How to skip Shadow of Mordor's intro videos

1. Open an Explorer window by pressing [Windows key] + [E]
   
2. Navigate to your Shadow of Mordor directory in your Steam installation, usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\
   
3. Navigate further into the game's subdirectory \ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\
   
4. Delete the files I have highlighted in blue in the following screenshot or move them to another directory as a backup. Do not touch any other files.
   
5. Start the game. You should be in the main menu now right away.

Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_cz.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_de.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_fr.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_hu.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_ja.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_mx.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_pl.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_po.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_ru.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro_sp.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\intro.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\legaltext.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\legaltext_fr.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\middleware.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\nvidia_splash.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\WBPlay.vib

An update on Oct 11, 2014 downloaded more videos that cannot be skipped. Also delete, move or rename the following files. The screenshot above still applies:
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\legaltext_Patch.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\legaltext_fr_Patch.vib
Steam\steamapps\common\ShadowOfMordor\game\interface\videos\legal\middleware_Patch.vib

Thank you to GODzilla for the heads-up.

It has come to my attention that this guide with the steps and screenshot has been copied by Marco Bessey. He did not try to contact me for permission, compensation, revenue for the advertisements he is running nor did he even include any attribution.