
By the looks of the Return to Moria gameplay trailer, those threats will include the ever-present orcs, as well as giant spiders, cave trolls, and the Watcher in the Water. It looks like you’ll be able to build a whole host of structures and rooms, including defensive towers and mead halls, all the while chasing off the threats that have invaded the mines. Narrated by Gimli himself, John Rhys-Davies, the trailer shows off how you and your merry band of dwarves will be able to explore, build, and defend the mines of Moria. The game still has a vague fall 2023 release window, though we’ve today learned that it will be available on Xbox and PlayStation platforms in addition to the previously announced PC (via Epic Games Store). Throughout each playthrough, players will need to mine while being conscious of the amount of noise they are making alongside monitoring hunger, sleep, temperature, resources, and more.Following its announcement earlier this year, a first-look gameplay trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria dropped during Summer Game Fest today. The game will be procedurally generated, meaning every adventure players embark on either by themselves or with friends will be new and unknown. Courageous expeditioners will need to be vigilant as mysterious dangers await." Players will join forces to survive, craft, build and explore the iconic, sprawling mines. "Their quest will require fortitude, delving deep into the Mines of Moria to recover its treasures.

"Summoned to the Misty Mountains by Lord Gimli Lockbearer, players take control of a company of Dwarves tasked to reclaim the lost spoils from the Dwarven homeland of Moria-known as Khazad-dûm or Dwarrowdelf-in the depths below their very feet. Tolkien," the official description reads. "The story of The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria takes players beyond the books and into the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, the fantastical world created by J.R.R.

Return to Moria will follows the Dwarves of Middle-earth as they "embark on an original adventure to reclaim and restore their Dwarven homeland of Moria." At launch, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will be available exclusively on PC via the Epic Games Store.
