Fans are eager for another entry into the Kingdom Come: Deliverance the franchise won't have to wait too long as Warhorse Studios has announced that the next game in the series could launch as early as next year. Future Kingdom Come: Deliverance series has been in doubt ever since rumors of Warhorse Studios' next project began to circulate.
Combining a dense, historically accurate open world with a fun cast of characters and complex game mechanics, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a widely celebrated RPG since its release in 2018. It was last launched by Warhorse Studios Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 in early 2025, builds on everything the first game did and improves upon it while addressing fans' main complaints about the original. Warhorse's work paid off Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 launched to critical acclaim and was a front-runner in Game of the Year discussions right next door Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. A year later, several rumors began to circulate that Warhorse was developing a game set in lord of the rings Universe, which Warhorse confirmed during a developer livestream on May 21, 2026.
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During this stream, the development studio also announced that the new game set in Kingdom Come: Deliverance franchise is on the way, so fans want more details on when it's coming out and what it's all about. Now the studio is clarifying the statements made during the May live stream, as Warhorse Studios Communications Director Tobias Stolz-Zwilling and Community Manager Tom Gray went live to confirm that the next game in Kingdom Come the series will be an open-world RPG and should be released as early as fiscal year 2027. This should place the game's potential release window between April 2027 and March 2028.
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Details of what will be the next entry in Kingdom Come the series will look like and whether its scale is the same as the previous two Kingdom Come records, are still under wraps; However, Stolz-Zwilling stated that Prokop Jirsa (lead designer and new creative director at Warhorse) is leading the project. Meanwhile, design director Viktor Bocan is in charge of the Middle-earth game after being named creative director at the studio after working on both. KCD projects. Warhorse Studios was quick to reassure fans of this, though it now stands lord of the rings IP, Kingdom Come: Deliverance remains a priority for the studio.
Stolz-Zwilling stated: “We are still continuing to expand the universe Kingdom Come… Don't forget that Kingdom Come: Deliverance has always been and still is and always will be a project of absolute passion here at the studio.” The latest developments at the studio also prove this. Along with the announcement of the third game in the series, Warhorse announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance The film is being worked on, former director Daniel Vávra left the development of the game to work on it.
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Kingdom Come was a huge success for Warhorse Studios and was clearly enough for the team to acquire the rights to thE lord of the rings franchise. While fans probably know what to expect from the next one Kingdom Come they may not know what's coming with Warhorse's Middle-Earth RPG, and that's exciting. How will the next game be in Kingdom Come franchise is playing and how it sets the agenda for the Warhorse's lord of the rings the game will be an interesting story.
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February 13, 2018
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M For Adults 17+ due to blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, use of alcohol
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Warhorse Studios
