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EA Strikes a Wobbly Chord With Lord of the Rings Fans Through an Ambitious Announcement – “Is That the Best They Could Do?”
Electronic Arts is currently going through a rough phase as most of its big games haven’t performed well lately. Plus, the perspective of the fans towards the publisher after the debacle of last year’s Battlefield 2042 has been skeptical to say the least. Well, probably aiming to put all the negatives to an end, the company has now announced a new game based on The Lord of the Rings franchise.
In an extended partnership with Middle-Earth Enterprises, EA will soon release a mobile game on The Lord of the Rings.
However, as soon as this news broke out on the internet, majority fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment.
EA irks The Lord of the Rings fandom with a ‘mobile game’ announcement
Free-to-play mobile games have really taken over the world in a short span of time. Blockbusters like Genshin Impact, Call of Duty Mobile, Garena Free Fire, PUBG Mobile, and many other offerings have introduced a new way of gaming to the players. They enjoy these titles on-the-go while also experiencing amazing graphics.
Apart from ruling the mobile platform, free-to-play games have also generated massive revenue in the last few for their respective publishers.
That must have been one of the key reasons why Electronic Arts just announced a mobile game based on The Lord of the Rings saga. It will make this project under its extended partnership with Middle-Earth Enterprises. The mobile title will be called The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-Earth.
EA has renewed its partnership with Middle-Earth Enterprises
..and announced a new Lord Of The Rings mobile game today called Heroes Of Middle-Earthhttps://t.co/HaxRS8mKXu pic.twitter.com/aU1DZB5irW
— Nibel (@Nibellion) May 9, 2022
However, the gaming community wasn’t too much happy about this news. And it was clear from majority of the reactions of the fans on the social media. Many of them were simply clueless as to why EA decided to go for a mobile title instead of making a proper AAA game for the consoles or PC.
One angry user wrote: “Mobile game? Is that the best they could do?”
Mobile game? is that the best they could do
— Zer0 (@Ul_711) May 9, 2022
I read this and was excited, then I got to the bit where it said mobile game, and now all the excitement I had is lost
— james blair (@biddabidda) May 9, 2022
Exepctations went from high to low in ten words.
— Doktor Wieg (@WiegrafDX) May 9, 2022
Heroes of middle earth
that sounds so lame im dead now
— Jonly (@Jonlyjo) May 9, 2022
Time for another generation of trash LOTR games
— Kyle (@bl4ck_g01d) May 9, 2022
My reaction to tweet. pic.twitter.com/sMbuXZgbCd
— HazzadorGamin,Dragon of Dojima (@HazzadorGamin) May 9, 2022
— WickedSabbath (@WickedSabbath) May 9, 2022
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Currently, there’s no release date available for The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-Earth. What are your thoughts on this announcement from EA? Were you also expecting something bigger for the fictional series?
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