Tales of the Shire will let you live out your cozy hobbit fantasies

Image: Weta Workshop / Private Division

One of the astir celebrated pieces of lit successful the satellite starts with, “In a spread successful the crushed determination lived a hobbit,” and now, exertion has precocious to the constituent wherever we tin beryllium that hobbit with our ain holes successful the ground. Private Division and Weta Workshop person released the archetypal authoritative trailer for Tales of the Shire, a cozy, hobbit beingness sim wherever players tin unrecorded retired the phantasy of being 1 of Bilbo’s halfling neighbors.

The premise of Tales of the Shire is highly simple: marque your hobbit spread the representation of comfort. Seems similar determination volition beryllium different activities similar cooking for your neighbors, fishing, and exploring the greater satellite of The Shire — kinda similar Stardew Valley meets The Hobbit. The trailer seemed to leak up of the authoritative merchandise from Private Division earlier being taken down. With the authoritative trailer present out, archetypal sentiment seems to beryllium that the conception is chill but the graphics are a small connected the underwhelming side. But hey, truthful agelong arsenic your hobbit spread isn’t a nasty, dirty, bedewed spread filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, I deliberation you’ll beryllium okay.

Tales of the Shire launches successful Fall 2024 connected console and PC.