{"id":1912783,"date":"2026-05-01T13:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1912783"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:50:07","slug":"kingdom-come-deliverance-2-developer-wont-confirm-whether-its-working-on-a-lord-of-the-rings-game-but-has-said-whatever-comes-next-it-will-be-an-rpg-true-to-our-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1912783","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer won&#8217;t confirm whether it&#8217;s working on a Lord of the Rings game, but has said whatever comes next, it will be &#8220;an RPG true to our colours&#8221;"},"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 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to our colours&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Here be Baggins?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Martin-Freeman-as-Bilbo-Baggins-in-the-Hobbit-films-with-an-image-of-Henry-from-Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-overlaid-to-the-left-hand-side.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit films with an image of Henry from Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 overlaid to the left hand side\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Martin-Freeman-as-Bilbo-Baggins-in-the-Hobbit-films-with-an-image-of-Henry-from-Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-overlaid-to-the-left-hand-side.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        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News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-01T13:50:07+00:00\">May 1, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-warhorse-lord-of-the-rings-rpg-rumour?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 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\" 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Unsurprisingly, the team didn&#8217;t reveal a huge amount, but it also didn&#8217;t deny the Lord of the Rings rumour.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=idRFyRr_H4k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When asked by reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/1sy3ygc\/comment\/oj59wg3\/\">Alone_Violinist2137<\/a> &#8220;is there really going to be a Lord of the Rings game?&#8221;, content director Ond\u0159ej Bittner replied that the Warhorse team was &#8220;hard at work on &#8230; something&#8221;, adding &#8220;obviously we cannot disclose any details but I can share that it is a huge immersive RPG&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Prestigious_Salt6498\/\">Prestigious_Salt6498<\/a> asked if the studio&#8217;s next project will be &#8220;a historical RPG&#8221;, Bittner said whatever it is, it &#8220;will definitely be an RPG true to our colours &#8211; huge, story-driven and immersive&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Katastrophchen\/\">Katastrophchen<\/a> asked if Warhorse had a timeframe for when it may reveal its next game, and the good news is that whatever it is, be it Lord of the Rings or something totally different, it will be &#8220;near future&#8221;, according to Bittner.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, the studio is working on something, even if we don&#8217;t know exactly what that something is beyond an RPG. As for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, meanwhile, it garnered a lot of love for its dedication to toil and turmoil in Bohemia, told through the eyes of Henry of Skalitz. A hardy combat system and eager embrace of vulgarity come together in a compelling RPG well worth playing.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the game&#8217;s success, though, developer 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>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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Unsurprisingly, the team didn&#8217;t reveal a huge amount, but it also didn&#8217;t deny the Lord of the Rings rumour.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=idRFyRr_H4k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When asked by reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/1sy3ygc\/comment\/oj59wg3\/\">Alone_Violinist2137<\/a> &#8220;is there really going to be a Lord of the Rings game?&#8221;, content director Ond\u0159ej Bittner replied that the Warhorse team was &#8220;hard at work on &#8230; something&#8221;, adding &#8220;obviously we cannot disclose any details but I can share that it is a huge immersive RPG&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Prestigious_Salt6498\/\">Prestigious_Salt6498<\/a> asked if the studio&#8217;s next project will be &#8220;a historical RPG&#8221;, Bittner said whatever it is, it &#8220;will definitely be an RPG true to our colours &#8211; huge, story-driven and immersive&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Katastrophchen\/\">Katastrophchen<\/a> asked if Warhorse had a timeframe for when it may reveal its next game, and the good news is that whatever it is, be it Lord of the Rings or something totally different, it will be &#8220;near future&#8221;, according to Bittner.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, the studio is working on something, even if we don&#8217;t know exactly what that something is beyond an RPG. As for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, meanwhile, it garnered a lot of love for its dedication to toil and turmoil in Bohemia, told through the eyes of Henry of Skalitz. A hardy combat system and eager embrace of vulgarity come together in a compelling RPG well worth playing.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the game&#8217;s success, though, developer 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>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer won&#8217;t confirm whether it&#8217;s working on a Lord of the Rings game, but has said whatever comes next, it will be &#8220;an RPG true to our colours&#8221; Here be Baggins? 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