As Lord of the Rings' Rise of Isengard nears, players grow ever more curious about the foe that sits in the middle of his twisted fortress and his plans. Today Turbine released six new screenshots that show Saruman up to no good, and he certainly gives the impression that he's not a wizard with which to be trifled. For an old guy in a bathrobe, that is.
Two of the screens show Saruman looking into his palantir and calling down the forces of nature on his enemies, two give a better view of his incredibly detailed Orthanc tower, and the last pair shows the sort of warm welcome we'll be getting from the denizens of Isengard.
Rise of Isengard is slated for a September 27th release, and it will bring a number of welcome changes to the game including itemization improvements. You can check out the new screenshots in the gallery below.
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Aug 10th 2011 10:15PM theinternetman said
Rather tempted to log back in on my Minstrel to check this stuff out, any plans for a massively review of the Isengard expansion when it does eventually release?I'm sure there are quite a few of us on the fence about this expansion after Mirkwood.
Posted: Aug 10th 2011 11:37PM Nerves said
There's going to be an overhaul of the minstrel class, you might want to log in just to check out those changes (it is free to log in and putter around, after all.)
Posted: Aug 11th 2011 1:19AM Titus8705 said
Saruman: Trolololol
Posted: Aug 11th 2011 1:49AM PaperSpeaks said
Posted: Aug 11th 2011 7:42AM Dread said
Absolutely rope-able today! I have a BETA invite for the Isenguard event today and got the dreaded 50000 server queue error and can't login :(
Not happy Jan!
Not happy Jan!
Posted: Aug 11th 2011 8:04AM DancingTaco said
Saruman's face looks, hmm, err.... I don't know how to describe it, but someone on the forums called it texturitis. He looks strange to me.







