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A The news post about A The Lord of the Rings Game release date.

The game that has a title that goes against everything I feel is grammatically correct, now has a release date set for March. Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game is set to bring cozy Shire vibes to you on March 25, 2025.

In development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Netflix Games, Tales of the Shire will let you live a life as a Hobbit. This game is being worked...

Take-Two issues a nothingburger of a statement.

Update: While the initial report (found below) spoke only of the layoffs and shuttering for Kerbal Space Program 2 developer, Intercept Games, it is now known that Take-Two Interactive is shuttering Roll7 as well.

Roll7 is a development studio based out of London and is the team behind the action game Rollerdrome. The studio also known for developing several titles in the OlliOlli series.

Citing a note sent...

Let the Ori devs take you on a new adventure.

Moon Studios, the development team behind the Ori titles, just released into Steam Early Access their isometric action-RPG, No Rest for the Wicked. Available right now in Early Access for $35.99, this release currently offers up the first act for players to explore.

For now, No Rest for the Wicked is only available through Steam Early Access. However, it will also come out later on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S once the...

The price will increase just two short weeks after the Early Access launch.

Moon Studios and publisher Private Division are readying the Early Access Release of No Rest for the Wicked. We already know that this action-RPG enters into Steam Early Access on April 18. We now also know that No Rest for the Wicked will come with a limited-time introductory price, with a further discount applied if you use affiliate codes from select streamers and content creators.

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It's up to you to restore life on Earth.

Piccolo Studio and publisher Private Division announce that After Us is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S at a cost of just $29.99 (USD). In After Us, you play as Gaia in a quest to restore life to Earth after climate change destroyed everything.

After Us is a third-person adventure platformer with some light combat. There are also plenty of puzzles to solve as you work to bring back extinct animals and plants....

The two will work to create a new action-adventure IP.

Private Division, the publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, announced that they have entered into a partnership with Game Freak. This partnership will see Game Freak creating a new action-adventure IP. Yes, this is the same Game Freak that is best known for creating and developing more than 30 titles in the Pokémon franchise.

This new IP is currently called Project Bloom and is in the earliest stages of development....

Bloober is working on yet another horror game.

Between working on the Silent Hill 2 remake and a new Layers of Fear game, Bloober Team should have their plates rather full. Apparently not since it was just announced that Private Division just entered into a publishing agreement with Bloober to create a new survival horror game.

Bloober Team is known for making a number of different horror games, from the more psychological horror in Layers of Fear and The Medium to Ob...

After a long, long time waiting, an Early Access date has finally been announced.

Private Division and Intercept Games just announced today that Kerbal Space Program 2 will finally enter into Early Access on February 24, 2023. This Early Access release will be made available for PC on Steam, Epic Games Store, and "other digital storefronts."

As part of this planned Early Access release, players will be able to contribute feedback to the development team on things...

Skate or die.

Private Division and Roll7 announced today that Rollerdrome is now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. This blend of third-person skating and shooting is a new IP from the creators of OlliOlli World.

Rollerdrome is a single-player shooter that includes plenty of arena combat, skating, and a variety of tricks to create what they call "flow-state mayhem." The game takes place in 2030 in a world where the public are distracted...

The visual effects company will help to bring Middle-earth to life once more.

Private Division announced that they are partnering with Weta Workshop for a new game set in Middle-earth. The world of Middle-earth was created by author J.R.R. Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which may be a couple of titles that are familiar to you.

This new game will be based on the books rather than the movies. Weta has apparently been given "the broadest creative license...

It's a murder mystery!

The second main piece of DLC for The Outer Worlds is about to drop for fans of the game. It's called The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos and it will be released on March 17, 2021 for the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms. This will take players to a murder mystery adventure thanks to the efforts of Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.

Players will take to the skies of Eridanos to "unravel the grandest murder mystery in the Halcyon...

A special collaboration with the ESA.

Private Division and Squad have teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver a special update for Kerbal Space Program. This is a new update dubbed Kerbal Space Program: Shared Horizons that offers two special missions led by the ESA.

This update includes the Ariane 5 rocket, an ESA-themed space suit for the Kerbals, new parts, and science experiments for console players to conduct. Those are all in addition to the special...

Take your grav cycle out for a spin.

Private Division and V1 Interactive just released Disintegration to the public today. If the name sounds familiar to you, it may be because you just read our review for Disintegration. If you haven't read it yet, you should probably do so now before continuing on with this news post.

Disintegration is now avialable on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC for $49.99 (USD). It is the creation of a studio founded by Halo co-creator Marcus...