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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II

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Published by

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developed by

Electronic Arts Los Angeles

Released

Feb 28, 2006

Also For

Xbox 360 | Combined View

ESRB Rating

Teen

Genre

Strategy

Perspective

Isometric

Non-Sport

Medieval / Fantasy, Naval, Real-Time

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Licensed Title

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3.6

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The Lord of the Rings(tm), The Battle for Middle-earth(tm) II
Published by	Electronic Arts Inc.
A Production of	Electronic Arts Los Angeles
Development Team
Executive Producer	Michael Verdu
Senior Development Director	Chris Corry
Development Director	Jill Donald
Art Director	Matt J. Britton
Audio Director	Mical Pedriana
Script Writer	Mical Pedriana
Cinematics Director	Richard Winn Taylor II
Associate Producers	Amer Ajami, Amir Rahimi
Engineering Development Director	Ofer Estline
Design Development Director	Wes Eckhart
Lead Designer	Jason Bender
Lead Engineer	Martin Hoffesommer
Technical Art Director	Sean O'Hara
Lead Animator	Adam McCarthy
Lead Structure Artist	Mike Colonnese
Design
Designers	Samuel Bass, Greg Black, Adam Hayes, Edward J. Moore III, Scott C. Smith, Jasen Torres, Jeremy War
Design Intern	Olive Lin
Additional Design	Jason Huck, Todd Owens, Ken Spencer
Engineering
Systems Engineer	Andrew McDonald
Gameplay Engineers	Jeff Chow, Austin Ellis, Will Hutchinson, Mark Lorenzen, John Machin, Zak Middleton, Shawn Rogers, Keith Schaefer
AI Engineers	John Ballantyne, Andrew Garrett, Ricardo Robaina
Graphics Engineers	Lutz Latta, Vishwa Ranjan
Audio Engineer	Ian Barkley-Yeung
User Interface Engineers	Scott K. Bowen, David Richey
Multiplayer Engineers	Ping Wang, Nathan Yun
Build Engineer	Andrew Luby
Contributing Technical Director	Andre Bremer
Engineering Intern	Steve Messinger
Additional Engineering	Kris Morness, Graham Smallwood
Art
Animators	Jennifer Cha, Jose Hernandez, Eugene Cordwell Jarvis, Mike Laygo, Marvin Rojas
Concept Artists	Duke Cullen, Warren Fu, Feng Zhu, Michael Zimmerman
Character Artists	Peter Choe, Mayan Ocean Escalante, Greg S. Luzniak, Kich Thien Ma, Chance Rowe
Environment Artists	Charles Jacobi, Laureen Lafave, Travell McEntyre, Timothy Williams (Hollywood), Christopher Willingham
Structure Artists	Leon Gor, Asier Hernáez Lavina, Thao Le, Tse Cheng Lo
User Interface Artists	Insun Kang, Ino Karella, Ben Liska
Visual Effects Artists	John Decker, Casey Robinson
Technical Artists	Sophyrun May (Sope)
Additional Art	Silvio Aebischer, Paul Aguilar, Umberto Bossi, Derek Becker, Darlene Carrasquillo, Christov Effects and Design Inc., Cassia Dominguez, Haemimont Games AD, John Howe, InterServ International, Michael Jones, Thomas Jung, Alan Lee, Boon Lee, Nival Interactive, Nikitova, Papaya Studio, Virtuos Holdings LTD
Production
Assistant Producer	Jim Vessella
Community Manager	Aaron Kaufman
Project Manager	Bobby Moldavon
Director of License Relations	Nina Dobner
Additional Production Assistance	Lawrence F. Probst IV
Production Intern	Stephen Dinehart
