Article: Vivendi Universal Games Brings the Hobbit to All Major Gaming Platforms this Fall; Action-Adventure Lets Gamers Live the Classic Prequel to The Lord of the Rings.

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- BELLEVUE, Wash., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that The Hobbit, its upcoming action-adventure video game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel of the same name, will be released this Fall on all major platforms, including PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Nintendo Game Boy(R) Advance, and the PC.

The Hobbit is a third-person action-adventure game set in the world of Middle-earth. In the game, players take the persona of Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit who has been unwittingly thrust into an epic adventure. In the game, ...

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