Warhorse Confirms New Immersive RPG Amid LOTR Rumors

Warhorse Studios, developers of the acclaimed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, has confirmed it is developing a new "huge, immersive RPG" but declined to specify the project's title or setting amid persistent rumors of a Lord of the Rings adaptation.

The announcement came during a recent Reddit AMA session, where content director Ondřej Bittner responded to fan questions about the studio's next endeavor. "We are hard at work on something. Obviously we cannot disclose any details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG," Bittner wrote. Community manager Tom Grey added a lighthearted note to similar inquiries, stating, "Obviously we cant comment on future projects, at least not until were in the future but if you have a time machine, please show us!"

The speculation gained traction last month after localization specialist Ryszard Chojnowski, who has worked with studios including CD Projekt and BioWare, mentioned on a Polish Tolkien podcast that he had heard from credible sources about Warhorse working on a Lord of the Rings game. Warhorse, a subsidiary of Embracer Group, which holds the gaming rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe, neither confirmed nor denied the claim....