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Pre-Release Information about BFME2


Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II by Electronic Arts is the RTS sequel to Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth. This sequel will include factions and characters not found in the first game, due to a new agreement Electronic Arts made with The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises. This new agreement gave Electronic Arts the right to develop content based on the books. This, in addition to a prior agreement EA had with New Line Cinema, means that this new game will feature content found in both the books as well as the movies!

Release date: March 2, 2006

Collector's Edition


Bonus DVD Contents
  • Inside the Battle (video interviews)

    • Introduction
    • Designing a Mission
    • Mocap
    • Cinematic Design
    • Technology
    • Innovation
    • Create-a-hero
    • War of the Ring
    • Pods & Cells
    • Animation
    • Community
    • Culture

  • Cinematics

    • Good Campaign (opening and closing cinematics)
      • Rivendell
      • High Pass
      • Ettenmoors
      • Blue Mountains
      • Grey Havens
      • Celduin
      • Erebor
      • Dol Guldur

    • Evil Campaign (opening and closing cinematics)
      • Lorien
      • Grey Havens
      • The Shire
      • Fornost
      • Mirkwood
      • Withered Heath
      • Erebor
      • Rivendell
      • Trailer

  • Music Score

    • 15 full length, original music tracks from the game

  • Art Viewer

    • Introduction
    • The Elven Lands
    • The Dwarven Strongholds
    • The Northern Kingdom
    • The Land of the Shadow
    • An Uneasy Alliance
    • The Dark Legions
    • The Colors of Middle-earth



If you live outside North America, be certain you are pre-ordering the Collectors Editon, as there is a standard priced DVD edition available outside North America that is not the Collectors Edition. Retail price for the Collectors Edition is $59.99 U.S. Below is the official list of coutries carrying this edition:

-North America
-Germany
-Austria
-Greece
-Italy
-Holland
-Belgium
-United Kingdom
-Portugal
-Middle East
-Denmark
-Hungary
-Poland
-Norway
-Sweden

New Factions and Characters

There will be six factions: Dwarves, Elves, Men of the West, Mordor, Isengard, and Goblins.

Changes in Gameplay

  1. Dwarves will get archers as well as axe throwers (they get the Men of Dale for archers)
  2. Gondor and Rohan have been combined into Men of the West
  3. Isengard cannot build arrow towers on their walls
  4. Goblins will have 4 different scenarios to bring dragons to the battlefield - (build Drogoth as your hero or the Drake from the Goblin monument, OR you can summon a monstrous dragon or launch a deadly dragon strike as another summonable power)
  5. Isengard can summon the Wildmen
  6. Dwarves and Men of the West have a ring power that allows them to summon a defensive tower anywhere on the revealed map
  7. Pikemen in porcupine formation cannot move
  8. Drogoth has Incinerate, Fire-flight, Firebolt, and Wing-attack as powers
  9. Goblin archers have a poison arrow attack to deal damage over time
  10. The Goblin King has various powers such as Skull Relic, Leadership, Poison Attacks, and he can also Mount
  11. Towers can be upgraded with fire arrows
  12. Dwarven Warriors can charge at the enemy
  13. Dwarven catapults can fling oil barrels into the enemy that explode
  14. Corsairs of Umbar have a fire bomb attack
  15. Mordor fortress monument is the Eye of Sauron, it can launch a massive fireball
  16. Arwen has the ability to summon a flood, among other abilities of course
  17. There are 4 ship types for good and evil
  18. Neutral Buildings can be destroyed
Until the game is released, this information is subject to change.