A new video game based on The Lord of the Rings franchise has been announced and it's being made in partnership with Weta Workshop, the VFX company that produced the visuals for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, as well as the Rings of Power TV show. There are a number of Lord of the Rings video games in the works, such as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, or the recently announced The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.
Weta Workshop is best known for its contributions to the movies and TV shows based in the world of Middle-earth, but the company also has a video game division, as well as making collectibles and board games. The original The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy had stunning visuals for its time, which helped bring Middle-earth to life in the minds of many people. This can be attributed to the work of Weta Workshop and countless other creators and designers who worked on the films, who worked hard to bring hours of fantasy films to the big screen.
Weta Workshop is going to be working on a Lord of the Rings video game, but not necessarily one based on the movies. The official Private Division Twitter page has announced that it's publishing a new Lord of the Rings video game that is being made in partnership with Weta Workshop. It's notable that the post describes the game as being set in the "literary Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien", rather than mentioning the movies.
The Private Division Is Making A Lord Of The Rings Game With Weta Workshop
Private Division is a video game publisher and subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. The most recent game published by Private Division was OlliOlli World on February 8, but it's about to publish Rollerdome on August 16, and it also published the PlayStation and Xbox versions of Hades. It's unclear whether any other studios will be involved in the development of this new Lord of the Rings video game.
The fact that Weta Workshop is involved in the development of a Lord of the Rings video game is a great first step, considering how closely involved the company was with the movies. The fact that only two studios have been announced in connection with the game suggests it will be a while before more information is revealed, as there still hasn't been a title or concept mentioned. If the game is not using content from the movies and will be an original The Lord of the Rings video game, then there are countless different directions its story can go, as Middle-earth's history is full of conflicts that would make for an excellent video game.
Source: Private Division/Twitter
