Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO Appears Doomed as Former Developer Says ‘We Would Have Loved It’ Amid Thousands of Layoffs

Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Last year the Lord of the Rings MMO was described as being in early development, with Amazon still searching for a clear creative direction. The studio disclosed little beyond production updates and the project’s scale — comments that implied it would have been ambitious. As Amazon Games lead Christoph Hartmann put it in 2024, “It’s still early… It’s a big IP, it’s a big game.”

At present, there’s no public way to know what stage the MMO remains in or whether any development will continue. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed — especially as The Lord of the Rings Online enters its 18th year and options for long-running MMO players are limited.

 

Source: gamesradar.com

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