Battle for Middle Earth 2 Heaven

That's right, Warner Bros. is getting a fast start with their newly acquired LOTR license rights. They have announced a new game, titled "Aragorn's Quest."

Fresh off Warner Bros. Interactive's acquisition of the Lord of the Rings license, a new game set in Middle Earth is on the way from the publisher, according to an official E3 list covering debut titles.

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is billed as "the first Lord of the Rings videogame created specifically for kids and their families." The title will feature an "accessible gameplay set in a friendly, colorful rendition of Middle-Earth."

Read more here, and discuss it in the forums here.

Finally, after practically half a year, the award show was upon BFME2H, and Ashrzr stepped up to the plate to host, well figuratively, literally he stepped up to the stage.

"Greetings, ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the 6th Semi-Annual Mafia Awards! Now as you all know, mafia is a great game played by a large amount of forummers here at HG and..."

Ash looked over at Blatant, the direction where harsh whispers were coming from. Blatant appeared to be quite angry.

"This isn't the mafia awards? Do we even have those here? Ah well, my apologies everyone, just excuse me, I was nominated for the most underrated forummer after all!"

No sound entered the auditorium but a small band of crickets chirping. Someone coughed. Ash had hoped it was someone laughing, he had gotten somebody to laugh! But no, the joke was terrible.

"Heheh... anyway, let's get on with the awards shall we? Take it away Blatant!"

The auditorium applauded ferociously as Blatant took the stage, and Ashrzr was sulking off, muttering something to the degree of, "Where was the laughter for my hilarious joke?"

Nacht Jaeger's 2.01 Guide to Men has been uploaded to the site. Check it out
here, and learn how to master this familiar race.

My guide to 1.06 Men has also been uploaded here. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Also, the 6th Semi-Annual BFME2H Awards Voting has just finished. Email me at the.tminator@yahoo.com if you're interested in hosting the presentation of the awards.

- 10 Factions including Gondor, Rohan, Dwarves, Elves (3 sub-factions), Arnor, Mordor, Isengard, Wild, Men of the East (2 sub-factions), and Angmar
- Many of the factions have been completely revamped
- Over 70+ new heroes/units/structres and more have been added, with 6 new fortress, 5 new walls, a slew of heroes, and a new inn system.
- A return to the feel of BFME1
- Smaller combinable hordes - 100s of different combinations
- All units can level to 10, not just heroes, and they level with increases similar to BFME1
- Structures can level up through experience as well as a purchased upgrade
- A move towards making each faction's play style unique and different, to bring out the character of the faction
- A camera system has been added to many of the maps, letting you explore the game and Middle-Earth in entirely new ways.
- A huge amount of high-quality skins for new and existing units/heroes
- Hundreds of pieces of art for new and existing units/structures heroes
- So many other minor changes to enhance your enjoyment of the game.

A mod for ROTWK, The Lost Kingdom Alpha has been released by Neged. This mod adds the Arnor faction, a brand new CaH class, and several other changes. Later updates include adding the Grond and editing CaH models. Make sure to download it here.

Catabre's guide to 1.06 Mordor has recently been uploaded to the site. Make sure to check it out here. It's always good to know Sauron's tricks so we'll be prepared if he ever rises again. :p

I have also written a guide to 1.06 Men, detailing how the faction works and how you can master it. Clicky.

Finally, the 6th Semi-Annual BFME2H Voting Thread is now up! Make sure to cast your vote here in the next few days.