Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor will be re-released in a Game of the Year edition starting today, May 5. This simply means that the game will be repackaged with all of its previously released DLCs and will be sold as one nice bundle. The game will only be available to new-gen consoles including PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and will not be released in Xbox 360 and PS3.
The previously released DLCs that will be in the Game of the Year edition include the Lord of the Hunt story add-on and the Bright Lord campaign. It will also include the previously released skins, missions, runes, and challenge modes.
As for the skins, the Captain of the Watch, Lord of the Hunt, Power Shadow, Lithariel, and The Bright Lord skins will be included in the Game of the Year edition. There will be three-story missions including the Guardians of the Flaming Eye, Lord of the Hunt, and the Bright Lord.
The Guardians of the Flaming Eye Orc Warband mission features battles against Black Gate's toughest guards. The Lord of the Hunt will provide additional hunt missions that reward players with the chance to unlock powerful runes that can be equipped in a weapon in order to augment it. The Bright Lord allows players to step into the shoes of the Elvan King of the Second Age, Celebrimor, to engage in battle with the Dark Lord Sauron himself with the use of Celebrimor's Ring of Power.
The runes can highly augment a weapon depending on which rune is used. The runes that will be in the Game of the Year edition include the Hidden Blade, Orc Slayer, Defiant to the End, Elven Grace, Ascendant, Flame of Anor, Rising Storm, One with Nature, and Deadly Archer.
The challenge modes will include Test of the Ring, Test of Defiance, Test of Power, Test of Speed, Endless Challenge, Test of the Wild, and Test of Wisdom. There will also be hunting challenges called Trials of War that may reward runes or skills to the players. Lastly, there is an Endless Challenge mode that allows players to test their skills against other players, as seen in an online leaderboard.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was developed by Monolith Studios and published by Warner Brothers Interactive. The game received great reviews and was even titled as the best game of the year by some reviewers. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year edition is available now in PS4, Xbox One, and PC consoles only.
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