Missing your best orcs from Shadow of Mordor? Don't fret, because Shadow of War now has a way to import your best rivals and friends to the expanded sequel.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War improves on its unique Nemesis System to makes your victories that much more personal. But your failures even more impactful too.

Bigger, ballsier and announced well in advanced…er, ier. The Monolith Productions developed sequel to Shadow of Mordor was originally set for a release date of August 22 when Warner Bros. Interactive dropped the first trailer in February, but you’ll have to wait a few weeks longer for a chance to slash Orcs to ribbons again as Middle-Earth: Shadow of War will now release on October 10.

Orcs are still out for blood, but like the old paraphrased adage goes: Not all Orcs. Some Orcs will actually be of aid to you in Shadow of War, an intriguing new gameplay feature this time for a sequel that created fantastic love-to-hate relationships with the green-skins in the Nemesis System. Said system has been expanded, but as design director Michael de Plater revealed, there’s a bigger emphasis on creating stories with enemies and allies this time around.

The Nemesis System was a gameplay mechanic that added value to the grunts that you were murdering in Shadow of Morder, crafting stories and tales of Orc chieftains who actually had a decent reason to want you dead. Its a defining idea, that’s making a return later this year in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.

Shadow of Mordor held your nemesis in one contained battlefield. Shadow of War is breaking that idea in massive ways.

It’s not often that a game readies itself for the PC market by giving potential consumers a checklist of the hardware needed to run it several months ahead of schedule. But there’s clearly some confidence attached to the sequel to Shadow of More Doors, as Middle-Earth: Shadow of War has that very list ready for anyone who wants to get their rig up to speed before it launches.

If you happen to live in the US of A, Gamestop will be selling the $300 Mithril Edition of Shadow of War, that includes the following bang for your buck. Why, it's simply precioussssssss...