For those wanting to jump into the fray to save the Lego-ized world of Middle Earth (an♛d who don’t already own the game), you may need to get creative in how you go♊ about doing so.
According to , Lego Lord of the Rings and Lego The Hobbit is no longer avaiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlable for purchase from Steam and digital console marketplaces.
The games have been removed⛄ from stores since the beginning of the year. Because the games were licensed adaptations of the film☂ trilogies - Lego The Hobbit utilizing actual voice lines and the musical score directly from the movie - it is likely that Lego's licensing for the rights to the franchises expired at the end of 2018. 𒐪However, no offic🌠ial word has been given as to why the games have disappeared (possibly into the wraith realm).
"Lego The Lord of the Rings and Lego The Hobbit will no longer be available for sale in digital stores," a spokesperson 🔯for Warner Bros. - the publisher for𝐆 Lego Lord of the Rings and Lego The Hobbitಞ - told Eurogamer. "The games will remain in players' libraries if they already own them."
That means, even if you own the games, but have deleted your saved game data, you wil💯l still be able to download the games again at𝓀 your leisure.
It is unfortunate ꧟that the two Lego franchises have essentially ceased to exist, especially considering the fact that Lego The Hobbit was left unfinished. A third and final DLC episode was planned to round out the full trilogy, but that plan never became a reality, leaving players with a f♏rustratingly unfinished story.
Moving forward, players wanting to play the 🅠games will need to resort to the old-school methods of searching for physical copies fro🔥m second-hand sellers.
However, the truth of the matter is that neither game was exactly soaring in popularity - at least on PC. According t𒉰o Steamcharts, have had sub-100 average pl♏ayers within the past year (which has honestly been the case for a long time prior to 2018), before jumping in player counts by🐻 +1,000% in December.
Apparently it’s true: You don’t know what you have until iꦓt’s gone.
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