VUGames To Host $40k Online Tournament for WoTR

The War for Middle-earth(tm) Begins Early Next Year

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 22, 2003) - Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) announced today an online multiplayer tournament for their newly released PC real-time strategy game, The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (War of the Ring). The War for Middle-earth, Co-sponsored by ATI Technologies Inc., BAWLS Guarana, and Tolkien online fan-sites TheOneRing.net, TolkienOnline.com, WarCry.com, and WaroftheRing.net, will culminate in a final match on March 20th, 2004 and carries a grand prize of $40,000 in cash.