{"id":1857278,"date":"2026-03-31T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1857278"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:48:21","slug":"rumours-point-to-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-developer-warhorse-studios-working-on-a-big-lord-of-the-rings-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1857278","title":{"rendered":"Rumours point to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios working on a big Lord of the Rings game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n           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class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-31T15:48:21+00:00\">March 31, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-developer-warhorse-studios-reportedly-working-on-lord-of-the-rings-game?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c9f42e54-97f3-465f-a9c6-857576d11e20\" data-name=\"Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\" title=\"Follow Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\"><br \/>\n  Follow Kingdom Come: Deliverance II<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2\">Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<\/a> was one of the biggest games of 2025, so the logical next step for developer Warhorse Studios would be to begin work on a follow-up sooner rather than later. Well, that could still happen, but word has spread that its next blockbuster may take players to Middle-earth.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Royal Edition - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWIpQW_9m3w?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uWIpQW_9m3w\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Royal Edition &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWIpQW_9m3w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The noise resurfaced today, 31st March, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/playstation-studios-ot49-hunters-gathering-on-tau-ceti.1433161\/page-283#post-153237700\">ResetEra<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedvoxel.com\/warhorse-studios-rumored-to-be-developing-open-world-lord-of-the-rings-game\/\">Twisted Voxel<\/a>), where user hiberner toujours pointed out the reportedly multi-studio Lord of the Rings game &#8220;funded by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office&#8221; (at least partially) that <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/exclusive-new-the-lord-of-the-rings-game-in-development\/\">Insider Gaming had reported on<\/a> in late 2025 is probably in the works at Warhorse, who would take on the lead studio role.<\/p>\n<p>The source? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ahJxI4pVzE4&amp;t=15260s\">A Polish podcast<\/a> about Tolkien where the industry veteran Ryszard Chojnowski said he&#8217;d heard &#8220;from credible sources&#8221; Warhorse is the studio working on Embracer&#8217;s huge Middle-earth bet. &#8220;Apparently, he heard it a couple months ago already and didn&#8217;t believe it, but there have been more whispers about it recently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If we circle back to Insider Gaming&#8217;s original report, it was mentioned the &#8220;deal has been in the works since last year,&#8221; meaning talks about ADIO&#8217;s funding were underway in 2024. Dev has been moving for a while now, and the expectation is the untitled project will be an action game in third-person &#8220;designed, in a way, to compete with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/hogwarts-legacy\">Hogwarts Legacy<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even if the rumours turn out to be true, it probably will be a while before we hear or see anything official, but many players will no doubt find the news exciting. Though Warhorse has been hit with a number of controversies over the years, with the most recent one being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-report-claims-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-studio-fired-translator-to-replace-them-with-ai-and-save-finances\">the reported firing of a translator to be replaced by AI<\/a>, the Kingdom Come games have been widely celebrated worldwide and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-surpasses-5-million-sales-within-first-year\">sold millions of copies<\/a> thanks to their hardcore approach to open-world RPG design conventions.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, it was announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kingdom-come-deliverance-director-daniel-vvra-steps-away-from-game-development-to-focus-on-making-a-kingdom-come-deliverance-movie\">director Daniel V\u00e1vra was leaving development of future games at the studio behind<\/a> to focus on the in-the-works movie adaptation. Deeper digging reveals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/kingdomcome\/comments\/1q1rimm\/big_warhorse_is_probably_working_on_project_x_in\/\">recent job postings<\/a> for a mystery project which is being built with Unreal Engine. If the rumoured LOTR is indeed a large multi-studio development effort and Warhorse&#8217;s next game, both V\u00e1vra&#8217;s exit and the listings make more sense, but stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2\">Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<\/a> was one of the biggest games of 2025, so the logical next step for developer Warhorse Studios would be to begin work on a follow-up sooner rather than later. Well, that could still happen, but word has spread that its next blockbuster may take players to Middle-earth.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Royal Edition - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWIpQW_9m3w?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uWIpQW_9m3w\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Royal Edition &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWIpQW_9m3w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The noise resurfaced today, 31st March, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/playstation-studios-ot49-hunters-gathering-on-tau-ceti.1433161\/page-283#post-153237700\">ResetEra<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedvoxel.com\/warhorse-studios-rumored-to-be-developing-open-world-lord-of-the-rings-game\/\">Twisted Voxel<\/a>), where user hiberner toujours pointed out the reportedly multi-studio Lord of the Rings game &#8220;funded by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office&#8221; (at least partially) that <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/exclusive-new-the-lord-of-the-rings-game-in-development\/\">Insider Gaming had reported on<\/a> in late 2025 is probably in the works at Warhorse, who would take on the lead studio role.<\/p>\n<p>The source? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ahJxI4pVzE4&amp;t=15260s\">A Polish podcast<\/a> about Tolkien where the industry veteran Ryszard Chojnowski said he&#8217;d heard &#8220;from credible sources&#8221; Warhorse is the studio working on Embracer&#8217;s huge Middle-earth bet. &#8220;Apparently, he heard it a couple months ago already and didn&#8217;t believe it, but there have been more whispers about it recently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If we circle back to Insider Gaming&#8217;s original report, it was mentioned the &#8220;deal has been in the works since last year,&#8221; meaning talks about ADIO&#8217;s funding were underway in 2024. Dev has been moving for a while now, and the expectation is the untitled project will be an action game in third-person &#8220;designed, in a way, to compete with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/hogwarts-legacy\">Hogwarts Legacy<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even if the rumours turn out to be true, it probably will be a while before we hear or see anything official, but many players will no doubt find the news exciting. Though Warhorse has been hit with a number of controversies over the years, with the most recent one being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-report-claims-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-studio-fired-translator-to-replace-them-with-ai-and-save-finances\">the reported firing of a translator to be replaced by AI<\/a>, the Kingdom Come games have been widely celebrated worldwide and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-surpasses-5-million-sales-within-first-year\">sold millions of copies<\/a> thanks to their hardcore approach to open-world RPG design conventions.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, it was announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/kingdom-come-deliverance-director-daniel-vvra-steps-away-from-game-development-to-focus-on-making-a-kingdom-come-deliverance-movie\">director Daniel V\u00e1vra was leaving development of future games at the studio behind<\/a> to focus on the in-the-works movie adaptation. Deeper digging reveals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/kingdomcome\/comments\/1q1rimm\/big_warhorse_is_probably_working_on_project_x_in\/\">recent job postings<\/a> for a mystery project which is being built with Unreal Engine. If the rumoured LOTR is indeed a large multi-studio development effort and Warhorse&#8217;s next game, both V\u00e1vra&#8217;s exit and the listings make more sense, but stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Rumours point to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios working on a big Lord of the Rings game A road unforeseen. 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