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Guardians of Middle-earth

First Look At Single-Lane Combat

Get your first look at the single-lane map in Monolith's upcoming MOBA-style console game, Guardians of Middle-earth, right here. Producer Bob Roberts explains the action as GI's Adam Biessener tries to hold his own against the dev team in chaotic Dota-alike action.

Developed as an homage to the popular "all-random, all-mid" variant currently sweeping through the League of Legends community, Guardians' single-lane map is all team fights, all the time.

The lack of last-hitting – and money itself – in Guardians of Middle-earth is weird from a MOBA player's standpoint, but the action feels great on a controller and the bedrock strategy of controlling lanes, tower diving, ganking, and more shines through brilliantly.

Guardians of Middle-earth comes out later this year on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

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  • Oh dear baby narwhal...here comes the DotA/LoL fanboys...
  • It did look extremely interesting when I first saw it awhile ago... :D

  • Looks pretty cool actually

  • i want to play this so bad

  • a Moba not on pc? LOL
  • Confused now. I know what Dota is. But what's a MOBA? All-random, all-mid what? Is whatever is random and "mid" limited to League of Legends, or is this a "thing" for all games of this type? I think I can figure out controlling lanes, but last-hitting, ganking, and tower diving? I get it that some technical gaming designations make sense, but this is starting to sound like some obscure, niche sport. I'm glad people are enjoying it, but maybe writers of articles about stuff like this shouldn't assume all gamers know what the heck any of it means. I only clicked in here because it said "middle earth", and I thought it was a new Lord of the Rings game.
  • ill play this... but it looks too easy ><
  • wow this looks awesome. I want it nowwwww. Also is it going to be a XBLA game or a full game?
  • I like what i'm seeing. But is this only on consoles, cuz i'd rather play it on PC?
  • MOBA is the new FPS
  • I'm usually not that big of a MOBA fan/player but I'll admit this game looks intriguing.

    My one question is whether or not we'll be able to play against solely NPC teams outside of the training mode or instead will be forced to play against other human opponents online (I tend to have rather poor luck when matched against human opponents hence my lack of interest in most competitive games).

    If we can and if the price point isn't too high, I'll definitely give the game a try.

  • Looks extremely... average?  The idea is good but the game seems like it should of been made 1-2 years ago.

  • This is probably a coincidence, but I started writing a book with this exact title when I was 9 years old. Of course I stopped writing it because I got bored because I was 9, but man this is weird. This has nothing to do with what I was writing but...weird.

  • Looks good but going to wait and see more before deciding about it!

  • Interesting Video good

  • sweet

  • I can't wait for this.

  • Just found out what MOBA means. Sounds cool.

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