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Scott McCrae

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio working on an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG, industry veteran claims, and one backer is reportedly putting $100 million into it

Gollum.

A rumored AAA Lord of the Rings RPG is reportedly being worked on by Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios

Late last year, Insider Gaming reported that Embracer Group was working on an AAA The Lord of the Rings game, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) reportedly putting roughly $100 million toward funding the game. The game is reportedly going to be a third-person action game designed to "compete with Hogwarts Legacy" (although hopefully not as absolutely mid) and will be developed by an Embracer Studio. However, outside of ADIO, Embracer, and Revenge Studios, it was unclear who else was involved in the project.

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