Microgaming, the leading privately owned casino game developer that provides a full featured software platform to online casinos worldwide has decided to remove the popular video slot game, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, from all online casinos within the next few days.
The Lord of the Rings which was based on the popular trilogy was launched by Microgaming in the summer of 2010 and was featured on many of the Microgaming powered online casinos.
Online casinos have been informed by Microgaming that The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring video slot game will be removed from its games repertoire before the end of this month.
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring has proven to be an enormous success since its release at the online casinos and it is not known why Microgaming has decided to remove the game from the online casinos. It has been speculated that the removal of the video slot game could possibly have something to do with royalties.
The news of the removal of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring has shocked many of those involved in the industry due to the fact that the video slot was only released in the year 2012 and became a slot game classic immediately after its release. The video slot game was released with great fanfare and became popular amongst online casino players from day one.
It is presumed that Microgaming will soon be releasing exciting new games that will undoubtedly draw new interest.
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