EA and developer Capital Games have announced free-to-play collectible role-playing game The Lord Of The Rings Heroes Of Middle-Earth for mobile platforms like Android and iOS. This means that EA has renewed their partnership with Middle-Earth Enterprises, and limited regional beta testing will begin in summer 2022.

The Lord Of The Rings Heroes Of Middle-Earth is a collectible role-playing game (RPG). It will feature immersive storytelling, turn-based combat, deep collection systems, and a wide roster of characters from across the vast universe of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit. Players battle through iconic stories from the world of Tolkien and take up the fight against the great evils of Middle-Earth.

Electronic Arts has a celebrated relationship with the Tolkien universe having delivered PC and console titles based on The Lord Of The Rings books and films. In active development by a veteran team of experts in the mobile RPG genre, Capital Games; The Lord Of The Rings Heroes Of Middle-Earth represents the first mobile game developed by Electronic Arts inspired by storylines, locations, characters, and lore from The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit literary works.

Electronic Arts vice president of mobile RPGs Malachi Boyle in a press release, said:

“We are incredibly excited to partner with The Saul Zaentz Company and Middle-earth Enterprises on the next generation of mobile role-playing games. The team is filled with fans of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and each day they bring their tremendous passion and talents together to deliver an authentic experience for players.

The combination of high-fidelity graphics, cinematic animations, and stylized art immerses players in the fantasy of Middle-earth where they’ll go head-to-head with their favorite characters.”

However, there is currently no gameplay, screenshots of the game, or any trailers.