As Amazon is developing their epic series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, they have announced that they are also going to create a massive multiplayer online game set in Middle Earth and it will take place in an era well before the events in The Lord of the Rings.
The project is separate from the series that is being developed and it will not tie into it. This Mmo game is a standalone project, but this is just another opportunity for Amazon to cash in on the property that they have the rights to.
It’s explained that the Mmo game will be set in “a time long before the events of The Lord of the Rings, exploring lands, people and creatures never seen before by fans of the Tolkien universe.” That’s exciting! Exploring an era of Middle Earth that we’re not familiar with will be incredibly cool!
The project is separate from the series that is being developed and it will not tie into it. This Mmo game is a standalone project, but this is just another opportunity for Amazon to cash in on the property that they have the rights to.
It’s explained that the Mmo game will be set in “a time long before the events of The Lord of the Rings, exploring lands, people and creatures never seen before by fans of the Tolkien universe.” That’s exciting! Exploring an era of Middle Earth that we’re not familiar with will be incredibly cool!
- 7/10/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A free-to-play, “massively multiplayer” online game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe of hobbits, wizards and dragons is on its way from Amazon Game Studios in collaboration with Middle-earth Enterprises and Hong Kong-based interactive developer and publisher Leyou Technologies. As yet untitled (and undated), the game, says Amazon, promises players “a new, immersive game experience for epic exploration of the vast world of Tolkien.”
To be published on PC and console, the game – set prior to the events depicted in the Lord of the Rings trilogy – is unrelated to the Lotr-based TV series being developed by Amazon. The game’s development is being led by the team behind Amazon’s New World game and veteran developers whose credits include World of Warcraft, Defiance, Everquest and others.
The collaboration agreement has Amazon Game Studios and Leyou jointly developing the game, with Amazon Game Studios marketing and publishing the title globally with the exception of China,...
To be published on PC and console, the game – set prior to the events depicted in the Lord of the Rings trilogy – is unrelated to the Lotr-based TV series being developed by Amazon. The game’s development is being led by the team behind Amazon’s New World game and veteran developers whose credits include World of Warcraft, Defiance, Everquest and others.
The collaboration agreement has Amazon Game Studios and Leyou jointly developing the game, with Amazon Game Studios marketing and publishing the title globally with the exception of China,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Rob Leane Jul 10, 2019
Will you play this new Mmorpg game set in The Lord of the Rings universe?
Amazon Game Studios is working with Leyou and Middle-earth Enterprises to co-develop and publish a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings. This comes at the same time that Amazon Studios is working on a live-action Lord of the Rings TV show, although the game's press release makes it clear that it is not connected to the TV project.
A new online Lord of the Rings title was first teased by Middle-earth Enterprises last year when it was revealed that Athlon Games, a subsidiary of Leyou, was heading up development. Amazon Game Studios will now lead that project.
As this official press release tells us, "The free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game, set in the iconic world of Middle-earth portrayed in The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy,...
Will you play this new Mmorpg game set in The Lord of the Rings universe?
Amazon Game Studios is working with Leyou and Middle-earth Enterprises to co-develop and publish a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings. This comes at the same time that Amazon Studios is working on a live-action Lord of the Rings TV show, although the game's press release makes it clear that it is not connected to the TV project.
A new online Lord of the Rings title was first teased by Middle-earth Enterprises last year when it was revealed that Athlon Games, a subsidiary of Leyou, was heading up development. Amazon Game Studios will now lead that project.
As this official press release tells us, "The free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game, set in the iconic world of Middle-earth portrayed in The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy,...
- 7/10/2019
- Den of Geek
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- 8/7/2018
- by Liz Lanier
- Variety Film + TV
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