{"id":678419,"date":"2026-04-05T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:20:40","slug":"new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lord of the Rings game on the way from Private Division and Weta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nA new Lord of the Rings game will be published by Private Division in collaboration with Weta Workshop.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDetails on the game itself are unknown, though it will be set in the Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s novels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPrivate Division is part of Take-Two Interactive and has previously published the likes of Kerbal Space Program, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, and Obsidian&#8217;s The Outer Worlds. It&#8217;s also set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/take-twos-private-division-publishing-new-games-from-ori-armello-and-olliolli-devs\">publish new games<\/a> from Ori and the Blind Forest&#8217;s Moon Studios, OlliOlli creators Roll7, and Armello developer League of Geeks. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-lord-of-the-rings-game-on-the-way-from-private-division-and-weta\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Lord of the Rings game will be published by Private Division in collaboration with Weta Workshop. Details on the game itself are unknown, though it will be set in the Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s novels. Private Division is part of Take-Two Interactive and has previously published the likes of Kerbal Space Program, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, and Obsidian&#8217;s The Outer Worlds. It&#8217;s also set to publish new games from Ori and the Blind Forest&#8217;s Moon Studios, OlliOlli creators Roll7, and Armello developer League of Geeks. 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