Embracer Group has introduced that Amazon Video games is engaged on a brand new MMO primarily based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels for console and PC.
Let’s hunt some orc! A brand new open-world MMO primarily based on J.R.R Tolkien’s famed The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books is in improvement, Embracer Group has introduced. The venture is being undertaken by New World developer Amazon Video games Orange Nation and is predicted to launch on console and PC.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings MMO introduced
The venture is presently within the early phases of manufacturing, so we do not have an enormous quantity to go on, apart from it that includes the tales discovered inside the books, set inside a persistent open-world MMO — if we will pull off a mass-multiplayer reenactment of The Battle for Helm’s Deep, I am going to lose my thoughts!
“We’re dedicated to bringing gamers high-quality video games, whether or not by means of unique IPs or long-beloved ones like The Lord of the Rings,” Amazon Video games’ VP Christoph Hartmann stated. “Bringing gamers a contemporary tackle The Lord of the Rings has lengthy been an aspiration for our workforce, and we’re honored and grateful that Center-earth Enterprises is entrusting us with this iconic world. We’re additionally happy to be increasing our relationship with Embracer Group following our Tomb Raider deal final 12 months, as they’ve confirmed to be wonderful collaborators.”
Final 12 months, Embracer revealed one other partnership with Amazon Video games, which sees the latter publishing Crystal Dynamic’s upcoming Unreal Engine 5 Tomb Raider recreation, which was adopted by a report that stated Amazon is engaged on a Tomb Raider TV sequence.
With Warner creating new motion pictures primarily based on the franchise, it seems to be like The Lord of the Rings could possibly be the subject of dialog recurrently sooner or later. For now, although, Nacon’s The Lord of the Rings: Gollum can be arriving on Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One subsequent week.
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