Shadow of War game trailer weaves Shelob into the story of Middle-earth sequel

Warner Bros. is unveiling a new trailer that explains some of the story behind Middle-earth: Shadow of War. And this one will get fans of the J.R.R. Tolkien world wagging their tongues about what it means.

The publisher is torturing us with the slow release of details, but the story is one of the big things this game has going for it. I’ve said before that the storytelling in this series — which was initiated with 2014’s Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — is as good as anything Tolkien wrote, and this trailer from developer Monolith and publisher Warner Bros. has me thinking more of that. The title was slated to come in August, but we’ll have more time to decipher the clues about the story as the game now debuts on consoles and PC on October 10.