Amazon Prime members can get a great Lord of the Rings game for free this month TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Amazon Prime members can get a great Lord of the Rings game for free this month By Callum Bains published 29 September 2022 Mordor calling (Image credit: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Audio player loading… The next batch of free games coming to Amazon Prime Gaming has been revealed, including a brilliant Lord of the Rings action RPG. After Assassin's Creed Origins was given away last month, Amazon Prime members will be able to pick up Middle-earth: Shadow of War for free on PC as part of October's line-up. As usual, subscribers will be able to claim and keep the game forever, even after their Prime membership ends. One of the best Lord of the Rings video games ever released, Shadow of War casts you as the ranger Talion in an open-world RPG. You'll be fighting orcs in slick melee combat and jumping about their strongholds, as you go behind enemy lines to bring down Sauron. It really stands out for its Nemesis System, in which orc chieftains gradually rise up Mordor's ranks and remember your past fights with them. An extra strategic layer also lets you gradually amass an army of your own and command it in battle. Amazon subscribers had the chance to pick up Shadow of War's predecessor, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, as part of last month's Prime Gaming line-up. What better time to get in the Tolkien spirit than now, when the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series is well underway? Amazon giveth (Image credit: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) If Middle-earth isn't to your liking, several other games will also be up for grabs. Bethesda's online RPG Fallout 76 will be free to pick up, alongside fantasy strategy game Total War: Warhammer 2, old-school point-and-click adventure Loom, puzzle game Glass Masquerade: Origins, strategy RPG Hero's Hour, and platformer Horace. All of them are available on PC only. They'll be joined by a few freebies, including an Apex Legends cosmetic bundle, weapons pack for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and the Dressed to Kill bundle for Deathloop. As part of Amazon's ongoing partnership with Niantic, you'll also be able to nab a Pokémon Go pack containing a few ultra balls and max revives. All of those freebies will go live at the beginning of October. You'll be able to claim them from the Amazon Prime Gaming homepage (opens in new tab), although you might not need to. If you're an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you already have access to Fallout 76 and Shadow of War. You can even find Total War: Warhammer 3 on PC Game Pass, which comes bundled as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.One of the best FPS games ever is free for PS Plus subscribers this month Callum BainsGaming News WriterCallum is TechRadar Gaming's News Writer. You'll find him whipping up stories about all the latest happenings in the gaming world, as well as penning the odd feature and review. Before coming to TechRadar, he wrote freelance for various sites, including Clash, The Telegraph, and Gamesindustry.biz, and worked as a Staff Writer at Wargamer. Strategy games and RPGs are his bread and butter, but he'll eat anything that spins a captivating narrative. He also loves tabletop games, and will happily chew your ear off about TTRPGs and board games. See more Gaming news TechRadar Newsletter Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1I tried the weirdest-looking Bluetooth speaker in the world, and I utterly adore it2You may not have to sell a body part to afford the Nvidia RTX 4090 after all3My days as a helpful meat shield are over, thanks to the Killer Klown horror game4100% on Rotten Tomatoes: 7 new critically-acclaimed dramas you may have missed5I won't buy the Google Pixel 7 unless it fixes these three Pixel 6 problems1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Best laptops for designers and coders 3Miofive 4K Dash Cam review4Logitech's latest webcam and headset want to relieve your work day frustrations5Best offers on Laptops for Education – this festive season Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)