If Gollum and The Rings Of Power isn’t enough, there’s a new Lord of the Rings game coming from Weta Workshop

Lord of the Rings followers ought to be joyful, as Wētā Workshop is formally engaged on a brand new sport set within the Center-earth universe.

Non-public Division introduced the information right now (August 15) and will likely be on publishing duties for the as-of-yet unnamed title. Final 12 months, a job advert for a producer function at Wētā Workshop was marketed, which was presupposed to be for a brand new undertaking primarily based on a “main worldwide IP.” It looks like that IP is actually Lord of the Rings, which makes a whole lot of sense contemplating the studio actually labored on the results of the unique movies.

The press launch famous that the sport continues to be in “early improvement,” and does not at present have a launch date, however is outwardly anticipated to launch throughout Take Two’s Fiscal 12 months 2024.

“We’re thrilled to associate with Wētā Workshop to publish a sport set in such a unprecedented and celebrated universe,” stated chief technique officer at Take-Two Interactive and head of Non-public Division Michael Worosz in an announcement asserting the information. “The Lord of the Rings IP is dwelling to so many exceptional tales, and no entity is healthier outfitted than the staff at Wētā Workshop to create a particular, new Center-earth gaming expertise.”

Head of interactive at Wētā Workshop Amie Wolken additionally expressed pleasure on the alternative to create a brand new sport set on this planet of Center-earth, “particularly one which’s so completely different from what followers have performed beforehand.” Wolken continued to say “As followers ourselves, we’re excited for players to discover Center-earth in a manner they by no means have earlier than, and introduce new followers to the magic of The Lord of the Rings.”

This clearly is not the one Lord of the Rings sport in improvement in the mean time. We had been anticipating The Lord of the Rings: Gollum to launch this 12 months, however late final month it noticed a delay by “a couple of months,” so at present it’s and not using a launch date.

Then there’s the free-to-pay cell sport from EA, which appears like it can doubtlessly be a Lord of the Rings gacha sport. This makes the unnamed title from Wētā Workshop the third title primarily based on the IP to be within the works, so Lord of the Rings followers positively have loads to sit up for.