In 2022, the face of the video game industry was turned upside down by major acquisitions, which clearly began with the historic acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft. But that’s not all, because Swedish giant Embracer also rose to prominence in May 2022, especially by acquiring Western studios from Square Enix.
The company bundles its bag under Eidos, Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics or Square Enix Montreal. Studios working on cult licenses such as Tomb Raider or Deus Ex. But that was clearly not enough for Embracer, which confirmed in August 2022 that it had purchased the rights to all of JRR Tolkien’s works.
From now on, Embracer will be able to adapt The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and all other literary works of the famous British author in his spare time. And what exactly are the Lord of the Rings stamped projects planned by the publisher?
5 Lord of the Rings games to be released before 2024
At this point, we got some answers in the company’s latest financial report. In particular, we learn that the company plans to launch at least. 5 Lord of the Rings games in the next 24 months made”with licensed third-party partners”.
Note that we already know some of these titles. Gollum gameDeveloped by Deadalic Entertainment, it will be released this year after several release delays. The game will put us in Gollum’s shoes, with an emphasis on infiltration and stealth. We also have a certain expectation in 2023. Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Combining survival, construction, exploration and action, four players will take control of a group of dwarves determined to save their homeland, Moria, now occupied by Goblins. Regarding the other three games, the mystery still remains.
Setting aside the Lord of the Rings license, Embracer plans to launch at least 94 games in fiscal 2023/2024. Among these are the highly anticipated titles such as Dead Island 2, Remnant 2, PayDay 3, Warhammer 40K Space Marineor alone in the dark And Hyper Light: Crusherthe continuation of the perfect Hyper Light Drifter.
