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6 days

Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth

www.eurogamer.net English

A source has revealed that the Lord of the Rings MMORPG was cancelled after the New World team was transferred over mere weeks before the layoffs.

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    A source has revealed that the Lord of the Rings MMORPG was cancelled after the New World team was transferred over mere weeks before the layoffs.
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    • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.caEnglish
      6 days

      why bother, you’re just gonna cancel the next one… and the next one and the next one. just like you all do

        • MantisToboggon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6 days

          Good tax write offs are hard to find.

          • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6 days

            Rumor has it the Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs are doing a Lord of the Rings project, so if that’s the case, then they’re outsourcing a lot of risk.

              • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
                6 days

                Playing KCD as Aragorn or Gimli will be fucking epic.

                I wonder if itll be a single player’s POV or multiple characters.

            • Paradachshund@lemmy.todayEnglish
              6 days

              Amazon really is remarkably bad at releasing games

                • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  5 days

                  Releasing? LOTRO has been around for decades. Just play that instead of some New World garbage.

                • SammyJK@programming.devEnglish
                  6 days

                  We already have a pretty good LotR MMORPG. Sure it’s dated but works fine imo

                  • mmyu@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    5 days

                    I actually think this is a good sign. We don’t need anymore MMOs. Honestly, who has the time or money for MMOs nowadays.

                    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
                      6 days

                      Why would they even bother making a second lotr mmo?

                        • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldEnglish
                          6 days

                        • etchinghillside@reddthat.comEnglish
                          6 days

                          I guess I don’t recall if they were planning on nuking the whole gaming studio/arm/division or just keeping enough around to make games for fire tablets.

                          • DiceTrauma@piefed.socialEnglish
                            6 days

                            I mean, considering what a train-wreck Rings of Power is…yay?

                              • hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                6 days

                                Just because one thing was bad doesn’t mean this would have. Disney makes both star wars 7-9 and andor.

                                  • DiceTrauma@piefed.socialEnglish
                                    5 days

                                    Can you point me to an Amazon game that’s a runaway blockbuster success?

                                • atro_city@fedia.io
                                  6 days

                                  Scamazon doing Scamazon things.

                                  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                    6 days

                                    Coming soon from Amazon…

                                    Gollum 2!

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