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Amazon and Embracer Group Announce Partnership to Develop Open-World 'Lord of the Rings' MMORPG

  • Amazon Games has partnered with Embracer Group to develop an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in Middle-earth based on The Lord of the Rings.
  • The game is in early development and will be released globally for PC and consoles at an unspecified date.
  • The game will feature stories and settings from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • This partnership marks Amazon's second attempt at developing a Lord of the Rings MMORPG after a previous attempt was canceled in 2021.
  • Amazon is refocusing its gaming division, and this game is one of several projects in development including New World and a new Tomb Raider title.
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