Amazon explains why he canceled the MMO of the Lord of the Rings

In April 2022, the cancellation of his game Free-to-Play bed on the license of the Lord of the Rings w announced. The MMO w in the hands of Amazon and Athlon Games, a subsidiary of Lao Technologies. However, after the acquisition of this company by Tencent , the tensions began to emerge. In an interview with game spot, the president of Amazon Games, Christoph Hartmann, h deepened the reons that led them to make that decision.

Why w it canceled exactly?

We had an agreement with a Hong Kong company, Lao. I think it would have been great to work with them, but they were later bought by Tencent and The thing w very complicated , the manager h recognized. When the acquisition occurred, Middleware Enterprises-proprietary of the rights of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit-made a clause of the contract effective, which allowed them to break the agreement if the company to which they had signed the rights w bought

The question w, of course, that perhaps we could have worked with Tencent on something, but I think that We are too large companies to become partners and create together a product in which they own the license And we develop the game, he explained. Then, they made the decision to separate their paths. Although they tried to solve the roughness, the matter lted too much and the project ended up definitively canceled.

The Amazon Games journey in video game is not being a rose road, although the success of games like Lost Ark or New World have improved a worrying situation. I want to keep investing in this. I know there will not be the Lord of the Rings, but we have our own fanty . Why not continue building about this? Hartmann ked.

The Lord of the Rings project that h seen the light is The power rings , the Amazon series that can be enjoyed in prime video.