Battle for Middle Earth 2 Rise of the Witch-King Price Rumor! Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. - Community It is time to shot down the price rumor that has started with the press release announcing BFME2 Rise of the Witch-king went GOLD. The price in the press release states a retail shipping price of $39.95 USD which is a flat out lie and is not true. I have done my own price hunting at all the major US retailers and even at EA online store and have found that not one store has the game listed for over $29.99 USD. Here are the sites I checked so you can see for yourself.
MEVault Back from EA! Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. - MEV Today is the final morning of the Rise of the Witch-King summit, I have packed my things and have written pages upon pages of info about BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King, and have been writing my overall thoughts and feelings about EA's new expansion pack in a comprehensive review. For a brief overview I can say the game impressed me more than I thought it would. I still am a bit disappointed War of the Ring only offers slots for 2 human players, but if I take all the other improvements to the game in mind, they easily overshadow that issue and the few others I will express in my review. The new campaign is much more interactive and offers a huge challenge overall from the previous BFME1 & BFME2 campaigns. I can honestly say EA has listened to the community when they made Rise of the Witch-King and the game really shows it. For the time being if you have any outstanding questions about BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King please post them here, and I will answer the ones I can.
BFME2: Rise of The Witch-King Summit Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. I am proud to be reporting this newspost from the sunny LA area as I embark on EA's 3rd official Community Summit for the BFME series this summit of course being for BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King. We will be heading down to EA to get a hands on look of BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King today, so be prepared for full info on all the new units for all the factions, and of course tons of images. Joining me on this trip is Pyros from Planet CoH he will also be reporting news and posting images as the event goes on. Images will be posted here throughout the event.
BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King Faction Units Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. With the news of all the units for each faction we now know aside from Angmar EA has added a total of 16 new units/heroes to the game. The biggest additions are seen with the Forces of Dark factions "Isengard, Mordor & Goblins" which each received 3 to 4 new units each, while the Force of Light factions "Men of the West, Elves, & Dwarves" have only be assigned 2 new units each. From the looks of it all the factions now have some sort of Calvary and a new spear and swords unit. For a quick view and a section to discuss these new units and heroes click here . For a complete list and full description of each unit and hero for each faction click here.
IGN Additional Unit Rollout! Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. We have scored info from IGN about all the new Units & Heroes for each of the factions, with this new info I have taken the time to consolidate it all in one place which you can find here. There is a ton of new units along with some most wanted heroes in the lineup, so make sure to check them out.
Battletest2 'Director's Cut' Print News | Mail News | Category: B4ME2 - Community - MEV As most of you already know BfME2 1.05 was a big success in reaching its goals - adding gameplay depth, hero integration, faction uniqueness and fun factor. One thing that we've never really aimed to do (differently from the first battletest for BfME1) was doing a deeply balanced patch, specially up to late game. There simply wasn't enough time, so we've mostly focused on early-mid game balance. Obviously some balance loopholes still remain, specially on late game, but surprisingly they aren't many. There were also some things that weren't prioritary and we simply couldn't touch - namely AI and Create-a-hero improvements. EA saddeningly also dropped the new walls system and the cool naval maps that I've designed and Rohara beautified, and introduced some bugs altogether due to some miscommunication of changes.
We've now got more than enough feedback and error reports to finish what we've started, but this time it's a personal project, so no promises that this WILL turn into the next patch. That's up to EA, but of course it's a solid possibility. For now it's being made public, just to give the community the finished work on what we've started but couldn't add up the needed polish. "BT2DC" as I call it, is a small and to-the-point project with very defined goals:
1 - A max of 30 balance changes
2 - Improve the AI
3 - Improve the CaH balance, max of 30 balance changes
4 - Fix as many bugs as possible
If you want to be among the Battletest2 "Director's Cut" team to help test the build & add balance to BFME2, head on over to this thread here to join.
BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King Has Gone Gold! Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. - B4ME2 - Community EA seems to have secretly announced that BFME2 Rise of the Witch-King has gone GOLD! What that means is the game has been approved in its final build and is ready to be packed and shipped. The interesting part is that the press release calls for the game to be sold at $39.95 USD. But it is all over the place as of now for $29.95 USD
EA'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE-EARTH II, THE RISE OF THE WITCH-KING FOR THE PC HAS GONE GOLD
Award-Winning Game Franchise Expansion Pack Allows Fans to Explore New Depths of Middle-earth...
