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Tales of the Shire is the cozy side of Tolkien | preview impressions

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.

Such cozy games are quite fashionable, and perhaps that’s why Middle-earth Enterprises licensed the work to Peter Jackson-spawned Weta Workshop, the developer, and publisher Private Division, a Take-Two indie label. You can chat with the townsfolk of Bywater in Tales of the Shire.The gardening and cooking tasks are quite elaborate and you can spend a lot of time making sure you have the right ingredients for your meals. It’s coming this year from Weta Workshop to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam on the PC, the Nintendo Switch and Netflix Gaming.

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