Warhorse Studios has formally confirmed that it is engaged on a Lord of the Rings recreation, in addition to a brand new entry in its Kingdom Come sequence. Whereas its social media publish saved particulars to a minimal, the developer did affirm that it is growing an “open-world” Center-earth RPG, with extra particulars to come back at a later date.
The announcement of a brand new Center-earth recreation comes at a time when the developer’s guardian firm, Embracer, is busy with a number of adjustments of its personal. The corporate owns the rights to create new video games, films, and way more based mostly on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, after it acquired Center-earth Enterprises from The Saul Zaentz Firm in 2022. Embracer lately introduced the formation of Fellowship Leisure, a brand new unit devoted to “exploring” exterior partnerships for its greatest IP, like LOTR, Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, and Deus Ex.
You might need heard the rumours, it is time to reveal what we’re engaged on.
🗺️ An open world Center-earth RPG.
⚔️ A brand new Kingdom Come journey.
We’re excited to let you know extra when the time is true.#WarhorseStudios #Annoucement #lotr #KingdomComeDeliverance pic.twitter.com/Pcgf9SqW52— Warhorse Studios (@WarhorseStudios) May 20, 2026
On the floor, Warhorse Studios appears to be like like match for Center-earth. Current video video games based mostly on the IP have been lower than stellar–we’re nonetheless attempting to overlook the Gollum game–and Warhorse earned essential popularity of final yr’s smash-hit medieval open-world journey, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. On the identical time, the studio has been criticized for reportedly firing a developer in order that it might lower your expenses with AI–a matter the studio has declined to touch upon.
The venture will not see Kingdom Come: Deliverance recreation director Daniel Vávra concerned with it, as he stepped away from the place in order that he might work on bringing the franchise to the massive display screen.
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics can be rumored to be making a brand new The Lord of the Rings recreation, and again in 2024, Embracer mentioned that it was prototyping a number of new concepts for extra video games within the franchise as a part of a drive to create a Lord of the Rings Renaissance.