Stalled contract negotiations have led to the cancellation by Amazon of an online role-playing game based on the Lord of the Rings series.Amazon’s video game division has nixed the game, according to Bloomberg.
The game had been announced in 2019 and has been in development at Amazon Game Studios in partnership with China’s Leyou Technologies Holdings, which was bought by Tencent Holdings in December.That purchase resulted in a dispute between Amazon and Tencent, Bloomberg said, leading to the cancellation of the game.An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that to Bloomberg. “We have been unable to secure terms to proceed with this title at this time.”The snafu marks the latest setback for Amazon’s game division, which has struggled, Bloomberg
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