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Amazon is working on a "Lord of the Rings" free-to-play MMO

Philipp Rüegg
11.7.2019
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The new "Lord of the Rings" MMO will be free-to-play and relies on veterans who have worked on "Destiny", "WoW" and "Everquest".

Contradictory statements on the timing

The console and PC game is not based on Peter Jackson's film trilogy, but on J.R.R. Tolkien's original novel. The game is therefore not to be associated with Amazon's "Lord of the Rings" TV series planned for 2021.

This is somewhat surprising. The series is set in the Second Age and therefore long before the events of the Lord of the Rings books. Athlon Games also claimed the same a year ago. It is possible that the direction of the game has changed since then.

The game will be based on a free-to-play model. During development, Amazon is counting on veterans who have worked on well-known online games such as "Destiny", "Planetside", "WoW", "Everquest", "Defiance" and "Rift". A release date is not yet known.

What do you think? Will it be something? Personally, I'm thinking about reactivating my old "The Lord of the Rings Online" account and seeing how my hobbit bard is doing. <p

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Philipp Rüegg
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As a child, I wasn't allowed to have any consoles. It was only with the arrival of the family's 486 PC that the magical world of gaming opened up to me. Today, I'm overcompensating accordingly. Only a lack of time and money prevents me from trying out every game there is and decorating my shelf with rare retro consoles. 

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