The second part of OGaming's Lord of the Rings Online Q&A is now available. Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel talks about the role of the Fellowship members in the game, users taking part in important game events, locations, game quests, and the instancing system among other things.

The promised 1.02 update for Battle for Middle-Earth 2 is now out, patching the recently released Lord of the Rings strategy game sequel. The update fixes a few more multiplayer issues.

Over at OGaming you can find the first part of a Lord of the Rings Online Q&A. Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel is asked about the license, creating your own fellowship in the game, the classes and player characters, and player roles.

EA's Mike Verdu has updated the producer's blog on the official Battle for Middle-Earth 2 website, offering the latest on the upcoming 1.02 and 1.03 patches for the game. Verdu also mentions that the multiplayer server outages plaguing the game upon release look to be resolved.

There's a new producer's blog on the official Battle for Middle-Earth 2 website, talking about multiplayer issues ("we've had some server outages since launch that have kept people from playing multiplayer as much as they wanted to over the last 4-5 days (we had one outage yesterday that lasted for a number of hours)."), and plans for patches. One patch will be out shortly to fix the out of sync issue, while another patch will be released in several weeks to provide balancing changes and other game improvements.

Because there just haven't been enough movies for Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2, here are two more: one, two. These videos focus on the game's War of the Ring and feature interview and gameplay footage. Thanks 3D Gamers.

GameSpot has a new Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 diary, in which senior producer Mike Verdu talks about the final stretch of development. EALA's RTS game sequel is now shipping to stores.

EA has released new patches for the original Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth, updating it to v1.03. The 26mb update offers a huge ton of bug fixes, balancing changes and gameplay tweaks. Thanks 3D Gamers.

Yet another Battle for Middle-Earth 2 movie is now up at FileShack, this time showing the bonus material included with the Collector's Edition. Thanks 3D Gamers.

The first Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 patch has been released, updating EALA's soon to be released strategy game sequel to v1.01. The patch improves overall stability and fixes some desync issues. Thanks 3D Gamers.

A new Battle For Middle Earth 2 blog has been posted on EA's official website. Mike Verdu talks about the War of the Ring mode and the Custom Heroes option in the game.

IGN has a new Battle For Middle Earth 2 preview up, going hands-on with a complete build of the Lord of the Rings strategy game which went gold yesterday. New media included.

EA today announced that their Lord of the Rings strategy game sequel Battle for Middle-Earth 2 has gone gold, and will be in stores March 2. We have a singleplayer demo on FileShack.

"The Lord of Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II will introduce players to new heroes, creatures, places and stories from Tolkien's fiction brought to life in the visual style of the films from New Line Cinema," said Mike Verdu, Executive Producer at EA LA. "The game combines a rich and wonderful world with innovations in real-time strategy game play to deliver the complete Middle-earth experience. This is the Middle-earth you've never seen."
In The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, players wage war in the Northern regions of Middle-earth where they can choose to assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history - the Elven and Dwarven armies - or fight on the side of Evil with heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of the Rings films. Reprising his role as Lord Elrond, Hugo Weaving lends his voice to the game, helping to set the scene and tone for each mission.

A new Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 movie has been released, showing off two minutes of fire and lightning effects.

Booomtown has been updated with a Battle for Middle-Earth 2 Q&A, asking executive producer Mike Verdu about the Lord of the Rings strategy game sequel. Questions are about the singleplayer campaign, the races, graphical improvements, multiplayer, creating buildings, create a hero and more.

As expected, a demo for The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 is now available. The 1.3gb download includes a tutorial and two maps playable in skirmish mode. You can play as the Goblins or Dwarves. Thanks GameSpot. The full game is out February 28.

GameSpot reports that they'll be premiering a demo for The Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2 this Thursday. The massive 1.3g singleplayer demo allows you to choose between two of the three new factions and play a tutorial level and a skirmish mode battle.

Yet another movie from EA's Battle for Middle Earth 2 is now available, showing off some of the super powers available in the Lord of the Rings strategy game sequel. Thanks 3D Gamers.

IGN has kicked off a series of Battle for Middle-Earth 2 faction profiles, starting off by checking out the goblins. Includes new media.

Yet another The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth 2 movie is now available from FileShack, showing a minute and a half of multiplayer footage. Thanks 3D Gamers.