In a brand new report from Eurogamer, Amazon Head of Video games Jeff Grattis recommended that, regardless of rumors claiming the beforehand in-development Lord of the Rings MMO is not within the works being true, a brand new recreation from the franchise continues to be in improvement. In response to a query about whether or not the MMO had been canceled, Grattis responded by saying, “Our inventive staff continues to discover a compelling new recreation expertise that does justice to Tolkien’s world; we’re working carefully with Center-earth and stay excited concerning the IP.”
Amazon Video games introduced the MMO again in 2023. The sport would have been developed by New World studio Amazon Video games Orange County and launched for consoles and PC worldwide. It was reportedly in early manufacturing and would have featured tales from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The primary information of its cancellation got here from a since-deleted LinkedIn publish by former Senior Gameplay Engineer at Amazon Video games Ashleigh Amrine. “This morning I used to be a part of the layoffs at Amazon Video games, alongside my extremely gifted friends on New World and our fledgling Lord of the Rings recreation (y’all would have liked it),” wrote Amrine. The cancellation doesn’t come as a shock, contemplating New World’s finish of service and the mass layoffs on the firm.
