Guardians of Middle-earth Bringing Hobbit-related Battling to PSN

Guardians of Middle-earth

Written Wednesday, May 30, 2012 By Richard Walker

Just what is a MOBA, we hear you cry. Well, it's a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, and it'll be coming to the PlayStation Network for 'Guardians of Middle-earth', Warner Bros Games and FEAR developer Monolith's Lord of the Rings/Hobbit tie-in title that'll offer 5v5 battling and will feature direct tie-ins to the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie.

Featuring 20 different guardians, including Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, Thráin and many more, Guardians of Middle-earth's battles will play out in a variety of arenas set across Middle-earth, and will include an in-game voice communication system (chat then) and a comprehensive online stat and leaderboard system for tracking yours and your friends' online victories and defeats, among other things.

Guardians of Middle-earth will lead up to and go beyond the movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, with several new playable guardians that will release in conjunction with the film. Guardians of Middle-earth will be coming to the PlayStation Network in autumn 2012 for £11.99.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 30	Comment #1 by Jonotrek Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 10:00:16 AM	(2)
	Another pressssious to adds to my collection...

Forum Posts: 1637	Comment #2 by weephilymcvey Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 10:02:57 AM	(0)
	thats cool for fans of online but i was hoping there would b a single player movie-tie-in hobbit game... is this the only hobbit game they'll b releasing for the movie yeah?

Forum Posts: 1851	Comment #3 by 8BitArtist Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 10:04:39 AM	(0)
	@2 i could have sworn a retail hobbit game was in the works as well. lets hope this online lag isnt as bad as it is for gotham city impostors.

Forum Posts: 9172	Comment #4 by Bounty V Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 10:12:14 AM	(0)
	Could be interesting...not sure if I'll spend much time in it, if buy it at all.

Forum Posts: 562	Comment #5 by metalicsnipe Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 10:14:05 AM	(0)
	Me Gusta

Forum Posts: 24	Comment #6 by ShrewdMoose Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 12:18:04 PM	(0)
	YESSS. Bring more MOBAs to console. Sure let it be LOtR to lure people in to get hooked! I love awesomenauts, need more MOBAs on PS3....i just hope its well done...

Forum Posts: 1612	Comment #7 by WINAS3 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 01:10:45 PM	(0)
	Damn I really wanna see the movie...

Forum Posts: 661	Comment #8 by ShieldWarden Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 04:19:58 PM	(0)
	If this is anything like League of Legends, count me in! I love MOBAs, one of my favorite genres of this generation and I love LOTR, one of my favorite fantasy settings. Yes please!

Forum Posts: 4285	Comment #9 by oversoul53 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 @ 08:21:09 PM	(1)
	I love LOTR but I hate MOBAs. They are repetitive, insanely difficult, and the other players are almost always assholes. You know you can get banned from League of Legends just for not being very good at it? What kind of bullshit is that. Everyone has a different learning curve.

Forum Posts: 298	Comment #10 by Lara Soft Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 03:19:01 AM	(0)
	im a sucker for lotr games so i'll prob pick it up

You need to register before being able to post comments.

Game Info

Developer: Monolith Productions Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Genre: Action Release: US: December 04, 2012 Europe: December 05, 2012
Online Players : 2-10
ESRB: Teen

Collection:	230
Wishlist:	10

Screenshots

Videos

MyTrophies

You need to log in or register to use MyTrophies.

	Guardians of Middle-earth DLC Adds The Mouth of Sauron
	May 15, 2013
	Guardians of Middle-earth Drags Elrond Out of Rivendell
	May 01, 2013
	Latest Guardians of Middle-earth DLC Welcomes Kili the Dwarf
	Apr 17, 2013
	Saruman the White Wizard Comes to Guardians of Middle-earth
	Mar 13, 2013
	US PlayStation Plus Update Detailed, Includes Guardians of Middle Earth for Free
	Feb 04, 2013
View past articles

Username
Password

0

77

0