Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio confirms Lord of the Rings rumors, Warhorse is making an "open world Middle-earth RPG"

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 screenshot showing a group of medieval men sitting at a table with food, cheering together with wooden mugs of beer lifted high.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios is indeed now working on a new open-world Lord of the Rings RPG, confirming what many fans hoped to be true following reports.

I've been yearning for a good game set in Middle-earth for years now, with the last one I can remember playing being on the PlayStation 2 (unless we count the darling little LEGO entries in between, of course). Sadly, various projects – I'm looking at you, Amazon – have popped up only to then face cancellation, leaving us Tolkien stans with naught.

Well, thankfully, an RPG icon of a studio has swooped in to save the day.