Guardians of Middle-earth is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The setting of the game is Middle-earth derived from The Lord of the Rings series with various tie-ins to the film series of the same name as well as The Hobbit film series. Guardians of Middle-earth was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on December 4 2012 via the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade respectively. A retail package is also released which includes a download voucher for the game as well as a "Season Pass" for future downloadable content. It is no longer available on the PlayStation Network and the game's servers are no longer operational. The game was later released for Windows on August 29 2013.