09-23-2023, 10:34 AM
News - Cosy Lord Of The Rings Game From Wētā Workshop Teased For Consoles Next Year
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<p>While it hasn’t been officially announced for Switch (or, indeed, any specific platform at the moment), we’re getting ourselves all excited about <strong>Tales of the Shire</strong>, an upcoming “heart-warming” <strong>Lord of the Rings</strong> game from Wētā Workshop and Private Division, due out on “consoles” in 2024.</p>
<p>Now, we don’t actually know all that much about this one for the moment — the above teaser is more of a title reveal than anything else — though the following description from the <a href="https://store.privatedivision.com/game/tales-of-the-shire">Tales of the Shire website</a> has us thinking that this might not be quite as action-packed as many of the LotR games that we have seen in the past:</p>
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<p>Your cosy Hobbit life awaits in Tales of the Shire, a heart-warming, new, The Lord of the Rings™ game due out in 2024 on console and PC</p>
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<p>“Cosy”? “Heart-warming”? We’d be a fool-of-a-Took to put all our eggs in one basket here, but is this screaming life/farm sim to anyone else? Assuming that this will focus only on the goings-on of The Shire, we’re expecting something a little more laid back — and wouldn’t that be sort of wonderful?</p>
<p>Of course, the other obvious omission from the teaser is any information about which consoles it will be released on — the game’s <a href="https://twitter.com/talesoftheshire">Twitter bio</a> specifies “consoles”, <em>plural</em>, worry not. The Switch is very much part of the Fellowship when it comes to ‘cosy games’ so we would picture it being well in the running for a release slot, though only time will tell.</p>
<p>Our great eyes will continue to be ever-watchful over the coming months for any more information on this one as our fingers remain firmly crossed that it will be adventuring our way next year.</p>
<p><em>Do you think we’ll see Tales of the Shire on Switch? Let us know your hopes for the game in the comments below.</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2023/09/...next-year/
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<p>While it hasn’t been officially announced for Switch (or, indeed, any specific platform at the moment), we’re getting ourselves all excited about <strong>Tales of the Shire</strong>, an upcoming “heart-warming” <strong>Lord of the Rings</strong> game from Wētā Workshop and Private Division, due out on “consoles” in 2024.</p>
<p>Now, we don’t actually know all that much about this one for the moment — the above teaser is more of a title reveal than anything else — though the following description from the <a href="https://store.privatedivision.com/game/tales-of-the-shire">Tales of the Shire website</a> has us thinking that this might not be quite as action-packed as many of the LotR games that we have seen in the past:</p>
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<p>Your cosy Hobbit life awaits in Tales of the Shire, a heart-warming, new, The Lord of the Rings™ game due out in 2024 on console and PC</p>
</blockquote>
<p>“Cosy”? “Heart-warming”? We’d be a fool-of-a-Took to put all our eggs in one basket here, but is this screaming life/farm sim to anyone else? Assuming that this will focus only on the goings-on of The Shire, we’re expecting something a little more laid back — and wouldn’t that be sort of wonderful?</p>
<p>Of course, the other obvious omission from the teaser is any information about which consoles it will be released on — the game’s <a href="https://twitter.com/talesoftheshire">Twitter bio</a> specifies “consoles”, <em>plural</em>, worry not. The Switch is very much part of the Fellowship when it comes to ‘cosy games’ so we would picture it being well in the running for a release slot, though only time will tell.</p>
<p>Our great eyes will continue to be ever-watchful over the coming months for any more information on this one as our fingers remain firmly crossed that it will be adventuring our way next year.</p>
<p><em>Do you think we’ll see Tales of the Shire on Switch? Let us know your hopes for the game in the comments below.</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2023/09/...next-year/