This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we’re talking The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Middle-earth in general – as the rights to Tolkien’s world are gobbled up by game publisher Embracer.

It’s another huge get for the Swedish conglomerate, which owns an increasingly enormous share of the video games industry. It also means Embracer will soon be in charge of the Middle-earth film and TV rights – and it’s already talking about a fresh set of spin-offs and sequels.

But what does this mean for Lord of the Rings video games? Will Embracer put some/many of its 100+ studios to work on Middle-earth projects? And what kinds of games would we like to see – and by whom? Tom Phillips, Victoria Kennedy, Ishraq Subhan and Liv Ngan discuss.