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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Original title: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - September 30, 2014
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
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Director:Christian Cantamessa
Studio:WB Games
Stars:Alastair Duncan, Jack Quaid, John DiMaggio - Full View
Soundtrack:Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Official Video Game Score) — 47 tracks by Garry Schyman and Nathan Grigg, released digitally on 30 September 2014 through WaterTower Music, The combat music was built around waterphones and spring drums, and scored to react to player actions and enemy behaviour rather than playing as fixed cues
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Game Developers Choice Awards
Game
Game Developers Choice Award - Game of the Year
Winner
2014
Award
Game
Titanium Award for Game of the year
Winner
2014

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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
Monolith Productions
PublisherIGDB
WB Games
Studio
WB Games
GenresIGDB
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Mac, Linux
Release DateIGDB
September 30, 2014
Metacritic Score
85
Game Engine
LithTech 6

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. The game takes place in the 60-year gap between the events of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. It is a story of revenge, slaughter, and mystery set entirely in Mordor, the Land of Shadows. At its center is Talion, an ordinary man who loses everything, including his mortal life. The game is set in a fully open world, and features various role-playing game elements such as experience points and skills. There are various ways the player can complete their main objective. Aside from the main storyline, there are various side quests and random events the player can complete within Mordor. The melee system is inspired by that of the Batman Arkham series. Getting into a good fighting rhythm, using both regular attacks and counter-attacks will improve the player's combo multiplier. A unique feature of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is the Nemesis system. Every enemy in the game has their own name, rank, and memory. These enemies will continue to do their own jobs and tasks even when they're off screen. If the player does not kill an enemy in an encounter, this enemy will remember the player and change their tactics and conversations based on the encounter.

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Last updated: 02.08.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
Revenue
Not disclosed

Warner Bros. never disclosed a development budget. Press and retail reporting at the time recorded a strong launch: it debuted at number two in the UK retail chart behind FIFA 15, was the ninth best-selling game in the United States in October 2014, and was described as the biggest launch any game based on Tolkien's world had ever had. No publisher revenue figure exists. A third-party estimate of roughly 2.45 million units by late November 2014 was found and is deliberately NOT used as a basis, per policy.

Time to Beat
Main Story16h
Main + Extras18h
Completionist57h

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Italian
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German
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Portuguese (Brazil)
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Spanish (Spain)
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French
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English
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Russian
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Polish
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Content Rating
Violence
Blood and Gore
Intense Violence
Violência (Violence)
ACB MA 15+
PEGI 18
CERO Z
ESRB M
CLASS_IND 18
USK 16
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:64-bit: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1
CPU:Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
RAM:3 GB RAM
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850
Storage:44 GB available space
DirectX:Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection
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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata
Last updated: 02.08.2026