Due to expired licensing rights for the Lord of the Rings IP (specifically the rights to Peter Jackson’s film likenesses, music, and voice acting), EA was forced to delist the game over a decade ago.
Revisiting the Shadows: A Look Back at Battle for Middle-earth 2: The Rise of the Witch-king Due to expired licensing rights for the Lord
Today, we are diving into why this expansion remains a cult classic, why it is so difficult to find via legitimate , and how you can still experience one of the best evil campaigns ever made. You cannot simply walk into Steam or the
Here is the problem. You cannot simply walk into Steam or the EA App and buy The Rise of the Witch-king . While Age of Empires and StarCraft dominated the
For fans of real-time strategy and J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, the early 2000s were a magical time. While Age of Empires and StarCraft dominated the esports scene, EA’s The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth series offered something different: a deep, cinematic, and incredibly faithful adaptation of Peter Jackson’s film aesthetic. But in 2006, EA released an expansion that took us away from the War of the Ring and into the dark, forgotten corners of the Second and Third Ages: The Rise of the Witch-king .