Tales of the Shire Brings Cozy Hobbit Farming to PC and Consoles This 12 months

Personal Division and Wētā Workshop have unveiled the primary gameplay trailer for Tales of the Shire, in addition to confirming that the sport will formally arrive on PC and consoles later this yr.

The sport was introduced in September final yr, however immediately’s new trailer sheds gentle on what sort of recreation we will anticipate, and it is precisely the form of cozy hobbit farming sim (i.e. a farming sim the place you play as a hobbit) you’d need from a undertaking like this.

Within the trailer, we see a really idyllic depiction of the Shire, full with a lot of greenery, rustic waterwheels, and the entire different accouterments you’d anticipate from the house of the hobbits.

We see hobbits fishing, foraging for provides, and wandering round a bustling market space, in addition to chopping elements in kitchens with a purpose to create meals.

Tales of the Shire will allow you to do all of this stuff, in fact, and you can create your individual hobbit as you discover the city of Bywater, which, in response to the sport’s official blurb, is “not but established as an official village in Hobbiton”.

You can meet the locals and forge relationships with them, and in the event you do not feel like doing a lot, you are able to do what hobbits do finest: whereas away the hours in your village doing completely nothing.

Latest Lord of the Rings video games, together with the ill-fated Gollum and the…erm, equally ill-fated Return to Moria, have foregrounded battle and fight, so the prospect to loosen up and luxuriate in the fantastic thing about the Shire is a welcome one certainly.

You can try Tales of the Shire when it launches later this yr for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and Nintendo Swap. Keep tuned for more information on this one.