Electronic Arts, the California-based independent game publisher has announced the nationwide availability of the Tolkien-inspired RTS, Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle-Earth II [2], Rise Of The Witch-king. It took me a couple of lines just to write the title, didn’t it?

The game, shipped internationally on 24 November, 2006 building upon features implemented and accepted by the community in the original Battle For Middle-earth. The game introduces an entirely new faction, new single-player campaign to fit with that new faction, and additional units for the six existing factions.

The new single-player campaign tells the story of the rise of the evil Witch-king and his invasion of the great kingdom of Arnor, home to Aragorn’s ancestors. The game is going to tell, in whole, an epic story about things that happened before the scenes depicted in the movies you’ve all seen.