Battle for Middle-earth II: Rise of the Witch King Windows game

Lots of new maps!

Jul 4 2018 News 20 comments

An article showcasing various exciting new maps coming in the next release.

Edain 4.5: New map "Plains of Ringló"

Jun 29 2018 Edain Mod 16 comments

Today we present you our next map Update about Plains of Ringlo.

New Mordor Spellbook Powers

Jun 24 2018 News 7 comments

Mordor's getting 3 new spellbook powers next release. Read below to find out what they do, as well as take a look at a new map.

Edain 4.5: The Three Hunters in Rohan's new spellbook

Jun 9 2018 Edain Mod 17 comments

Today we wanted to go a little bit further into detail how the new concept of the Three Hunters works. They do keep the basic structure, while receiving...

Age of the Ring GameRanger Patch

20hours ago Age of the Ring Patch 3 comments

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION!! This ZIP file contains what you will need in order to get AoTR working with GameRanger

Age of the Ring Version 3.0: Durin’s Folk

Jul 19 2018 Age of the Ring Full Version 39 comments

The third release for Age of the Ring, containing the completed Erebor faction as well as some reworks/additions to the already existing factions.

Kingdom of Arnor Patch 2.02

Jun 5 2018 Kingdom of Arnor Full Version 15 comments

Adds Arnor as a playable faction on patch 2.02 v7.0.0 along with some tweaks and fixes for the faction.

Kingdom of Arnor V4

May 28 2018 Kingdom of Arnor Full Version 2 comments

Adds Arnor as a playable faction with some tweaks and fixes.

Battle Of The Pelennor Fields 2.2

May 21 2018 The Battle of the Pelennor Fields Full Version 4 comments

This is the download for The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields mod 2.2. Changes: Fixed the bug that would cause War of the Ring mode to crash the game.

Kingdom of Arnor V3

May 20 2018 Kingdom of Arnor Full Version 5 comments

Adds Arnor as a playable faction with some tweaks and fixes.

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Azog23 Feb 21 2018

can't wait to see a Iron-Hill Phalanx like in the movies.. I'm hiped for the Erebor release (Y)

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mahdi_mb76 Jan 17 2018

hi...i have a question,is there strategy game such az anno 1404 but whit fantasy faction like bfme ????!!

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Morinehtar Dec 2 2017

Okay,it's ridiculous,you can only get your hands on a legit copy for some 160+$ and that's just to be able to play SP or LAN,because there are no online servers anymore. So basically anything you could do with a pirated version...
I blame all this on the shenanigans between the Tolkien estate and...well basically the outside modern world. Don't get me wrong Christopher Tolkien has all my respects as a person who brought us the Silmarilion,Children of Hurin and the Unfinished tales,basically giving us access to the expanded world of J. R. R. Tolkien. But he needs to get with the times and understand the potential that could be unlocked if he just removed the stick which is stuck in his behind. I understand that he was disappointed with what Peter Jackson has done to his fathers work,but he surely understands that there could be no possible literal adaptation,it would take hours and hours of screen time and would generally not be accepted by the majority of viewers,except of course hardcore Tolkien fans. But let's be honest,that was NOT the reason he decided to refuse any further content being adapted in modern media. No,he felt cheated out of the share of loot he was promised,which is fair enough corporations are greedy leeches. But this should not be the reason to deny millions of fans from what they really...really want. These are people ready to spend hundreds and hundreds of bucks just to be able to be part of the wonderful world his father created on a new level. This would automatically increase book sales and his revenues would only grow. I myself never read anything from Tolkien before I first saw the LOTR trilogy,and I'm not the only one. He's guarding this from the world so jealously as if he created it alone,oh the irony...
Just imagine if this game and it's expansion and predecessor would suddenly hit Steam,the amount of sales the possibilities it would unlock?! And Battle for Middle earth is just the tip of the iceberg. A Silmarilion silver screen adaptation?! But no,instead we will get a LOTR tv show,which is nice but meh,not the subject of this rant.
So yeah,EA games did a good job (for once) giving us this great game,but there are still things that can be improved upon (needless to mention the balance of the factions) with the steam workshop this could be finally achieved on a large scale. Or scratch that,it doesn't even have to be the steam freaking workshops,the game just needs to be simply available for the general public within reasonable measures,and it could get a larger modding community. But...NO
It all comes down to greed.
However there is HOPE,Christopher's son Simon Tolkien has already shown willingness to cooperate with the studios,which has even driven a wedge between him and his father. So we might have to wait for the old guy to take the ship to Valinor before any progress is made.
I understand that some hardline fans might disagree with,what could be called "selling out", but we need to go with the times,the majority of the kids these days don't even know what a book is,unless it's linked to a popular movie,show or video game.
So unless we want Tolkien's world to become history,legend and finally myth we need to push for reforms.
rant over/

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