Fans of JRR Tolkien's work will have plenty to do in the years to come. In addition to a series that is expected to land around 2021, the video game division of Amazon is currently working on an MMO The Lord of the Rings. Some details have been publicly disclosed on this ambitious project.
A multitude of new elements for the license
Despite the turmoil, he's going through (with several dozens of fired employees and canceled projects), the Amazon Game Studios group is in full development of a game stamped The Lord of the Rings. Created in partnership with Leyou, this app is a free-to-play MMO currently planned on consoles and PCs. While waiting for more details on the release date and the machines concerned, we learned a little more about the context of this episode.
Like the series produced by Amazon Prime Video, the events of this game The Lord of the Rings will take place well before those portrayed in Peter Jackson's trilogy. Players will discover countries, creatures but also new characters that had never appeared through the various adaptations of the saga. Context finally quite similar to that of the series that will be broadcast exclusively on the service of the American giant.
A valuable partnership
However, the developers have made it clear that the game is not inspired by the series and that these are two projects in their own right. While waiting for more precise details, it is important to specify that Leyou has real expertise in the world of free-to-play. The Digital Extremes studio, to whom we owe the excellent Warframe, belongs to the company. In addition, Amazon Game Studios has been looking at MMOs for several months, via its ambitious New World project.
Thus, we will have to content ourselves with this information for the moment. Unless a big surprise last minute, we can imagine that this video game The Lord of the Rings will arrive on the next generation of consoles. Amazon would be inspired to take advantage of the release of its series to promote this app (and vice versa).
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