Electronic Arts today announced that The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age has shipped and will be on store shelves in time for the holiday season, for Xbox, GC, PS2 and GBA. The game allows players to adventure through Middle-earth, to build a party of heroes and to battle on the side of the Fellowship. Parties will traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic Balrog in the Mines of Moria, or defending the fallen city of Osgiliath. The Lord the Rings, The Third Age for Xbox, GC and PS2 was developed by EA's Redwood Shores studio, the same studio that developed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - the GBA version was developed by Amaze Entertainment,