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.
- Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
why bother, you’re just gonna cancel the next one… and the next one and the next one. just like you all do
ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
6 daysRumor 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 daysPlaying KCD as Aragorn or Gimli will be fucking epic.
I wonder if itll be a single player’s POV or multiple characters.
P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
6 daysReleasing? LOTRO has been around for decades. Just play that instead of some New World garbage.
- SammyJK@programming.devEnglish6 days
We already have a pretty good LotR MMORPG. Sure it’s dated but works fine imo
- mmyu@lemmy.zipEnglish5 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.
- etchinghillside@reddthat.comEnglish6 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.
- 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 daysCan you point me to an Amazon game that’s a runaway blockbuster success?






