

LOTRO has since moved on to new adventures set in post-war Middle-Earth, and has a new expansion planned to arrive later this year.)Īmazon later came aboard the new LOTR MMO project as a development partner with Athlon and Leyou. (By comparison, LOTRO was initially set during the War of the Ring, with players explicitly supporting men, elves, and dwarves in their fight against Sauron’s forces. Like the Amazon TV series, the MMO was said to be set well before the events of The Lord of the Rings, “exploring lands, people and creatures never seen before by fans of the Tolkien universe.” 2018 by the Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies and its newly-founded American subsidiary Athlon Games. To avoid confusion, canceling the LOTR MMO does not affect Amazon’s forthcoming Lord of the Rings TV series, a prequel to the novels and films that’s said to be the “ largest television series ever made.” It also has nothing to do with Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO), which has been running since 2007 and is currently published by Daybreak Games Company in San Diego.Īmazon’s unnamed LOTR MMO was initially announced in Sept.


Is there gameplay footage for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum?īehind closed doors, has seen 20 minutes of footage from The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, which showed that stealthiness is just one of many skills in Gollum’s arsenal. The character’s dual nature is said to become a gameplay element – players will have to choose whether to side with Sméagol or Gollum at various points throughout the game. Gamers will play as the character’s original hobbit form Sméagol at first, and then his more familiar counterpart Gollum as he becomes corrupted by the One Ring. The game has been described as an action-adventure, though is expected to be less violent than other Lord of the Rings games such as Shadow of Mordor.
