Short answers, pulled from the story.
The first Middle-earth video game was The Hobbit, released by Melbourne House in 1982. It used a full-sentence text parser called Inglish and let non-player characters move around the world on their own.
Electronic Arts held the licence to Peter Jackson's three films, while Vivendi Games held a separate licence to make games from Tolkien's books through Tolkien Enterprises. As a result, EA never adapted The Fellowship of the Ring while Vivendi made only a Fellowship of the Ring game.
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, developed by Turbine, Inc., launched on the 24th of April 2007. It initially covered only the region of Eriador, from the Grey Havens to the Misty Mountains.
Talion is a Ranger and the protagonist of Monolith Productions' Middle-earth: Shadow series, who bonds with the Elf spirit Celebrimbor to gain wraith-like powers. He appears in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, released in 2014, and its sequel Middle-earth: Shadow of War, released in 2017.
Embracer Group, the parent company of THQ Nordic, has held the Middle-earth video game rights since 2022, after it purchased Middle-earth Enterprises from Warner Bros. Games.
Electronic Arts released The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth for iOS and Android on the 10th of May 2023, then shut it down on the 24th of May 2024. The closure came amid the video game industry's 2023-2024 layoffs.