Private Division: Celebs Rumors

Private Division, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, has announced that it has acquired Roll7, the developer behind OlliOlli World.Skateboarding title OlliOlli World is set to be published by Private Division and planned for launch in December, during Take-Two’s fiscal fourth-quarter ending March 31, 2022. The studio also currently has additional unannounced projects in development, which Private Division will support.“We’re thrilled to welcome Roll7 to the Private Division family,” said Michael Worosz, Executive Vice President and Head of Private Division.

Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Game, a cosy game that will let players “explore Middle-earth in a way they never have before”.Very little is known about the game in spite of the announcement and the teaser trailer. In it, an artist works on a watercolour portrait of a Hobbit, before standing up and opening their door.The gust of wind flutters the pages of the book, flicking through paintings of Hobbit holes, scarecrows, homemade meals, birds, a sign for the Green Dragon, and the cover closes with “Tales Of The Shire” embossed in gold.

Private Division has announced a new partnership with Pokémon developer Game Freak for “a brand-new action-adventure IP.”Codenamed Project Bloom, the title is an “ambitious” title and is in early development but is expected to launch during Take-Two‘s fiscal year 2026.Not much has been shared about the upcoming game, but the publisher and developer revealed the first piece of concept art showing a character carrying katana in a lush forest. You can take a look at the artwork in the Tweet below.We’re thrilled to announce we're partnering with Game Freak on an upcoming action-adventure game, codenamed #ProjectBloom.We can't reveal too much yet… But for now, we're excited to share the first piece of concept art for the game: pic.twitter.com/LarOpBXdsy— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) May 9, 2023“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to create new IP that is bold and tonally different from our prior work,” said Kota Furushima, director at Game Freak.

The Lord Of The Rings game is being developed by the games division of Weta Workshop and being published by Take-Two subsidiary Private Division.The title will be “set in the literary Middle-Earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien,” with Middle-Earth enterprises giving the Weta Workshop game studio “the broadest creative license to interpret the underlying lore of the books.”Weta Workshop is known for its visual effects work on The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, alongside Netflix’s The Witcher and Stranger Things.