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Amazon Cancels Lord of the Rings Game

Announced two years ago, it looks like Amazon Game Studios, has put the brakes on the upcoming LOTR MMORPG.

According to Bloomberg this project is now dead. The contract negotiations between Amazon and Tencent were said to have caused a dispute that eventually led to the game’s cancellation.

An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that after Tencent’s acquisition of Leyou, “we have been unable to secure terms to proceed with this title at this time.”

The Amazon team working on the game will be moved to other projects. “We love the Lord of the Rings IP, and are disappointed that we won’t be bringing this game to customers,” the spokesperson for the Seattle-based company said in a statement.

Amazon Is Help Making That New Lord of the Rings MMO

 

Remember that new F2P LOTR MMO that was being made we told you about??

 

 

Turns out there is a big name behind it as well as Leyou Technologies. Amazon Game Studios is also behind the game.

There’s no word yet on a story or setting. Amazon Game Studios VP Christoph Hartmann said in a statement,

 

“Tolkien’s Middle-earth is one of the richest fictional worlds in history, and it gives our team of experienced MMO developers — from the same studio developing New World — tremendous opportunity to play and create.”

 

Amazon Game Studios and Leyou will jointly develop the game for PC and consoles, and Amazon Game Studios will market and publish the title globally with the exception of China, which will be managed by Leyou. The collaboration brings together Amazon’s game technology and talented MMO developers, and Leyou’s expertise in designing free-to-play games and operating live-service games.

 

I reached out to Amazon PR to ask if there will be a connection to the game and TV show that Amazon is also working on, There will NO connections to  game and the Lord of the Rings TV show.

No release date has been set.