›

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Register

Quick Links

Amazon Games Is Making A New Lord Of The Rings MMORPG | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited May 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageAmazon Games Is Making A New Lord Of The Rings MMORPG | MMORPG.com

Amazon Games and Middle-earth Enterprises announced this morning that the two have entered into a partnership to make a brand new Lord of the Rings-themed MMORPG. The upcoming MMO is in pre-production and is being made by the the Amazon Games Orange County team resposible for New World.

Read the full story here


Truvidienn
«13456789

Comments

  • SophusVir33SophusVir33 Member UncommonPosts: 72
    Didn't they already have one of these and end up canceling it? BTW. Why not feed all the lore books and info into ChatGPT and just let it come up with the game? Probably better than most current game designs.
    KrumkoTruvidienn
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,059
    edited May 2023
    So not being made by Smed's old San Diego team then.  

    Pre-production means a 2028 or beyond release date at best.....

    Wake me up in 2030 please...
    strawhat0981LePetitSoldatTruvidienn

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

    Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV

    Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™

    "This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon






  • blackthornnblackthornn Member UncommonPosts: 617
    Was pretty sure amazon bungled this once already and bailed on it. I recall Smed might have been involved ir something?
    Iselin
     Grouping in Old school mmo's: meeting someone at the bar and chatting, getting to know them before jumping into bed.  Current mmo's grouping: tinder.  swipe, hookup, hope you don't get herpes, never see them again.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Good. Hopefully the Orange County team learned enough on the job working on New World to do better the second time around :)
    SovrathIceAgeTruvidienn
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,901
    edited May 2023

    SophusVir33 said:

    Didn't they already have one of these and end up canceling it? BTW. Why not feed all the lore books and info into ChatGPT and just let it come up with the game? Probably better than most current game designs.



    Amazon and another Studio were working on it and had a falling out between the 2 studios. So all Amazon could do was to shut production down. I would be interested in Amazon is starting from the ground up, or if they have retained anything from the first game.
    ValdemarJachesoma
  • DarkhawkeDarkhawke Member UncommonPosts: 212
    Do not have alot if faith in AGS  with there track record to deliver a good LOTR MMO
    Xoph
  • ValdemarJValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,419
    Nanfoodle said:


    Didn't they already have one of these and end up canceling it? BTW. Why not feed all the lore books and info into ChatGPT and just let it come up with the game? Probably better than most current game designs.



    Amazon and another Studio were working on it and had a falling out between the 2 studios. So all Amazon could do was to shut production down. I would be interested in Amazon is starting from the ground up, or if they have retained anything from the first game.

    If I recall from some news articles, Amazon was partnering with a third party studio they don't own, so I would not expect them to keep any access to source or assets unless they bought them, or Embracer actually own the source/assets (based on whatever previous licensing deal they had with that studio) and then licensed them to Amazon. I doubt that too because licensing agreements with rights holders rarely ever encompass source and Embracer bought the rights from Saul Zantz after the project had started.

    It is somewhat interesting to me how much Embracer owns with no industry or government sabre rattling involved at all. They are so huge and own so much, it's hard to list them all without digging into their subsidiaries and all that they own.

    I'm just waiting for the CMA/UK to realize they don't even own their precious Lord of the Rings anymore and to issue an ultimatum to Embracer that they're no longer allowed to use the IP without prior approval from them. :lol:

    Wiki entry on Embracer. To get a good feel for the scope of their holdings you have to click down some of the companies to see what's been reshuffled under their umbrella.

    NanfoodleMallyxKyleran
    Bring back the Naked Chicken Chalupa!
  • achesomaachesoma Member RarePosts: 1,768

    blackthornn said:

    Was pretty sure amazon bungled this once already and bailed on it. I recall Smed might have been involved ir something?



    Try reading the article first.
    FrodoFraginsWaan
    Preaching Pantheon to People at PAX PAX East 2018 Day 4 - YouTube
  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916
    If it's anything like the RANGS OF POWA they might as well burn the money.
    LTBKGinazRyukan

    "You CAN'T buy ships for RL money." - MaxBacon

    "classification of games into MMOs is not by rational reasoning" - nariusseldon

    Love Minecraft. And check out my Youtube channel OhCanadaGamer

    Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/ 

  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    edited May 2023
    Nanfoodle said:


    Didn't they already have one of these and end up canceling it? BTW. Why not feed all the lore books and info into ChatGPT and just let it come up with the game? Probably better than most current game designs.



