ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' (LOTRO) under license from Tolkien Enterprises.<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">** January - Electronic Arts' publishing licence for video games based on ''The Lord of the Rings'' expires, returns to [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]].<ref>{{webcite|author=Michael McWhertor|articleurl=https://kotaku.com/lord-of-the-rings-license-leaves-ea-journeys-back-to-w-5169044|articlename=Lord of the Rings License Leaves EA, Journeys Back To WB|dated=12 March 2009|website=[https://kotaku.com/ Kotaku]|accessed=03 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Ben Fritz|articleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234029/http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/03/lord-of-the-rings-ga.html|articlename=Lord of the Rings game rights now at Warner Bros.|dated=12 March 2009|website=Variety|accessed=9 July 2023}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Tolkien Enterprises changes its name to [[Middle-earth Enterprises]].<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Tolkien Enterprises changes its name to [[Middle-earth Enterprises]].<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Turbine is purchased by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|WB Games]], and thus WB Games obtains access to LOTRO rights.<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="warner">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/turbine-purchased-by-warner-bros-home-entertainment/|articlename=Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|dated=20 April 2010|website=Engadget|accessed=26 November 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** Turbine is purchased by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|WB Games]], and thus WB Games obtains access to LOTRO rights.<ref name="middle-earth-timeline">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.middleearth.com/timeline.html|Middle-earth Enterprises|articlename=Middle-earth Timeline|dated=|website=Middle-earth Enterprises|accessed=6 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="warner">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/turbine-purchased-by-warner-bros-home-entertainment/|articlename=Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|dated=20 April 2010|website=Engadget|accessed=26 November 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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