Amazon’sPrime Gamingis currently offering three games fromThe Lord of the Ringsuniverse.Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY Editionleads the line-up, with its sequelMiddle-earth: Shadow of Waralso up for grabs.
While that sounds great on paper,Middle-earth: Shadow of Waris only available to play via Amazon Luna. For those unfamiliar with Luna, it is Amazon’s cloud gaming platform.Shadow of Mordoris a great game and with Luna free for Prime members, it is a good deal regardless. However, it is a bummer for Prime members incountries where Amazon Luna is not available.
The silver lining is that its prequel,Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordoris free for PC, meaning players can claim and download it without any requirement of Amazon Luna. However, there’s a catch for some regions attached toMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordoras well. Prime Gaming stated in theirblogthatMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordorwill not be available to claim in Japan and South Korea, but the reason was not stated.
LEGO The Lord of the Ringsis also free to claim right now, with no region-specific restriction here. BothMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordorand the LEGO title are available viaGOG.
Prime Gaming announced that these games have been offered to celebrate the upcoming season 2 of TheLord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video, and season 2 is dropping tomorrow, August 29.
