Aspyr has plans to re-release extra Lord of the Rings video games following its shadow drop of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on trendy platforms.
In a press launch for the new version of War in the North, Aspyr planted a small tease for the way forward for the Lord of the Rings franchise in gaming: “The Lord of the Rings: Struggle within the North – Legacy Version is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure and is the primary The Lord of the Rings title launched by Aspyr,” reads the press launch. “Followers can look ahead to much more basic releases by Aspyr from the beloved franchise sooner or later!”
That final half is probably the most notable bit, because it confirms we can be seeing extra re-releases of basic Lord of the Rings video games sooner or later. It is unclear which titles could comply with, however there are a number of potentialities. Aspyr has spent loads of time bringing video games to the Nintendo Swap, so it would not be surprising if the studio ported Shadow of Mordor and/or Shadow of Struggle to Swap 2 sooner or later. What followers actually need, nonetheless, are seemingly re-releases of the titles made beneath EA within the early to mid 2000s.
This would come with the film tie-in video games made in the course of the PS2 period, akin to the critically-acclaimed The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, which is principally Star Wars: Battlefront in Center-earth. The latter wasn’t as well-received by critics, but it surely holds a comfortable spot amongst some followers. There are additionally a bunch of nice technique video games like Battle for Center-earth that followers would like to revisit. It is unclear if there’d be any rights points with these video games, given EA revealed them.
Though Warner Bros. holds the rights to the franchise, licensed video games from this period are notoriously wrapped up in all types of rights points (see Activision’s Marvel video games, for instance). We have reached out to Aspyr for touch upon whether or not the EA titles are truthful recreation or not, however both method, extra basic Lord of the Rings video games are on the way in which to trendy {hardware}.
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