Middle-Earth Online Article
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Once it is completed, tens of thousands of PC owners will be able to create their own characters and step into a land of hobbits, wizards, elves, orcs, and dwarfs, most of them controlled by other computer owners who want to spend time in the universe created by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. They'll be able to explore, fight, make alliances and perhaps even look for treasure.
"Middle-Earth Online," or MEO (pronounced MEE-oh), was slated for release in November. But Turbine, best known for its Asheron's Call multiplayer online games, has pushed the date back to the fall of 2005, convinced that it can use the extra time to turn what is already a good game into a great one, according to spokesman Jason Wonacott.
