It’s always a pleasure to welcome a new game of The Lord of the rings. In fact, the universe created by JR Tolkien has given us authentic classics, such as the adaptation of The Return of the King or the fun LEGO The Lord of the Rings.
The next game in the franchise is The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, an action adventure starring Gollum that takes place before the events of Peter Jackson’s trilogy.
It is a development of Daedalic Entertainment (Deponia) for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC, which in principle It will hit stores in the second half of 2023 (after several delays).
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The good news is that it won’t be the only Lord of the Rings game in the coming months. The owner of the rights (not of the films and series, yes) has confirmed it in a financial report.
It is neither more nor less than Embracer Groupthe great entertainment and leisure company in Europe, which also owns studios as important as THQ Nordic or Gearbox.
The future of Middle-earth in video games
Embracer Group has published its new financial report, focused on the third quarter of fiscal year 2022-2023 (from October to December of last year). And the results are really good.
Has occurred a 128% increase in the company’s net sales, which undoubtedly gives more confidence for future projects. The question is whether Embracer will keep the rights to Tomb Raider, or sell them to Amazon, as has been rumored.
Embrace too owns rights to Middle-Earth Enterprisesopening up endless possibilities for your game development studios.
In this report, which includes forecasts for the next fiscal year 2023-2024, Embracer confirms that there are five Lord of the Rings games in development.
“The acquisition of Middle-Earth Enterprises has generated a lot of interest among internal and external partners for the Lord of the Rings intellectual property, in different media formats,” the report reads.
Meaning that up to five Lord of the Rings games will be released in the next fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2023 and ends on March 31, 2024.
Of those five titles, one is known to be The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, while the other four have yet to be revealed. Will the long-awaited MMO that Amazon canceled in the past resurface?
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In all, Embracer and its studios have 224 games in development, of which 31 are AAA which will be released in the distant fiscal year 2027-2028. As for the imminent fiscal year, up to 94 games for PC and consoles (AA, indies, DLCs and ports) are prepared.
This morning we told you that fans of The Lord of the Rings want a ”Hogwarts Legacy” set in Middle Earth. And there are two good examples from the past: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Warso we can be ambitious for the future.
