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LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE Players Escort Hobbit Army Into Mount Doom… Then Get Lost — GeekTyrant
After three years of hilariously noble attempts, The Lord of the Rings Online 's most wholesome and ridiculous community tradition has finally reached the gates of success… only to immediately trip over them and get lost inside Mount Doom. Every year, streamer BurkeBlack organizes what's become known as the Great Hobbit Run, an MMO pilgrimage where players create brand-new, low-level Hobbit characters and try to march them gearless, clueless, from Bag End all the way to the fiery heart of Mordor. Think of it as Frodo and Sam's journey, but with 200 chaotic cousins tagging along and none of them ready for literally any part of it. 'Generally speaking, I encourage everyone to be level five Hobbits, or level one Hobbits, whatever they can get,' BurkeBlack told PC Gamer. 'If [people on] the server, though, they're high level and they see an army of Hobbits running, and they're like, 'Wow, I'm gonna follow this, I wanna see what's going on with this,' we can't stop that.' The result is a surreal, annual spectacle where higher-level players sometimes jump in to protect the halfling horde like makeshift Rangers, escorting this barefoot chaos parade across high-level enemy territory. But despite the valiant efforts, previous years didn't end well. In 2023, the Hobbits were annihilated in Moria. In 2024, Rohan's angry forest vegetation gave them the Treebeard treatment. This wasn't a walk to Mordor, it was a slow-motion mass Hobbit sacrifice. But this year? This year they made it. Well… almost. Roughly 40 to 50 Hobbits survived the six-hour march to Mount Doom. Once inside, they did what any disoriented army of tiny roleplayers would do: they got lost. The lava was right there, Sammath Naur within reach, but they couldn't quite find the actual Crack of Doom. So instead? They just jumped into the fire. Call it a technical victory. Call it a Hobbit solution. If you've got six hours and a need for joy, BurkeBlack's full recording of the Great Hobbit Run 2025 is available to watch here.
Business Mayor
22-04-2025
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The Wheel of Time Is Getting Its Own Open-World RPG Video Game
While fans wait to hear whether or not Prime Video's The Wheel of Time will return for a fourth season—something showrunner Rafe Judkins also has his fingers crossed about—there's an adjacent nugget of news from Robert Jordan's fantasy realm. An open-world RPG video game is in development from iwot Studios, which has owned the rights to Jordan's 14-part book series since 2004, with the ability to create film, TV, video games, and comics based on the material. Variety reminds us that iwot Studios is behind Age of Legends , a Wheel of Time origin-story feature film that was announced back in 2023 with Kari Skogland (The Falcon and the Winter Solder) tapped to direct. iwot also produces the Prime Video series, which just wrapped up its third season on the streamer. The company also has an animated film in the works. So branching out into video games feels like a logical next step. The trade reports that the Wheel of Time game will be an AAA open-world RPG 'developed wholly in house by the team at the newly launched iwot games, which will be led by Warner Bros. Games vet Craig Alexander.' It's expected to take three years before its arrival on both PC and consoles. Alexander's previous credits include The Lord of the Rings Online , Dungeons & Dragons Online , and Game of Thrones -themed mobile game, so he has a handle on sprawling fantasy settings. 'Adapting such a legendary mythology into an open-world RPG is a rare and ambitious challenge,' he told the trade. 'I'm thrilled to lead the effort and build a world-class team capable of honoring this beloved world.' iwot Studios CEO Rick Selvage's explained that while the Wheel of Time game aims to build on the success of the TV show, its content won't be limited to what we've seen across its three seasons so far. 'It's an open-world game, and it'll be everything with the Wheel of Time. Everything that is covered in the books, as well as all the backstory elements of it,' he told Variety. 'It's not going to be limited to one area or another or a particular age … it will cover the entire world.' What do you think about The Wheel of Time becoming a game? And when do you think Amazon will finally spill the beans on a fourth season of Judkins' show? Channel your thoughts into the comments below.
