Amazon and Tencent entered negotiations thereafter for a new contract, but failed to agree on terms. Amazon had been developing the action-adventure game alongside Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd., whom Tencent acquired in December. “We have been unable to secure terms to proceed with this title at this time,” the representative said. The report was broken by Bloomberg, who had the news confirmed by an Amazon representative in a statement. The project’s been scrapped after contract negotiations with Tencent, the Chinese conglomerate that purchased original collaborator Leyou, broke down. Stay with Stanford Arts Review for all the latest updates.Amazon’s MMORPG game based on The Lord of the Rings is no more. The internal conflicts have resulted in this kind of managerial issues leading to unnecessary cancellation and delays. To cite the reason for this struggle of the Amazon video game division, it will be mismanagement and cultural issues leading to a clash and conflict between the developers and the company’s principles and policies. Also, the game which is under production right now ‘New World’ too has been delayed again. Previously also it has cancelled games like ‘Breakaway’ and ‘Crucible’. This is not the first time that Amazon has cancelled a game. Since 2014, Amazon Game Studios has struggled to release a hassle-free successful video game. “The Amazon team working on the game will be moved to other projects,” said the spokeswoman. The fate of the LOTR Video Game Working TeamĪs far as the workforce involved in the development of the LOTR video Game, the company has decided to shift them to some other projects. “Following Leyou’s recent acquisition by Tencent, we have been unable to secure terms to proceed with this title at this time”, the Amazon spokeswoman said. This dispute due to contract negotiations ultimately led to the cancellation of the Lord of the Rings MMO video Game. This resulted in a conflict between the company, Amazon and Tencent. Later, Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings acquired Leyou Technologies Holdings in December 2019. Now the question arises what led to its cancellation? Well, to answer that Amazon’s video game division, that is, Amazon Game Studios was working alongside China-based Leyou Technologies Holdings back when the game was announced. The Studio made an official announcement about the development of this game in 2019 by tweeting, “Big news: We’re working with Leyou to develop and publish a free-to-play MMO based on The Lord of the Rings world for consoles and PC.”ĭespite all the hustle-bustle the video game has now been cancelled and will no longer be in production.
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