 Tolkien Enterprises granted the publisher of The Battle for Middle @-@ earth II , Electronic Arts , the rights to develop The Lord of the Games video games based on The Lord of the Rings books on July 22 , 2005 . This agreement was complementary to a separate arrangement made between the two companies in 2001 . That agreement gave Electronic Arts the rights to build video games based on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The new deal gives Electronic Arts the opportunity to create video games with original stories tied closely with the Lord of the Rings universe . In the same announcement , Electronic Arts revealed two games that its EA Los Angeles division would be developing with the license : The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle @-@ earth II for Windows — a sequel to The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle @-@ earth — and The Lord of the Rings : Tactics for the PlayStation Portable . 
