Amazon Video games has confirmed it has not given up in its effort to make a brand new The Lord of the Rings sport, after a number of MMO initiatives in Center-earth didn’t work out.
Amazon Video games boss Jeff Grattis informed Eurogamer, “Our inventive group continues to discover a compelling new sport expertise that does justice to Tolkien’s world; we’re working carefully with Center-earth and stay excited in regards to the IP.”
Amazon’s newest try to make a The Lord of the Rings MMO did not materialize in something, because it was reported in October 2025 that the sport had been canceled amid wider layoffs. A supply informed Eurogamer that this project–which was within the works alongside rights-owner Embracer–entered pre-production solely months earlier than the layoffs have been introduced in 2025.
The MMO challenge with Embracer was introduced “earlier than speaking to any builders,” a supply stated, including that the sport had solely “one or two” individuals engaged on it as a aspect challenge for “a few years.” In keeping with the supply, solely a single piece of idea artwork was created for the challenge. Nevertheless, when Amazon stated it was winding down its different MMO, New World, the corporate reportedly deliberate to re-assign staffers to The Lord of the Rings MMO. However that effort didn’t work out, both.
This was Amazon’s second try at a The Lord of the Rings MMO, as the corporate beforehand partnered with Leyou for an MMO primarily based on the favored sequence. It was abruptly canceled in 2021, with former Amazon Video games boss Christoph Hartmann explaining that the sport fell aside when Leyou was offered to Tencent.
Whereas Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMOs are now not taking place, it has been reported that Kingdom Come developer Warhorse and Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics are every engaged on their very own The Lord of the Rings video games. Embracer, which owns the gaming rights to the fantasy sequence and each of these studios, has stated it needs to see a renaissance for The Lord of the Rings games, so it is sensible that there might be a number of video games on the best way. Embracer purchased the Lord of the Rings rights in 2022.
The franchise normally has remained widespread, and a number of new The Lord of the Rings motion pictures are within the works as effectively. The first of those is 2027’s The Hunt for Gollum, which brings again Andy Serkis as Gollum in a movie that he may even direct.
The film may even see Ian McKellen come again as Gandalf and Elijah Wooden return as Frodo. Oscar-winner Kate Winslet will play Marigol, with Fifty Shades of Gray actor Jamie Dornan taking up the function of Strider/Aragorn. The White Lotus actor Leo Woodall will play Halvard and Lee Tempo will play Thranduil, reprising his function from The Hobbit motion pictures.
Actor, comic, TV host, and The Lord of the Rings super-fan Stephen Colbert can also be writing a The Lord of the Rings film to come back that’s primarily based on the “Fogs on the Barrow-downs” chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring. It’s going to characteristic a personality lacking from Peter Jackson’s trilogy: Tom Bombadil.