Amazon will develop the Lord of the Rings massively multiplayer online game, aiming to become the world's largest MMO work.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, May 16 (Xinhua)-- Amazon's Amazon Games has announced that it has reached an agreement with Embracer Group to develop and release a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on Lord of the Rings.

CTOnews.com learned from Amazon's official press release that the new game, which will feature the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the story of the Hobbit, has not yet been named and is still in the early stages of production and will be available on PC and the mainframe platform.

Amazon Games CEO Christoph Hartmann told IGN in a new interview that the goal of the game is to become the largest MMO game.

"I want it to be the biggest MMO," Christoph Hartmann said. "it's obviously good for us, but I think it's also good for gamers because I think people are still hungry for big MMO games. I want it to be a title for getting more people into this type of title, because the more people play, the more people it attracts."

Lee Guinchard, CEO of Freemode, said: "Midlands continues to provide endless fertile ground for creators, and Amazon Games is keen to create an immersive and fascinating world for global audiences. Whether using internal resources or working with the best industry partners, we have a clear goal of creating the highest quality entertainment products for this IP. We are making every effort to provide a MMO that will treat the vast Middle-earth world fairly and please players around the world. "