Guardians of Middle-Earth Dated for December

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions today revealed that the Lord of the Rings-inspired title Guardians of Middle-earth will be available for purchase PSN and Xbox Live Arcade on December 4th 2012.

From the PR release:

“The digital versions will be available for £11.99 and 1200 Microsoft Points on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade respectively. Downloadable content yet to come can be purchased individually or as part of the Season Pass.

“Guardians of Middle-earth will also be available at select UK retailers for £24.99 for PlayStation 3 on December 7th 2012. Included with the game is pre-paid discounted access to the digital content offered post-launch, along with PSN vouchers equal in value to the full game, plus the Season Pass of downloadable content.

“Digital content will consist of game maps, one bonus gameplay mode and several additional good and evil characters, some of which will be based on key characters in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey motion picture, which is set for release on December 14th, directed by Peter Jackson and a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).”