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May 15, 2023 · Embracer Group AB (”Embracer”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Middle-earth-Enterprises, part of the operative group Freemode, announced today an agreement with Amazon Games to develop and publish a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on “The Lord of the Rings”. An open-world MMO adventure, the upcoming game takes place in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, featuring ...
May 15, 2023 · As players and developers know, building an MMO is especially challenging, but the Orange County studio already has several tried-and-true technical achievements under its belt. New World also has substantial new features in development, and that basis plus new innovations will provide a compelling environment to create a virtual Middle-earth experience.
May 15, 2023 · Amazon has struck a deal with Embracer Group to make a multiplayer open-world video game based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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By Ryan Dinsdale
Updated: May 16, 2023 9:15 am
Posted: May 15, 2023 3:35 pm
New World developer Amazon Games has partnered with Embracer Group's Middle-earth Enterprises to create a brand new MMO based on The Lord of the Rings.
The massively multiplayer online game, which is completely separate from 2007's The Lord of the Rings Online and from Amazon's previously cancelled Lord of the Rings MMO, is currently in the early stages of development and as of yet has no official title.
Amazon Games Orange County, the team behind New World, is leading development on the new MMO, which will come to PC and consoles. No release window was given, though Amazon Games did say it would feature the stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings book trilogy.
Definitely, I love MMOs and Lord of the Rings
Yes, I've not played an MMO before but The Lord of the Rings is a big enough hook
Maybe, I'll need to see more of the game before I decide
Nah, it's just not for me
"This is a completely new game because the license is much, much wider," Hartmann continued." Obviously, there's nothing changing because we all know the world is set, the characters are set. It's really the freedom we have in terms of gameplay features where now anything is possible, and the limitation is where it's technically possible or not."
"Before, it was like, 'it's a good idea but we can't do it because there's something else going on.' Now, the mission we are on, and the mission Embracer fully supports, Middle-earth Enterprises fully supports, is to make the biggest, best MMO out there based on Lord of the Rings. That's our ambition."
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May 15, 2023 · Amazon is partnering with the Embracer Group on a new MMO set in the Lord of the Rings universe, with development handled by the team behind New World.
May 15, 2023 · Separately, Amazon Studios produces the hit series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Prime Video, which takes place during Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth and is unrelated to this upcoming MMO game in development with Amazon Games. The new game created in partnership with Embracer Group will be set in Middle-earth, and ...
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May 15, 2023 · Embracer Group’s Middle-earth Enterprises and Amazon Games have announced a new The Lord of the Rings game. The title is expected to be published on PC and consoles and will take from both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In a new press release from Embracer, the studio states that the upcoming title will be an " MMO which will ...
