The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, the smartphone game from Electronics Arts, will be available on May 10th. It was already known that this free game was in development, but the release date was not known before. A short teaser trailer has also been released.

The Lord Of The Rings: Heroes Of Middle-earth will be released for both Android and iOS; Android gamers can already Register. The trailer shows short screenshots of the combat, the in-game menus, and the interface. It is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements where players can assemble a team of heroes, including Gandalf, Aragorn, and Frodo, and send them into battle against the hordes of Sauron.

The game has a story mode, but also a PvP mode. EA previously called the game A Collectible role-playing game and “competitive social strategy experience.” Players can equip characters with a variety of skills and equipment that can be obtained as rewards, as well as through in-app purchases.

The game is made by Capital Games. This EA studio previously released the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes. This is also a free game with turn-based combat and RPG elements. This game has been available for iOS and Android since late 2015 and has been hit According to the sensor tower in 2019 with a limit of $1 billion in turnover.

To create The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, EA partnered with Middle-Earth Enterprises, which owns the worldwide rights to The Hobbit and author JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Middle-Earth Enterprises is part of the Embracer Group, a Swedish investment company that owns several gaming companies. In addition to Heroes of Middle-earth, Embracer also has other Lord of the Rings games in development, such as Gollum and Return to Moria.