A brand new Lord of the Rings recreation, Tales of the Shire, has been introduced for PC and consoles.
It’s being developed by New Zealand-based particular results and prop firm Wētā Workshop, which is maybe finest recognized for its work on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbits movies, and might be printed by Take-Two’s Private Division label.
“Your cosy Hobbit life awaits in Tales of the Shire, a heart-warming, new, The Lord of the Rings recreation due out in 2024 on console and PC,” Private Division mentioned.
A teaser trailer for the sport, which is listed as “coming quickly” on the writer’s web site, is viewable above.
Embracer Group acquired the leisure rights for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit IPs in August 2022.
As a part of ongoing restructuring efforts, which have resulted in some recreation studios being closed and a few initiatives being cancelled, the corporate has mentioned it plans to extend its give attention to inside IP like The Lord of the Rings.
“I’ve a excessive diploma of confidence that this complete course of goes to simply translate into higher product choice that’s extra worthwhile and that offers us a higher alternative for progress sooner or later, and that helps to leverage the IP that we personal inside our organisation,” interim chief working officer Matthew Karch mentioned in June.
“I imply, we personal Lord of the Rings, and we all know we have to be exploiting Lord of the Rings in a really important vogue and turning that into one of many greatest gaming franchises on this planet, and that’s clearly one thing we’re going to be doing.”
It was introduced in May that Amazon Games is creating and set to publish a Lord of the Rings MMO for PC and console.
That similar month, the poorly obtained The Lord of the Rings Gollum was launched for PC and consoles.
In February, Embracer introduced it had caught an settlement with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures to collaborate on a number of characteristic movies primarily based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s most well-known works.
