▁sword master , ▁Bob ▁Anderson , ▁came ▁into ▁the ▁studio ▁and ▁perform ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁sword ▁fighting ▁techniques ▁from ▁the ▁film , ▁en abling ▁the ▁development ▁team ▁to ▁re create ▁the ▁physical ity ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁exactly , ▁frame ▁by ▁frame . ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁was ▁officially ▁announced ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁when ▁E A ▁revealed ▁that ▁although ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁multi - platform , ▁it ▁was ▁initially ▁being ▁developed ▁by ▁Storm front ▁Studios ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 . ▁They ▁revealed ▁that ▁players ▁would ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁control ▁Arag orn , ▁Leg olas ▁and ▁G im li ▁in ▁full ▁ 3 D ▁environments ▁taken ▁directly ▁from ▁the ▁films . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁E A ▁announced ▁a ▁Game ▁Boy ▁Adv ance ▁version , ▁developed ▁by ▁G ri pton ite ▁Games , ▁in ▁which ▁players ▁could ▁control ▁Fro do , ▁Arag orn , ▁Leg olas , ▁Gand alf ▁and ▁É ow yn . ▁This ▁version ▁would ▁also ▁feature ▁co - op ▁multi player ▁through ▁the ▁Game ▁Link ▁C able . ▁Also ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁R it ual ▁Entertainment ▁advert ised ▁for ▁staff ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁an ▁un spec ified ▁Lord ▁of ▁the ▁R ings ▁game ▁for ▁Windows , ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁by ▁E A . ▁This ▁was ▁pres umed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁port ▁of ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁version . ▁At ▁the ▁E 3 ▁event ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁E A ▁made ▁available ▁a