UPDATE (27th September 2017): The DLC IS NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD MORE DETAILS HERE!
Monolith’s Middle-earth: Shadow of War isn’t yet released, but we already got details about one of the DLC packages that will be available for the game.
This one is called “Forthog Orc-Slaye” and it was introduced with a special live show on 31st August. It’s not exactly offering any new gameplay, rather provides you with a special and unique figure that will appear from time to time in the game. The DLC was inspired by Michael David Dorgey and is dedicated to his memory. Michael was the executive producer for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War until about 1,5 years ago when he passed away after losing the battle against cancer.
Forthog Orc-Slayer is a helper that may appear randomly, but not always to save Talion when he is about to have his head chopped of. This is exactly the role in the real life that the Monolilth Developers assign to their colleague, while he was still alive – a last minute saver and always ready to help out. At this point it isn’t confirmed if Forthog will have any role in Talion’s story other than appearing out of nowhere to save him from yet another death and re-spawn. It was confirmed, however, that Forthog cannot be dominated.
The DLC will cost $4.99 and is already available for Pre-Order on Steam and Xbox. For PS4 it will be available on 10th October. $3.50 of that amount for every purchase of the DLC until 2019 will go to the family of Michael David Forgey – a wife and 3 children. The DLC is not a part of any other package, currently available for pre-order. It’s a stand-alone purchase. Please, note, this $3.50 donation is ONLY for US (except AL, HI, IL, MA, MS, SC). If you buy this DLC from any other place in the world, you will NOT be donating $3.50 to the family of Michael Forgey.
