A brand-new Middle- earth video game remains in advancement by the studio behind the visual results of Peter Jackson'' s Lord of the Rings trilogy

Take Two'’s publishing label Private Division has actually revealed it is dealing with Wētā Workshop, the production business that produced the unique results in Peter Jackson'’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, on a brand-new video game “set in the Middle-earth universe of J.R.R Tolkien.”

The video game, which will be based upon the “literary works of the series”, is presently in early advancement, and is anticipated to release throughout Take Two'’s 2024, although a particular release date has actually naturally not been revealed.

Head of Private Division Michael Worosz stated “We are thrilled to partner with Wētā Workshop to publish a game set in such an extraordinary and celebrated universe,” including that “No entity is better equipped than the team at Wētā Workshop to create a distinctive, new Middle-earth gaming experience.”

There'’s definitely some reality to that. Wētā Workshop has actually been frequently included with numerous things Tolkien over the last 20 years. Most significantly, Wētā lagged the visual results of Peter Jackson'’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, which, if you' have actually ever viewed the Extended Edition'’s DVD additionals, includes some quite unbelievable things, like the countless incredible outfits, and the majority of the movies sensational “Bigatures” like the designs for Rivendell andMinas Tirith Wētā likewise dealt with the less-well related to (however still amazing-looking) Hobbit Trilogy, and more just recently has actually been included with Amazon'’s fiercely expected prequel series.

There'’s extremely little info about what type of video game Wētā is making, however Wētā'’s head of Interactive, Amie Wolken, provided a number of tantalising titbits, specifying “It's a privilege to create a new game set in Middle-earth, especially one that's so different from what fans have played previously.” Wolken even more included “We're excited for gamers to explore Middle-earth in a way they never had before.”

Combine that last declaration with Wētā'’s deep experience with Tolkien based world-building, and my guess is that is a LOTR open-world video game, one that exceeds the borders of Mordor as seen in Monolith'’s “Shadow of” series. But that think is just informed to primary-school level. It might be definitely anything, from a Shire management sim to a Nazg ûl kart-racer.

In any case, I'’m exceptionally up for this. Monolith hasn’t been back to Mordor considering that 2017, rather dealing with its long in-development Wonder Woman video game. There is that Gollum video game from Daedalic Entertainment in the works, however our early impressions were blended, and it has actually likewise been postponed. You can check out the complete announcment of Wētā'’s brand-new video game here.