If your favorite part of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books or movies is the time spent in the Shire – the lush, verdant, and hilly home of the habitually hungry halflings who live in holes ...

Ever since reading The Hobbit at 10 years old, I’ve been able to see the appeal of Tolkien’s halflings’ lifestyle—which Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game aims to adapt into a cozy life ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter when she was five years old. Since then, she ...

With its rolling hills and pristine farms, the Shire seems like the ideal location for a cosy game. The serene sub-genre evokes the warm, fuzzy feelings of childhood, so it’s no wonder JRR Tolkien’s ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's a famous line in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings where Gandalf the Grey explains that a wizard is never ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. When I first played Tales of the Shire back in September 2024, I left the experience disappointed yet hopeful. It had a lot of issues, yes, but it ...

Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game release delayed to July 29 ...

Shayna Josi is a Features Writer from South Africa. Shayna has always been passionate about stories, and has dedicated her life to learning how to tell them. Aside from writing about her favorite ...

Publisher Private Division and developer Weta Workshop will release Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game for Switch 2 on March 25, the companies announced. Users who own the Switch version ...

I got a demo of Tales of the Shire, a cozy game about Middle-earth’s Hobbit community. It’s coming this year from Weta Workshop. And while it’s a game based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and The ...

We’re living in the middle of a bounty of Middle-earth media. Last year’s wretched Gollum game, 2026’s apparent Gollum duology, The Rings of Power’s elven kings, War of the Rohirrim’s horse maidens, ...

Bilbo Baggins' trip to Lonely Mountain (and back again) in The Hobbit was roughly 2,000 miles. In Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game, I feel like I've run at least half that distance ...