Audio
Sound Design	Evan T. Chen, David Fries
Voice Direction	David Fries
Cinematic Audio	Edward Cerrato
Voice Acting
The Voice of The Battle for Middle-earth II	Hugo Weaving
Voice Actors	Grant Albrecht, Dee Bradley Baker, Steven Jay Blum, David Boat, Scott S. Bullock, Jesse Burch, Jason Carter, Dan Conroy, Neil Dickson, Richard Doyle, Chris Edgerly, Gregory Ellis, Stoney Emshwiller, Crispin Freeman, David Fries, Brian George, Kim Mai Guest, Roger L. Jackson, Nick Jameson, Bob Joles, Darryl Kurylo, Adam Leadbeater, Michael Lindsay, David Lodge, Lewis Macleod, Paul Mercier, Jim Meskimen, Lani Minella, Mark Moseley, Nolan North, Mical Pedriana, Philip Proctor, Jaime A. Seibert, Brianne Siddall, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., André Sogliuzzo, Stephen Stanton, Julian Stone, Fred Tatasciore, Simon Templeman, James Kevin Ward, Joe Whyte, Wally Wingert, Dave Wittenberg, Tatyana Yassukovich
Cinematics
Cinematic Artists	Fernando Castillo, Adam Davis (Goblyn), Wilfredo Panganiban, Katai Tang
Cinematic Editor	Benjamin Hopkins
Cinematic Painters	Ryan Church, Kevin Llewellyn
Storyboard Artists	Rita Lichtwardt, Michelle Tasic
Additional Editing	Nate Hubbard, Melissa Lawson
Epoxy Support
Associate Development Director	Lea Milic
Project Manager	Audrea Topps-Harjo
Associate Technical Art Director	Chun-Chong Leong
Testing
QA Manager	Alexander Plachowski
QA Project Lead	Sean Shimoda
QA Leads	Daniel Castillo, Brett Yagi
QA Engineers	Bill Colby, Steven Hoey, Darren Merritt
Additional QA Engineering	Leander Hasty
QA Testers	Chris Anjos, Jeremy Atienza, Ronald Avila, Justus Benavidez, Lucas Bergman, Joel Brownell, Hogan B. Carter, Yong Chong, Danny Chow, Cameron Clarno, Chadwick Coleman, Nick Crocco, Ram Fenster, Bradley Fitzpatrick, TJ Fixman, Adam Goss, Jared Greene, Joseph Hatcher, Justin Hughes, Jane Jeffers, Jeremiah Jones, Cody Kennedy, James Kono, Robert Lai, Nathan Lee, Ellen Lin, Lino Manansala, Rafael Maramba, Vichea Meak, Alexander Mejia, Nathan Mobley, Eric Morales, Rusty Moran, Nick Murphy, Randy Normil, Andy O'Brien, Theodore O'Connor, Eric Patten, Cameron Pinard, David Piorek, Darine Pokawatana, Ryan Roque, Mostafa Sadraii, Kevin Sanchez, Sergey Sarnavskiy, Eric Seaton, Jason Sereno, Gavin Simon, Louie Soriano, David Stratton, Chase Swanson, Daniel Tay, Kurt Tillmanns, Samuel Tjuatja, Matt Tomczek, Robert Tzong, Nandi Varadi, Christian Vazquez, Vladimir Vedenyapin, Damian Viramontez, Maurice Wilson, Sam Wong, David Wu, Jimmy Yu, Mark Zabzdyr, Vanessa Zuloaga
Community Balance Testers	Robert Bellantonio, Matt Everett, James Fielding, Timur Patrick Gokcen, Søren Hansen, Lawrence King, Jonathan LeMaitre, Jeff Nizynski, Jan Richter, Curtis Robarts, Breno Silva, Hendrik Gijsbertus Steijsiger, Daan Versloot, Tim White, Michael Whitener
Localization
Director, Studio Operations / Localization	Thilo W. Huebner
Additional Localization Support	Joel Börjel
European Localization and Integration
Localization Production	Ian Penney, Sergio Vargas
Localization Coordination	Lionel Berrodier, Stefano Buffoli, Kay Dresen, Martin Eriksson, Pierre Froget, Alejandro Gómez, Kasia Gryglewska-Cebrat, Andreas Morell, Alfonsina Mossello, Andreas Pajarinen, José Ramón Sagarna, Nacho Sendino, Chatarina Stamblewski, Dominika Szot, Iñaki Valladares, Martijn van der Meulen, Florian Vanino
