LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR OF THE RING, Vivendi Universal Games, ATI, BAWLS and GameSpy Arcade joined together to create an action-packed tournament in WAR OF THE RING`s The War for Middle-Earth. To enter, players had to sign up on gamespyarcade.com. Then 28 random players were selected. Additionally one player was selected for entry into the Tournament from each of the following LORD OF THE RINGS fantasies; TheOneRing.net, TolkienOnline.com, Warcry.com, Warofthering.net. The four finalist were flown to Los Angeles for the championship matches.GameSpy Arcade was the only way to connect to the tournament. In order to receive the $40,000 grand prize, the winner of the match was required to email GameSpy a copy of the `Stat Screen` as proof of victory within 24 hours of the end of the match to events.gamespyarcade.com.