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The Lord of the Rings has a new rights owner. What does that mean?
Embracer has bought a wide range of rights to Tolkien’s works, but there are questions
Embracer Group Has Acquired The Rights To Lord Of The Rings
Middle-earth Enterprises, the company that controls licensing rights to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other works by J.R.R. Tolkien in that universe, has been acquired by gaming giant Embracer Group. Embracer has entered into a deal with current owner The Saul Zaentz Company, which first acquired rights to The Lord of the Rings in 1976.
The Saul Zaentz Company has been considering selling off Middle-earth Enterprises since early this year, when industry insiders expected Amazon to be the most likely candidate to snap up IP rights. The Middle-earth properties were reportedly valued at at least $2 billion, though both parties have agreed not to disclose the final price decided upon for the sale, which grants Embracer “worldwide rights to motion pictures, video games, board games, merchandising, theme parks and stage productions,” based on Middle-earth.
Embracer will now have financial interest in all upcoming works involving Middle-earth, which there are a lot of. The press release points to Amazon’s massive Rings of Power TV series, which premieres on September 2 on Amazon Prime Video, Warner Bros.’ The War of the Rohirrim animated film, and EA’s upcoming mobile game Heroes of Middle-earth. There’s also Daedalic Entertainment’s Gollum game, and the ongoing development of MMO The Lord Of The Rings Online.
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Microsoft makes bold claim that Sony pays “blocking rights” to stop games appearing on Game Pass
According to a recent report, Microsoft has claimed that Sony pays for “blocking rights” to prevent developers adding their games to Xbox Game Pass.
As reported by The Verge, the fairly substantial accusation comes as part of some documents that have been filed with Brazil’s national competition regulator, as well as being part of a review of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
“Microsoft’s ability to continue expanding Game Pass has been hampered by Sony’s desire to inhibit such growth,” Microsoft itself claims in a filing to the Administrative Council for Economic Defence, or CADE (translations from The Verge). “Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass and other competing subscription services.”
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Microsoft claims Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to keep games off Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has claimed Sony pays for “blocking rights” to stop developers from adding their content to Xbox Game Pass. The explosive claims are part of documents (Word doc) filed with Brazil’s national competition regulator and part of a review of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
“Microsoft’s ability to continue expanding Game Pass has been hampered by Sony’s desire to inhibit such growth,” claims Microsoft in an August 9th filing to the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), as translated from Portuguese. “Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass and other competing subscription services.”
Does this mean Sony is evil and Microsoft is casually out here revealing…