Localization Programming	Pedro Alfageme, Iván Arroyo, Mario Bergantiños, Virginia Cano, Sergio Cianca, Andrés Giné, Felipe González López, Fernando San Nicolas
Localization Team	Mathias Abrahamsson, Torben Andersen, Giorgio Anselmi, Nicolas Danière, Jonas Estrada, Juan Antonio Garcia de Quinto, Iñaki Guerra, Daniel Jonsson, Grzegorz Kordas, Thom Moesker, Roberto Orsi, Dani Pastor, José Antonio Pereira, Daniel Ramos, Eva Sanz, Charles Ulbig
Asian Localization and Integration
Localization Production	Jason Chen, Wei Huang, Pisit Pluempatanakij
Localization Project Manager	Christine Kong
Localization Programming	Jason Park, Callista Tan
QA Lead	Terence Lau
QA Testers	Victor Lim, Colin Lim, Jason Lim
Language Testers	Sky Lin, Chen Haitao
Translations	Jerry Lin, Walailak Trongjittipanya
Motion Capture
EA Motion Capture Specialists	John Mayhew, Vincent Ng, Robert Parent, Evan Tepoorten
EA Motion Capture Operators	Kirk Chantraine, Brian Matsuo
Motion Capture Talent	Ashley Earl, Lori Phillips, Paul Lazenby, Kimani Smith, Donovan Stinson
Motion Capture Editor	Allison Shelton
Music
Music	Howard Shore
Additional Music by Soundelux Design Music Group	Bill Brown, Jamie Christopherson
Marketing
Senior Marketing Director	Mike Maser
Senior Product Manager	Craig Owens
Associate Product Manager	Amritz Lay
Documentation	Sharon Maher
Documentation Layout	Christopher Held
Package Project Management	John Burns
Package Design	Hamagami Carroll Inc.
European Marketing Team	Miles Beeson, Jules Clarkson, Jim Hill, Jon Rissik
Public Relations Team	Brooke Cahalane, Abby Topolsky
Special Thanks
To everyone at EALA for their support, especially	Neil Young, J. Arcadia Kim, Jonathan Lutz, Peter Navin, Louis Castle, Thilo W. Huebner, Eric Garay, Michael Lee, Susan Otto, Willy Reese, Kriste Stull, Alan Yu, Judy Bellamy
And to everyone at Electronic Arts for their support, especially	Lawrence F. Probst IV, Bing Gordon, Warren Jenson, Gerhard Florin, Frank Gibeau, Erick Hachenburg, V. Paul Lee, David Gardner, Jose Martin, Glenn Entis, Nancy Smith, Joel Linzner, Warren Wohl, Mastering Lab, NA Customer Quality Control, European Certification Group, Our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who contributed to the original 'The Lord of the Rings(tm) The Battle for Middle-earth(tm)' game which this game is based on., Jack White (The entire team at EALA would like to extend an extra special "thank you" to our friend for visiting our studio and taking part in creating this game if only for just a day. We wish you all the best.), We would to offer our very special thanks to NEW LINE CINEMA and Tolkien Enterprises
New Line Cinema
Senior Executive Vice President Worldwide Licensing and Merchandising	David Imhoff
Vice President, Creative Services	John Mayo
Creative Services Coordinator	Trevor Wilson
Tolkien Enterprises
Literary Consultant	Laurie Battle
Legal Counsel	Al Bendich, Tom Magnani
Business Affairs	Fredrica Drotos
Production Services	Sam Benson, Joe Mandragona
