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Command the epic battles of Middle-earth from your living room couch in The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II for Xbox 360™. To add to the intensity of the experience, the Xbox 360 game is the first game in The Lord of the Rings series that will be playable over Xbox Live®. Challenge friends online and engage in intense, action-packed, real-time battles.

The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II brings you into the heart of Middle-earth to live the battles seen in the blockbuster New Line Cinema films and classic J.R.R. Tolkien literary fiction. The game boasts a new and intuitive console-specific control scheme that lets novices enjoy the game’s signature strategy gameplay while giving experts the flexibility needed to engage in a deeply complex tactical experience. Directly control hundreds of units in an attempt to defeat enemy armies, conquer new lands, and seal the fate of Middle-earth.

• Awesome environments: The Middle-earth you have never seen is brought to life on Xbox 360! The unification of the book and film rights have unlocked the entire world of Middle-earth—new races, places, heroes, and battles from the books and films are yours to experience.
• Epic engagements: Command the most epic battles of Middle-earth from your living room couch. Directly control and manage hundreds of units and engage in intense, action-packed, real-time battles.
• Online opponents: Challenge friends online and battle it out via Xbox Live. The game features exclusive new multiplayer games including King of the Hill, Capture and Hold, and Hero versus Hero.
• Xbox 360 exclusive: Play the first Lord of the Rings strategy game for any console system and the first game in the Lord of the Rings series for Xbox 360.
• Control scheme: The new and intuitive console-specific control scheme makes it possible to experience and enjoy the strategy genre on Xbox 360.
• Customized fortresses: Choose to build anywhere—craft your own landmark castle and create signature units including naval ships or Elven and Dwarven heroes.
• Voice talent: Hugo Weaving reprises his role as Lord Elrond, lending his voice and likeness to the game. Weaving offers the game’s overarching tone by guiding players in and out of each good and evil mission within the single-player campaigns.

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