Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, and has no relationship with the Peter Jackson-directed Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
In Europe, it was released for the Game Boy Advance in October and for all other systems in November. In North America, the game was released on all platforms in November 2003. It was published on all platforms by Sierra Entertainment.
The Hobbit (full title The Hobbit: The Prelude to The Lord of the Rings) is a 2003 platform/action-adventure video game developed by Inevitable Entertainment for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, by The Fizz Factor for Microsoft Windows and by Saffire Corporation for the Game Boy Advance.