Lord of the Rings slots going offline

[Topboss]

I have always promoted microgaming much more on my sites, but without a doubt I can say that playtech converts much better for me, so during the past year or so, we have concentrated on putting more playtech games up than microgaming games.
The difficult side is that playtech casinos generally do not send out much marketing material on the new games which makes it more difficult to do reviews. Microgaming have always been better on that side.

[ocreditor]

Online Casino Reports is reporting that Microgaming will no longer offer the Lord of the Rings slot game, which Microgaming casinos debuted in 2010, by the end of the month.

http://www.onlinecasinoreports.com/n...-the-rings.php

As the article says, the reason behind the change most likely has to do with rights fees.

Thanks for picking up on our story Yeah, it's a little unfortunate as it is a great game and obviously a lot of money went into producing it in the first place. We don't what will be replacing it and haven't heard anything more since the word game that it was being taken off.

[ocreditor]

I'm hoping all MG casinos send out a "last chance to play LOTR" email - could result in a nice rush of activity.

Great idea actually!

[universal4]

It certainly appears to be related to licensing rights.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/warner-...234721767.html

Rick
Universal4