    Amazon and another Studio were working on it and had a falling out between the 2 studios. So all Amazon could do was to shut production down. I would be interested in Amazon is starting from the ground up, or if they have retained anything from the first game.
    Close. But actually...

    "Middle-earth Enterprises, the company owning the rights to The Lord of the Rings IP at the time, had a contract clause allowing it to terminate its deal with both Amazon and Leyou if either of its partners were acquired."

    https://gamerant.com/lord-of-the-rings-mmo-cancellation-reason-amazon/#:~:text=It seems that Tencent's purchasing,was acquired by the conglomerate.
    Nanfoodle
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • achesomaachesoma Member RarePosts: 1,768
    Nilden said:
    If it's anything like the RANGS OF POWA they might as well burn the money.

    Their game will be set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, featuring the stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy.

    They were also very clear to add:

    Separately, Amazon Studios produces the hit series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Prime Video, which takes place during Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth and is unrelated to this upcoming MMO game in development with Amazon Games.


    ValdemarJIselinSovratheoloeTruvidiennWaan
    Preaching Pantheon to People at PAX PAX East 2018 Day 4 - YouTube
  • Pher0ciousPher0cious Member RarePosts: 529

    SophusVir33 said:

    Didn't they already have one of these and end up canceling it? BTW. Why not feed all the lore books and info into ChatGPT and just let it come up with the game? Probably better than most current game designs.



    Nah, they'll also add "maximize profit" command. Then it'll just be micro transaction galore.
    ('''\( ',.:.,' )/''')
  • Davidoff85Davidoff85 Member UncommonPosts: 37
    Lord of the Ring made by Amazon euh ?? Well...it's gonna be the only game where you will be able to dupe the unique Ring!
    SovrathTruvidiennHengistRyukanangerbeaverWaan

    Oops, something went wrong!


  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,652
    Of course I am irrationally excited by the news even though I know it likely ends poorly.
    NanfoodleSovrathChampieeoloeolepiWaan

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

    "I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator

    Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017. 

    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • KratierKratier Member RarePosts: 626
    as long as its f2p im sure everyone will try it out, like lost ark, and it will be million+ players eager for a new mmo day 1
  • ValdemarJValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,419
    I'm curious if they'll use Lumberyard, Unreal, a custom in house engine, or what they will choose. I'm also curious if MMORPG means just that or do they mean "mmo" and "rpg" as more marketing concepts than genre descriptions.
    Truvidienn
    Bring back the Naked Chicken Chalupa!
  • RandomCasualtyRandomCasualty Member UncommonPosts: 331
    Hopefully designed for Western players from the ground up and not just dragged over from a Korean version
  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,057
    Amazon sucks at managing huge IPs (see Wheel of Time and Rings of Power). Like they really just create abominations. Add in clueless New World devs and the AGS that has no idea of how to manage Lost Ark?

    They are going to need a miracle of top end leads with enough freedom to do it right. I just don't see AGS giving developers much of a leash.
    Xoph
  • CaldicotCaldicot Member UncommonPosts: 455
    Do kids these days know about LotR?

    If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan

  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,901

    Slapshot1188 said:

    Of course I am irrationally excited by the news even though I know it likely ends poorly.



    I have yet been able to point at a game that had Amazons involvement that made me happy. More I see about Throne and Liberty makes me think the worse is yet to come.
  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,901
    edited May 2023

    Caldicot said:

    Do kids these days know about LotR?



    Sure, its in Movies, they may have no clue it was a book first =-)
    Theocritus
  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,901
    Just read the game will have the same Engine as New World =-\
  • nyxiumnyxium Member UncommonPosts: 1,345
    edited May 2023
    Lol there's already a Lords of the Rings Online MMO out. This is total monopolizing by Amazon who already have an MMO, New World, and now they want Standing Stone Games out of business, a typical example of Amazon Sauron trying to snuff out the SSG Shire. How is Amazon not being investigated for antitrust? Trolled by the big corporations again.
    Hengist
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,054
    Nanfoodle said:
    Just read the game will have the same Engine as New World =-\
    I don’t really consider that a bad thing to be honest, for how good it looks New World runs extremely well. All the other stuff though? There is almost no way they can’t royally screw this one up.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Sensai
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    This had just better not effect Lotro, there will be hype beyond hype about this even if it launches as another shambles it could be a danger until then.
Sign In or Register to comment.