During a celebratory Hobbit Day Showcase earlier today, Private Division and Weta Workshop announced the release date for their upcoming Hobbit-themed life sim, Tales Of The Shire. After recently being delayed out of 2024, the game will now launch on March 25, 2025.
Tales Of The Shire takes the world of The Lord Of The Rings away from the action-packed battles fans are used to, instead focusing on The Shire and its many Hobbit inhabitants. Players will create their own Hobbit, move into one of the many hobbit hole homes in Bywater, and become a member of Hobbit society.
Do the fish in Bywater have big hairy feet too?
Player tasks will include gathering ingredients for breakfast–and second breakfast–as well as fishing, gardening, and decorating their hobbit home. Bywater will be filled with other hobbit NPCs, who will assign quests, trade for rare items, and give advice to the new hobbit in town on how to fit in.