Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Interview

FileFront has conducted an interview with Electronic Arts' Steve Gray, in which the Lord of the Rings: The Third Age executive producer answers various questions about the recently released RPG. An excerpt:
Q: How long has the idea of a turn-based Lord of the Rings game been in development, and what led away from the development of another action/adventure game like the past three?

A: The idea of a Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game has been around since we started working on Lord of the Rings games more than three years ago. Many of us are big fans of the turn-based RPGs, so when we had the opportunity to work on an RPG, we decided to go down that route. What led us away from the action/adventure category was a feeling that fans had waited many years for a Lord of the Rings RPG and it was time to give them one.