Amazon Games has announced it's reached an agreement with Embracer Group to make a brand new MMO game based on the Lord of the Rings.
Amazon Games has announced it’s reached an agreement with Embracer Group to make a brand new MMO game based on the Lord of the Rings.
The as-yet-unnamed title promises to be an “open-world MMO adventure set in a persistent world set in Middle-earth, featuring the beloved stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy,” reads. The game is currently in the early stages of production, so it’s early days yet, but it’ll be helmed by Amazon Games Orange County studio, who are the studio behind 2021 hit New World.
The game will also be released on both PC and consoles – with Amazon Games publishing and Embracer Group as the IP rights holder to the Lord of the Rings series that they picked up late last year. It’s interesting to note that the announcement makes clear the game will also include the stories from The Hobbit prequel book – as previous works have mostly been based around the well known Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Of course it’s not the first shake at a Lord of the Rings MMO – far from it. Back in 2007 Daybreak Game Company released their– which is still going to this day as a free to play title on PC. It’s not clear what the fate of that game will be, or if Amazon’s project will take the name. Either way, it’s also not the first time Amazon’s attempted a LOTR MMO either –
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