Electronic Art's The Lord of the Rings(TM), The Battle for Middle-earth(TM) II, The Rise of the Witch-king(TM) is officially gold and shipping to retailers Nationwide November 28. As the expansion pack to the fan favorite, The Lord of the Rings(TM), The Battle for Middle-earth II(TM), this Real-time Strategy (RTS) game will enhance every existing feature and offer players the chance to command the rise of evil in Middle-earth while experiencing the epic battles that took place before those depicted in the New Line Cinema films.
Make sure to read the rest of the press release here.
Rise of the Witch-King Q&A; Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. - Community With the upcoming release of BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King in just 2 weeks, we are still looking for questions from the community. EA has been taking questions out of this thread and responding to them. If you have any last questions you want to ask and get an answer for please post them here. The plan is to send a final list to EA by tomorrow.
Heroes of Angmar Poll Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. - Community This week’s poll is to find out which of the heroes from the Angmar faction is your favorite from what you have seen so far. "Who is your favorite Angmar hero?" Make sure to vote on the right under the tall ad. As for last week, the results are:
Will EA Make Another BFME Series Expansion?
Yes - 372
No - 176
Never played it! - 67
Total Votes: 615
I was encouraged to see so many users like WOTR. I personally am very fond of the feature and look forward to playing WOTR 2.0. For those of you who haven't played WOTR, do so as you will like it...
BFME2 Ladder Reset Print News | Mail News | Category: B4ME2 Word has trickled out of EA that a server reset will happen at the end of this week. The reset is very much welcome as it will wipe the slates clean and clear out a bunch of cheaters form the top ranks.
We will be revitalizing the BFME II ladder with a healthy restart on Friday, Nov 17th. Everyone's records on the 1v1 and 2v2 ladder will reset with a clean start.
So don't be surprised when your stats read 0 after Friday .
The first public release of Rise of Rome II: The Gods of War for BFME2. Requires 1.05 of BFME2. Consult readme file for installation instructions and other stuff you should know.
Head on over to the forums to discuss this mod here, and make sure to download it here.
Middle Earth Monday - 11-13-2006 Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. Well it looks like EA has stolen MEV's idea for this weeks Middle Earth Monday. Earlier this week I started and finished a faction update page for the Angmar faction which was posted in the news this morning here. Today EA released there version of the list but with developer tips to go along with it for a segment in Middle Earth Monday. Also with the release of the Angmar Unit rollout, EA has also released another Angmar video which goes into further depth on how the Angmar faction will function within BFE2: Rise of the Witch-King. The new Angmar video can be found here, along with the unit info here.
THE HOBBIT Print News | Mail News | Category: Community - Unrelated Recently the outgoing site "thehobbitfilm.com" has urged its users to write letters to New Line Cinema and MGM to get them to produce "The Hobbit" well with all there efforts they have gotten a response from Co-CEO/Co-Chairman Robert Shaye:
Dear Loyal LOTR Fans,
Thank you very, very much for the incredible outpouring of support for LOTR, and your eagerness to see THE HOBBIT.
We, at New Line, are most touched and appreciative of your compliments, and your passion for the remarkable work of the author, the filmmakers, talent, and craftspeople.
We are also, as you, most anxious to see THE HOBBIT realized.
BFME2 & BFME1 Maps Print News | Mail News | Category: B4ME - B4ME2 A few new talented MEV community members have submitted a few new maps into the vaults. Make sure to download them below.
MEVault's Angmar Unit Guide Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. With the latest info on BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King, I have taken all the unit content and have made a quick refrence quide so you can look up each unit the factions will have. Once more info is known on the existing factions from BFME2 this guide will also list the new units added to those factions.
IGN Angmar Faction Video Print News | Mail News | Category: BFME2 Exp. Today IGN has pushed out an exclusive Angmar faction video. The video covers the entire Angmar faction and gives us some good insight form what we already know about the faction. The video can be found at IGN here and MEVault will be hosting it here.
