AMAZON offers a wide range of entertainment options, including offerings such as Prime Gaming and Prime Video.
These are two benefits that you are entitled to with an Amazon Prime subscription, in addition to the benefits of the online store.
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As the name suggests, Prime Video gives subscribers access to a library of TV shows and movies, while Prime Gaming gives people free games to download each month, as well as in-game items for popular live service games.
The second season of the Lord of the Rings series “Rings of Power” will be released on August 29th on Prime Video. To celebrate the day, Prime Gaming is offering its subscribers access to three free games.
All games available through Prime Gaming are based on The Lord of the Rings and include some highly rated games.
The Middle-earth series is perhaps the most popular game series based on The Lord of the Rings, and both games are now available for free through Prime Gaming.
The original game, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordorhas an incredible rating of 87 on the review website Metacritic, while the sequel, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, is rated an impressive 81.
These are open world games where you choose a class to defeat different orc factions.
Each high-ranking Orc has a set of strengths and weaknesses that are randomly selected each game, ensuring high replay value.
People praise the series for the AI of the enemies, as these high-level characters remember your actions and behave differently towards you.
They will also comment on things you have done in the past, which will change their aggressiveness.
The last game available through Prime Gaming is Lego The Lord of the Ringsa family-friendly platform game where you control characters from the films.
There are two different methods to claim these games depending on which games you want to play.
Both methods require linking your Amazon account to a Prime subscription for Prime Gaming, which allows you to redeem free games.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Lego The Lord of the Rings are available via a GoG code.
You can then sign up for a free GoG account, redeem the codes and download the games directly to your computer.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is available via cloud streaming on Amazon Luna.
Amazon Luna is an app that is free to download for Prime subscribers, but a stable internet connection is required to play.
If you want to read more about gaming deals, check out the free game currently available on GoG.
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