In July 2019, Amazon’s game development arm, Amazon Game Studios, revealed it was co-developing a new free-to-play MMO based on JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
In December, Tencent bought Leyou, which forged contract negotiations over the Lord of the Rings MMO.
Amazon has cancelled its Lord of the Rings MMO.
“We love the Lord of the Rings IP, and are disappointed that we won’t be bringing this game to customers.”