The Lord of the Rings MMO in development at Amazon has been cancelled, but there's still a Tolkien-based something on the way, Eurogamer reports. The fate of the Lord of the Rings MMO has been uncertain since October 2025, when Amazon laid off a significant portion of its Games division, shuttered its four-year-old MMO, New World: Aeternum, and cut way back on major game investments. Amazon passively confirmed the cancellation of the Lord of the Rings MMO to Eurogamer, which asked for a comment after hearing from studio insiders this year that it was officially shelved. Amazon's gaming lead Jeff Grattis said, "Our creative team continues to explore a compelling new game experience that does justice to Tolkien's world; we are working closely with Middle-earth and remain excited about the IP." That's as close to a "yeah, that big ol' MMO is dead" as it comes, in marketing speak. The New World team, Amazon Games Orange County, started publicly working on the Lord of the Rings MMO in 2023. When the layoffs rolled through two years later, Amazon said in a staff memo that it was withdrawing support for big-budget titles and especially MMOs, but the company didn't name names. Around that
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The Lord of the Rings MMO in development at Amazon has been cancelled, but there's still a Tolkien-based something on the way, Eurogamer reports. The fate of the Lord of the Rings MMO has been uncertain since October 2025, when Amazon laid…
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The Lord of the Rings MMO in development at Amazon has been cancelled, but there's still a Tolkien-based something on the way, Eurogamer reports. The fate of the Lord of the Rings MMO has been uncertain since October…
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