Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle-earth II The Rise of the Witch-king

Villains don't get the respect they deserve. We spend so much of our time rooting against them in movies or bringing about their downfall in videogames that we never stop to appreciate all the blood, toil, sweat and tears it takes to be a villain. Okay, so maybe the blood is usually somebody else's, but still... destroying the world ain't easy. We learned this lesson the hard way recently while battling through the single-player campaign in Rise of the Witch-king, the new evil-themed expansion » Read Full Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle-earth II The Rise of the Witch-king preview

We all know how The Lord of the Rings ends. Evil is defeated, the tide of darkness is turned back and peace returns to the happy lands of Middle-earth. The squeaky hobbits and their singing elf pals win, while the side with giant wolves, man-eating dragons and bloodthirsty trolls... loses. Doesn't seem fair, does it? The creators of the successful real-time strategy game Battle for Middle-earth II certainly don't think so. That's why they're taking us back to the beginning - the root of all » Read Full Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle-earth II The Rise of the Witch-king preview