capital games – Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt https://gamingbolt.com Get a Bolt of Gaming Now! Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:26:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Lord of the Rings IP Will See 5 Game Releases in FY 2023/24 https://gamingbolt.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-ip-will-see-5-game-releases-in-fy-2023-24 https://gamingbolt.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-ip-will-see-5-game-releases-in-fy-2023-24#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:26:47 +0000 https://gamingbolt.com/?p=544001 In August last year, the Embracer Group announced that it was acquiring Middle-earth Enterprises, and the Lord of the Rings IP with it. The company has said it’s taking a long-term view with the IP and how best to utilize it, and while the full extent of those plans obviously won’t be clear for a while yet, in the short term, in the gaming space, there are a number of upcoming releases lined up.

In its recent quarterly fiscal report, the Embracer Group revealed that it has five The Lord of the Rings games lined up for release in FY 2023/24, which runs from April 2023 to March 2024, coming from external development partners.

“This acquisition has generated a lot of interest among both internal and external partners for the Lord of the Rings IP, across different media formats,” the company wrote. “There are currently five games in production by external partners, to be released in financial year 2023/24.”

Four out of these five games have been officially confirmed to be in development so far, including Nacon and Daedalic Entertainment’s The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, EA’s mobile title The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, Free Range Games and published by North Beach Games’ co-op survival title The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, and Private Division and Weta Workshop’s untitled Middle-earth game.

]]> https://gamingbolt.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-ip-will-see-5-game-releases-in-fy-2023-24/feed 2 544001 The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth Confirmed to Still Be in Development by EA https://gamingbolt.com/lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-confirmed-to-still-be-in-development-by-ea https://gamingbolt.com/lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-confirmed-to-still-be-in-development-by-ea#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 01:48:34 +0000 https://gamingbolt.com/?p=542623 EA has revealed that, despite its recent cancellations, the company is still working on a mobile game based on The Lord of the Rings. Titled The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, the game was confirmed to still be in the works during an earnings call this week by EA COO Laura Miele.

According to Miele, developer Capital Games is still actively developing The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, and it is still on track for a full release slated for later this year.

EA and Respawn announced the end of support for Apex Legends Mobile earlier this week. The decision, according to Respawn, was made due to a lack of quality, quantity and cadence in new content coming to the game.

EA also recently cancelled the still-in-development Battlefield Mobile. The game was in development for some time now, and it even had a listing on Google Play, complete with details and screenshots. According to EA, the cancellation comes from an internal change in plans for the Battlefield franchise.

Recent rumours have also indicated that EA cancelled an unannounced single-player Titanfall game.

]]> https://gamingbolt.com/lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-confirmed-to-still-be-in-development-by-ea/feed 0 542623 The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth Announced for Mobile Devices by EA https://gamingbolt.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-announced-for-mobile-devices-by-ea https://gamingbolt.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth-announced-for-mobile-devices-by-ea#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 23:23:17 +0000 https://gamingbolt.com/?p=517076 It seems EA is not yet done with its ventures in Middle-earth, as the company has announced that it is teaming up with Middle-earth Enterprises to make a new The Lord of the Rings game.

The game, set in the Middle-earth universe, is going to be a free-to-play collectible RPG called The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, and is going to be “solely inspired” by Middle-earth as described in the literary works of J.R.R Tolkien, as per Fredrica Drotos, the chief brand and licensing officer of Middle-earth Enterprises.

The game will also feature turn-based combat, a deep collection system, and a wide roster of characters from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The gameplay will entail battles throughout various known works of Tolkien and will feature social and competitive play.

EA’s vice president of mobile RPG Malachi Boyle also “a combination of high-fidelity graphics, cinematic animations, and stylized art.”

Developer by Capital Games, The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth will get a limited beta sometime this summer.

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