EA Sports to launch The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II for the Xbox 360

Electronic Arts will launch the The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth II for the Xbox 360. The game is expected to hit the stores on July 7, 2006.

This starts a new era in the game console market, making the Batle for Middle Earth game easy for starters and making the game much difficult and complex for prefessionals.

Louis Castle, VP of Creative Development at EALA said, "We are thrilled to bring the first Real-time Strategy game to theXbox 360 and offer you the opportunity to command massive armies fromThe Lord of the Rings universe for the first time on console. The Xbox LIVEgameplay is also truly enjoyable which features exclusive multiplayermodes. We can't wait to see you online!"

The XBox 360 version of the Lord of the Rings game follows the PC version of the same game. The player is taken into the heart of the Middle Earth and have to live the battles as seen in the Lord of the Rings movies. The highly advanced visual effects of Battle for Middle Earth game together with the XBox 360's technical edge is expected to take the players to a new lavel of gaming.

The game was developed at the EA's Los Angeles studio. The game is priced at an MSRP of $59.99.

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EA Sports to launch The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II for the Xbox 360