Middle-earth: Shadow of War Delayed

Delays are not uncommon nor are they indicative of anything being wrong with the development cycle in this day and age. So, the official announcement that Monolith’s upcoming action-RPG Middle-earth: Shadow of War is getting delayed to October 10, 2017 should not be a cause for alarm.

Here’s the announcement in question:

Middle-earth: Shadow of War will now launch worldwide on Oct. 10, 2017.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War expands gameplay in every dimension, including the massive open world, the story, the RPG systems, and personal player stories of the Nemesis System. As with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith is committed to delivering the highest quality experience. In order to do this, we have made the difficult decision to move our launch date to ensure that Middle-earth: Shadow of War will deliver on that promise.

We understand that it might be disappointing to have to wait a little longer for the release and are sorry for the delay, but we are working hard to make an amazing game. We’re excited to show more at E3.

– The Middle-earth: Shadow of War Team