Amazon Video games revealed final 12 months that its in-development MMO set on this planet of The Lord of the Rings had been canceled because the group had "been unable to secure terms to proceed with the title at this time."
This adopted studies that said the cancelation was attributable to contract negotiations surrounding the franchise following Tencent's acquisition of Leyou Applied sciences Holdings Ltd., an organization Amazon Video games was working with on this sport. Amazon Video games president Christoph Hartmann lately make clear this series of occasions in a brand new interview with GameSpot, citing that issues obtained "very complicated" following the acquisition.
"We had a deal with a Hong Kong-based company, Leyou; I think it would have been great to work with them," Hartmann informed the publication. "But they later got sold to Tencent and it just got very complicated."
The complication got here from a particular clause written into the contract of Lord of the Rings license holder, Center-earth Enterprises, that allowed it to terminate a rights deal if one among its companions – on this occasion, Leyou – obtained acquired. Center-earth Enterprises did simply that following Tencent's acquisition of Leyou final 12 months. After all, Amazon Video games may have reworked its plans to incorporate Tencent, and the 2 tried to barter such a collaboration, however Hartmann says these negotiations dragged on for a very long time and the studio ultimately determined to name it quits.
"The question was, sure, maybe [this] could have worked together with Tencent to do something, but I think we're too big as companies to really turn into partners doing a property where they own the license and we develop the game," he stated. "So we decided it's better to not work together there. Then we tried to figure something out with both ends, but I think it just dragged on too long."
In case you're searching for more Lord of the Rings online game content material, take a look at this Lord of the Rings: Gollum gameplay reveal from July after which examine how this sport was lately delayed by a number of months. Examine how EA is growing a brand new Lord of the Rings cellular RPG after that.
[Source: GameSpot]
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