New Lord of the Rings Slot from Microgaming

Microgaming - one of the biggest names in online slots - has announced the upcoming creation of The Lord of the Rings-themed slot games after inking a multi-year deal to the rights with Warner Bros.

Under the agreement, Microgaming will develop several online slot games based on themes and characters from all three films in the trilogy - The Fellowship of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of The King.

If the slots are as successful as the movies then we'll be hearing about them for a while yet - the New Zealand-filmed trilogy, which made it to cinemas between 2001 and 2003, made almost $3 billion at the box office and won 17 Academy Awards from 30 nominations in total.

This latest development further entrenches Microgaming at the top of its field. At present it already provides more than 450 online games in multiple languages, and has paid out several online slots jackpots of over $1 million dollars. All 450 games, and The Lord of The Rings, are available at JackpotCity Casino.

In January, Microgaming introduced a slot based on comic book Hellboy, in a notice to its competition, after fellow developers Cryptologic and Playtech had begun creating slots based on comics, in partnership with DC Comics and Marvel Movies respectively.

As yet no date has been announced for the release of the first The Lord of the Rings slot, but there will no doubt be millions of fans the world over keeping watch on developments.