Daedalic Entertainment’s upcoming industry enigma, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, is also licensed to use the books at will.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was actually a fairly rushed gaming experience that captured both of the first two films in about six hours of gameplay.
But to summarise, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the rest of Tolkien’s works fall under an extremely complex network of rights that gives even Goldeneye a run for its money.
For example, the recently released – and divisive – The Rings of Power TV show from Amazon was licensed directly from the Tolkien Estate to be developed using the appendices from The Lord of the Rings only.