It’s been a while since Amazon introduced its Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings video video games, and it seems like followers should wait some time longer for a reveal.
Amazon introduced it had signed a cope with Crystal Dynamics to develop and publish the subsequent main Tomb Raider recreation again in December 2022. We’ve heard nothing in the year-and-a-half since, though Crystal Dynamics was pressured to reassure followers that it was unaffected by devastating cuts at embattled mother or father firm Embracer.
In the meantime, Amazon introduced it had signed a cope with Center-earth rights proprietor Embracer to develop an as-yet-untitled The Lord of the Rings MMO again in Could 2023. Once more, we’ve heard nothing since, however we do know this recreation is ready in Center-earth and options the tales of The Hobbit and extra.
Talking to Variety, Amazon Video games chief Christoph Hartmann mentioned a reveal for both recreation is just not imminent, however is just not lengthy away. “It’s not going to be tomorrow, but it surely’s not too far-off,” Hartmann mentioned, earlier than insisting Amazon Video games is now “entering into a way more common cadence of transport video games.”
“That’s all I’m allowed to let you know proper now,” Hartmann added. “It’s all about high quality. You don’t wish to simply be rushed out. That doesn’t work. It needs to be triple-A high quality, as a result of the bar is so excessive.”
Amazon might be eager to capitalize on different Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings tasks it has in the works by lining up the TV reveals with the video video games. Prime Video has confirmed a Tomb Raider live-action collection with Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge in place as author and government producer, though it has but to say when it is going to launch. In the meantime, Rings of Energy Season 2 kicks off on Amazon Prime in August, with extra seasons confirmed to be in the works.
In the interview, Hartmann pointed to Microsoft’s latest success with the Prime Video Fallout TV present, which boosted curiosity in the Fallout video games. “And so you may see a world the place Amazon would do properly to launch a recreation concurrently obtainable to play on PC, console, cell, in addition to launching a TV collection or an animation on its Prime Video service,” Hartmann defined.
Nevertheless, followers shouldn’t essentially contemplate the Tomb Raider TV present canon with the video video games. Whereas that’s labored out properly for the Fallout TV present, which is ready in spite of everything the Fallout video video games, Hartmann instructed Amazon’s plan for Tomb Raider is nearer to Sony’s with its massively profitable Marvel’s Spider-Man video games, that are separate to the Spider-Man motion pictures.
“You see it with Tomb Raider, the place we’re gonna have a Tomb Raider recreation coming and they’re doing a present,” Hartmann mentioned. “And a few folks say, ‘Oh, will they be linked collectively?’ And I give them the instance, have a look at Spider-Man. There’s superb, superb video games. There’s nice animated content material, there’s nice live-action, and everybody appears to be very proud of that. So it doesn’t should be all the time that all the things is mingled collectively, but it surely’s actually one model, which actually simply reveals for me why transmedia these days is so essential, and how video games is such an important half.”
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