The team would like to thank their family and friends. Without their support, this game would not have been possible	Kenz Abdalla, Robert Abel, Maha Ajami, Ramzi Ajami, Penny Angel-Levy, David Anspiger, Adam Bain, Mike Banks, Nate Banry, Deborah Barkley-Yeung, Stephen Barkley-Yeung, Alan Barkley-Yeung, Allan Bass, Caroline Bass, Thomas Bass, Kit Bass, Jack Bass, Nick Bates, Ben & Ginger, James Bender, Jody Bender, Nick Bennett, Laura Black, Renee Black, Mario Blauert, Chris Blum, Bailey Bottoms, Stacey Boucher, April Bowen, Chelsie Bowen, Kelly Bowen, Wes Bowen, Alice Britton, Dustin Browder, Nathaniel Buckley, Jennifer Burke, Bruce Campbell, Honorata Moral Carrascal, Tomas Castillo, Stan Chee, Anda T. H. L. Chen, Anna L. Chen, Eric T. Chen, Nathan Chen, Wen M. Chen, Micah Cheng, Toby Cheng, Cathy Chow, The Chow Family, Robert Colby, Ryan Collier, Jay Coombs, Zara Coombs, Susan Corry, Caroline Corry, David Coulter, Patti Coulter, Ariel Crespo, Nora Crespo, Nolan Crespo, Nathan Crespo, Sarah Crespo, Eric Dahlstrom, Coby Dahlstrom, Brandyn Davis, Laurie Davis, Ron Davis, Barry Debakey, Michael Decher, The Decker Family, Christian De Leon, Dyana Demarco, The DeMars Family, Eric DeMilt, Paul Denton, Alex DiMella, Matthew Di Virgilio, Joji Donald, Sparky Donald, Michelle Downhham, Art Durinski, Dan Elggren, Jochen Ertl, Birgit Ertl, The Escalante Family, Elizabeth Estline, Christina Fontana, Paul Evans, Jesse Franklin, Scott Friedman, Ryan Galan, Walter Galan, Rowena Garrett, Eugene Gonzales, Manny Gonzalez, Rich Goodall, Kathy Goodall, Julie Goodall, Liv Griffin, Candice Harada, Fancis Hardiman, Alexandra Pauline Hayes, Lynn Hayes, Sandy Hayes, Danny Heng, Sovirya Heng, Björn Heußner, The Higa Family, Andrea Higham, Christopher Higham, Jonathan Higham, Matthew Higham, Spencer Higham, Terry Higham, Tamara Higham, Leilani Hinton, Cindy Hoey, Donald Hoey, Ralf Hoffesommer, Gisela Hoffesommer, Jenna Hogan, Sienna Hopkins, X Hopkins, Lynn Hughes, Tom Hughes, Yem Thi Huynh, The Jacobi Family, Rahsaan Jackson, Sandra Jarvis, Lothell Jones, Debra Kaufman, Robert Kaufman, Rachel Kaufman, Chie Kawabata, Levon Kazaryan, Stella Kazaryan, The Kendall Family, Cathy Klein, Miriam Knof, Michael Kolkau, Heather Kovarik, Falko Kuzyna, Katja Kuzyna, Donna LaFave, Aileen Lai, Dory Laygo, Robert Laygo, Katherine Lee, Mrs. Lee, Deven LeTendre, Elizabeth Levy, George Levy, Steven Lisberger, Peggy Lisberger, Amy Liu, Sam Liu, Angie Lorenzen, Caroline Lorenzen, Christian Lorenzen, George Luzniak, Jackie Luzniak, Ruth Luzniak, The Luzniak Clan, Oksana Luzniak, Kenvin Lyman, Anthony Ma, Chau T. Ma, Hiem T. Ma, Hien M. Ma, Long M. Ma, Luc T. Ma, Megan Ma, Nghia Van Ma, Phuc T. Ma, Phat T. Ma, Richard Ma, Lori Machin, Travis Machin, Megan Machin, Vichea Meak, Adrian Maleska, Bryan Manfred, Allison Manfred, Chris Manfred, Amanda Manfred, Nick Mao, Matt Materna (the twins), Hinadi Materna (the twins), Abraham May, David May, Daniel May, Jeremiah May, Leakana May, Nareth May, Rebekah May, Carmen Escudero Mayor, Dan McCaw, Vicky McCann, Vanessa McCarthy, Jezebel McCarthy, Oceanis McCarthy, Carolyn McEntyre, Drasha McEntyre, Keandra McEntyre, Travis McEntyre, Chris McGuire, Tracy McGuire, Larysa Meyers, Chris Meyers, David Middleton, Kathy Middleton, Ashley Middleton, Charlie Middleton, Rachel Mina, MMJB, Barbara Moldavon, