Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced today that Guardians of Middle-earth, a new multi-player online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Monolith Productions, is set to debut in fall 2012 exclusively for Xbox LIVE^® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network. The game will feature tie-ins to the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey motion picture, directed by Peter Jackson and a production of New Line Cinema and MGM.

Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development at WBIE:

“The MOBA genre is wildly popular with PC players and we are excited to bring it to consoles through the lore of Middle-earth. The heroes and villains of Middle-earth are crafted in a way that perfectly intersects with MOBA game features, allowing the development team to create guardians with deep skills and abilities for gamers to master.”

For more information about Guardians of Middle-earth, please visit the website at www.guardiansofmiddleearth.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GuardiansofMiddleearth or on Twitter @GuardiansMe

SOURCE: Warner Brothers