Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs are making a Lord of the Rings game
Warhorse Studios, known for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, is developing a new Lord of the Rings game alongside a sequel to their original title. This ambitious project aims to create a game set in Middle-earth with the same immersive gameplay style as their previous works. Details about the game's title and release date have not yet been announced.
- ▪Warhorse Studios is developing both a new Kingdom Come game and a Lord of the Rings game.
- ▪The new Lord of the Rings game will be in the style of Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
- ▪No specific title or release window has been revealed for either game.
8 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 28 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ A Lord of the Rings open-world RPG is coming from the Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio — TechSpot
- ▪ The Kingdom Come studio is officially making a Lord of the Rings RPG — Engadget
- ▪ Lord of the Rings fans, rejoice: Kingdom Come devs are officially taking us to Middle-earth — Destructoid
- ▪ An Open-World Middle-Earth RPG From Kingdom Come Studio Is Officially Happening — GameSpot — Top
- ▪ New Lord Of The Rings Game In Development By Kingdom Come: Deliverance Devs — Pure Xbox
- ▪ ‘Lord Of The Rings’ open-world game being created by ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’ team — NME
- ▪ The rumours were true: Kingdom Come 2 studio is working on an RPG set in Tolkien's Middle-earth — PC Gamer
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs are making a Lord of the Rings game Grant St. Clair 6:29 am Thu May 21, 2026 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Image via Warhorse Studios Although its predecessor didn't exactly grip me, sprawling medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance II proved to be one of my favorite games of the 2020s. So big! So immersive! So stuffed with content that it made me concerned for the dev team! With this game, developer Warhorse have proven that they're absolute masters of crafting a beautiful, immersive setting propped up by deep gameplay systems and then setting you loose to break all of it over your knee. Naturally, the big question has been what's coming next.
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