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A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview

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The IP is gonna get juiced for all it's worth eh.

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The IP is gonna get juiced for all it's worth eh.
- The IP is gonna get juiced for all it’s worth eh.
  I'm pretty okay with that. There's been a lot of good stuff based on the book series.
  And it's not new. Even aside from the recent stuff that I've seen, WP says that there's been radio shows, plays, audiobooks, video games I haven't heard of, etc.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_in_video_games
  
  I never got past the Barrow-Downs in that old OG Xbox LotR game. The one that looks kinda like Fable
Thats rich, coming from Embracer Group. What're they gonna do? Start development and then shut down the studio midway through?
We need a second Gollum game.
- We've had first Gollum, yes, but what about second Gollum?
- I just saw news that someone is making a Gollim focused film. So... If it does well enough, we actually might see a second Gollum game. 🤢
  
  That someone is Andy Serkis, oddly enough (the actor who played Gollum in Peter Jackson’s movies)
  
  They should make a Gollum hunting/finishing game: if he catches it, he eats it! Unironically, I'd play that.
- Gollum II: "The Battle for Overwhelmingly Negative"
- Gollum: Second Breakfast
- That's a great idea! It can be a movie tie-in game!
The franchising will continue until morale improves.
- Then franchising will REALLY continue.
oh boy, another shitty overproduction on the way....
- Just one?
If they can make game maps as big as just cause, Skyrim, Witcher, etc. they need to just get us a full middle Earth map open world. But they'll probably make it online and it'll suck
Easiest money on the table with that IP: remake the return of the king action RPG, keep co-op ofc.
- I think you mean you want another battle royal.
  
  Nah, that's old news. They want an open world looter shooter.
  
  LotR Conquest was fun, so honestly a Battle Royale wouldn't be too bad if it is done well. But this is Embracer Group, so it probably won't get far enough to be released anyway.
Pls just remaster Battle for Middle-Earth II and put it on sale on modern platforms with modern multiplayer. That's literally all I want.
Please, somebody tell me, is this good or bad news?
- I think it's bad news, I just don't see how it could be good.

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