Aspyr has plans to re-release extra Lord of the Rings video games following its shadow drop of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on trendy platforms.
In a press launch for the new model of War in the North, Aspyr planted a small tease for the future of the Lord of the Rings franchise in gaming: “The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Version is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure and is the first The Lord of the Rings title launched by Aspyr,” reads the press launch. “Followers can sit up for much more basic releases by Aspyr from the beloved franchise in the future!”
That final half is the most notable bit, because it confirms we can be seeing extra re-releases of basic Lord of the Rings video games in the future. It is unclear which titles could observe, however there are a number of prospects. Aspyr has spent rather a lot of time bringing video games to the Nintendo Swap, so it would not be surprising if the studio ported Shadow of Mordor and/or Shadow of War to Swap 2 in the future. What followers actually need, nevertheless, are possible re-releases of the titles made below EA in the early to mid 2000s.
This would come with the film tie-in video games made throughout the PS2 period, resembling the critically-acclaimed The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, which is mainly Star Wars: Battlefront in Center-earth. The latter wasn’t as well-received by critics, however it holds a tender spot amongst some followers. There are additionally a bunch of nice technique video games like Battle for Center-earth that followers would like to revisit. It is unclear if there’d be any rights points with these video games, given EA printed them.
Though Warner Bros. holds the rights to the franchise, licensed video games from this period are notoriously wrapped up in all types of rights points (see Activision’s Marvel video games, for instance). We have reached out to Aspyr for touch upon whether or not the EA titles are truthful sport or not, however both manner, extra basic Lord of the Rings video games are on the strategy to trendy {hardware}.
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