Amazon Will Co-Develop ‘Lord of the Rings’ Game With Leyou
- Free-to-play, multiplayer game was announced last year
- Amazon is also working on a Lord of the Rings TV series
The Lord of the Rings
Source: New Lines Cinema
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Amazon.com Inc. has scooped up another piece of entertainment based on “The Lord of the Rings.”
The company will co-produce a video game based on the popular fantasy series with Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd. The Hong Kong-based game developer had announced plans for the free-to-play, online multiplayer game last year, and said on Wednesday that Amazon was joining the effort. Leyou will handle marketing and operations for the game in China and Taiwan, and Amazon will do those tasks for the rest of the world, the company said in astatement.