{"id":137279,"date":"2026-05-21T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201450"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:30:00","slug":"its-official-warhorse-studios-is-working-on-a-new-open-world-middle-earth-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/21\/its-official-warhorse-studios-is-working-on-a-new-open-world-middle-earth-rpg\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Official, Warhorse Studios Is Working On A New &#8220;Open World Middle-earth RPG&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c88a51e991c9f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c88a51e991c9f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c88a51e991c9f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Kingdom Come Deliverance\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c88a51e991c9f\/kingdom-come-deliverance.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c88a51e991c9f\/kingdom-come-deliverance.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kingdom Come Deliverance\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Kingdom Come Deliverance \u2014 <em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Warhorse Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Lord of the Rings fan and have been itching to return to Middle-earth, we&#8217;ve got some very exciting news.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech Republic-based developer Warhorse Studios has officially announced it&#8217;s working on a brand new &#8220;open world Middle-earth RPG&#8221;. It&#8217;s shared this news on social media, and alongside this announcement, it&#8217;s also confirmed a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kingdom_come_deliverance_royal_edition\">Kingdom Come<\/a> adventure is on the way.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in the official post below, more will be shared &#8220;when the time is right&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Warhorse Studios:<\/strong><\/em> <em>You might have heard the rumours, it&#8217;s time to reveal what we are working on.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"80719d827baa1\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Warhorse Studios\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/80719d827baa1\/warhorse-studios.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/80719d827baa1\/warhorse-studios.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Warhorse Studios\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Warhorse Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s no mention of platforms or a launch window at this early stage, but Warhorse has previously released the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kingdom_come_deliverance_royal_edition\">Kingdom Come Deliverance<\/a> game on the original Switch in 2024 with the help of port specialist Saber Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>This particular RPG adventure was admittedly a bit rough on Nintendo&#8217;s hardware, but still offered an engrossing and grounded adventure. There&#8217;s also a sequel, but at the current time it&#8217;s not available on Nintendo platforms.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:163467,177567,177777 @ 1779378570 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Would you be interested in a new open-world Middle-earth game? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingdom Come Deliverance \u2014 Image: Warhorse Studios If you&#8217;re a Lord of the Rings fan and have been itching to return to Middle-earth, we&#8217;ve got some very exciting news. The Czech Republic-based developer Warhorse Studios has officially announced it&#8217;s working on a brand new &#8220;open world Middle-earth RPG&#8221;. It&#8217;s shared this news on social media, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}