A new Lord of the Rings MMO is about to get a helping hand from Amazon

Last September Athlon Games announced it was working on a free The Lord of the Rings MMO. You’d be forgiven for not having the date and news etched into your memory, but the whole thing just got a lot more interesting with the news that Amazon – and its very deep pockets – is joining the project.

Amazon Game Studios – which and a number of Amazon App Store titles – will “jointly develop the game for PC and consoles” with Athlon Games. We know from Athlon’s original announcement that the game will be set way before all the shenanigans with Frodo Baggins and Gollum.