If the famous franchise is best known for these films, we might as well return to video games soon.
Lord of the Rings fans number in the millions around the world, and it’s a safe bet that many of them would like to enjoy a successful adaptation.
The Lord of the Rings: The license will give the right to 5 new games by March 2024
Among the many acquisitions made by the Embracer group, one of them concerns Middle-Earth Enterprises and the franchise with Sauron and others. last august, the company even said it wanted to put in place a long-term vision for this license, and it would seem, on the gaming side, that we could soon be spoiled…
Indeed, in its last financial report, the group indicated the existence of five different video game projects related to this universe. Even more surprising, All these titles are scheduled for the 2023/2024 financial yearthat is to say before March of next year: a very tight schedule!
This acquisition has generated a lot of interest from internal and external partners for the Lord of the Rings intellectual property, in various media formats. There are currently five games in production by third-party partners, which are expected to release in the 2023/24 financial year.
Four out of five works have also been officially confirmed. We first think of the game Gollum from Nacon and Daedalic Entertainment, the mobile game The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth from EA or The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. We can also mention the unnamed project of Private Division and Weta Workshop.
Anyway, The future therefore looks rather bright with regard to the future of the saga within our industry. Of course, it is to be hoped that the quantity does not tarnish the quality and that we will soon be entitled to more information on these titles. especially the one whose identity remains secret.