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We don't expect this will have any repercussions for the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show, given that Amazon's TV and film streaming division has fared much better than its in-house game studio.įor those disappointed by the end of a Lord of the Rings MMO, too, you'll still have the Gollum game to look forward to – or the existing Shadow of War / Shadow of Mordor titles to revisit. These are the most persistent Lord of the Rings head-scratchers we can definitively debunk. colonising the continent as European explorers.Īnother piece by Bloomberg on the internal issues of Amazon's gaming division is insightful here, pointing to how Amazon's usual business strategy and culture is anathema to good game development – despite the studio spending swathes of cash on experienced devs from EA and others. Amazon's other big MMO project, New World, has also seen delays after it drew fire for insensitive and stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans, in a game that tasked you with. In 2020, Amazon cancelled its free-to-play multiplayer shooter Crucible, which had released into an open beta to little fanfare, and even retreated into a closed beta for a short while.