Amazon Game Studios is working on Lord of the Rings mmo for PC and consoles

Amazon Game Studios is collaborating with Athlon Games on a massive multiplayer online game based on The Lord of the Rings. It is a free-to-play game that will be released on both PC and consoles. There is no release date yet.

Athlon Games, part of the Chinese publisher Leyou, announced last year that it was partnering with Middle-earth Enterprises to create an MMO in the Lord of the Rings universe. The studio then said it was partnering with another party and it has now been announced that it is Amazon Game Studios.

The mmo is set in Middle-earth, but Amazon emphasizes that there is no link between the game and the Lord of the Rings series coming to Prime Video. Amazon Game Studios will release the game worldwide except in China, where Leyou will take care of distribution and marketing.

Details about the game are not yet known, but the makers promise high quality and a rich fantasy world. According to Amazon, experienced mmo developers are working on the game. Amazon has also been working on its own MMO for years with the title New World. It takes place around 1600 and in it players have to colonize land. The new game also has no link with the existing mmo The Lord of the Rings Online. The game has been around since 2007 and gets regular updates.