2007, the game achieved Platinum Hits and Classic status on Xbox for selling more than 2 million copies worldwide on the platform. Next Generation ranked it as the 28th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. In the United States, it was the highest-selling Lord of the Rings game released in the 2000s for consoles by July 2006, and the highest-selling version of The Two Towers. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions also received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The game won "Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering" at the 2003 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Interactive Achievement Awards. GameSpot named The Two Towers the second-best Xbox game, and second-best GameCube game, of January 2003. Notes References 2002 video games Action video games Cancelled Windows games Cooperative video games Electronic Arts games Game Boy Advance games GameCube games Golden Joystick Award winners Griptonite Games Hack and slash games Hypnos Entertainment games Interactive Achievement Award winners Mobile games PlayStation 2 games Multiplayer and single-player video games Stormfront Studios games Two Towers Video games based on films Video games based on Middle-earth Video games based on adaptations Video games featuring female protagonists Xbox games Video games developed in the United States JAMDAT Mobile games