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Kingdom Come devs respond to Lord of the Rings game rumour: "I cannot disclose details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG"
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Kingdom Come devs respond to Lord of the Rings game rumour: "I cannot disclose details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG"

Rock Paper Shotgun·Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·about 1 month ago
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Image credit: New Line Cinema / WingNut Films Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers Warhorse Studios are refusing to confirm or deny a rumour that they're making a Lord of the Rings game for Embracer. This could indicate one of two things: firstly, they are making a Lord of the Rings game for Embracer. And secondly, they are not making a Lord of the Rings game for Embracer. We can rest assured, at least, that they're making a "huge, immersive RPG", in the words of content director Ondrej Bittner. Huge AND immersive? Sounds like Orc mischief to me. The original rumour came from a Polish Tolkien podcast last month, in which localisation specialist Ryszard Chojnowski (who has worked with CD Projekt and BioWare, among other credibility-conferring big shops) mentions hearing about the LOTR game from someone else. Warhorse didn't respond to my request for comment at the time, but they've now addressed the rumours on Reddit, albeit in a way that makes me think of Gollum planting biscuit crumbs on Sam.…

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