SYDNEY \u2013 April 16, 2013 \u2013<\/b> Talk about an army\u2019s incredible march in March. Kabam, the leader in the western world for free-to-play core games, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced their co-published\u00a0 browser-based game, The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age<\/i>, has marched past the one million new users mark.\u00a0 The milestone comes after the game attracted more than 250,000 new players to its exciting take on Middle-earth in one day following its official global debut on March 22, 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re elated that fans of The Hobbit<\/i> have responded so enthusiastically to The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age<\/i> and we\u2019re incredibly proud of how the game has performed in such a short time,\u201d said Andrew Sheppard, president of Kabam Studios. \u201cWith our mobile game, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth <\/i>remaining popular on the iOS and Android charts, The Hobbit <\/i>Film Trilogy has inspired one of Kabam\u2019s hottest mobile game properties to date.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age<\/i> challenges players on Facebook.com and other Web platforms to take up arms alongside the greatest heroes of the Third Age, including select characters from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/i> like Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Radagast and more. Gamers are charged to lead an army of Elves, Dwarves or Orcs in fast-paced tactical combat and band together with thousands of other players to join powerful alliances and wage an epic war online. <\/i>The mobile game, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth<\/i> challenges players to build their own empire in Middle-earth, in a deep, immersive strategy game.<\/p>\n
Both free-to-play games are inspired by The Hobbit <\/i>Film Trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson and a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM). The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age<\/i> is available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age<\/i> and The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth<\/i> are developed and operated by Kabam, and co-published by Kabam and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.\u00a0 In addition to Facebook, the browser-based game is available on Kabam.com and the Google Chrome Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SYDNEY \u2013 April 16, 2013 \u2013 Talk about an army\u2019s incredible march in March. Kabam, the leader in the western world for free-to-play core games, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced their co-published\u00a0 browser-based game, The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age, has marched past the one million new users mark.\u00a0 The milestone comes<\/p>\n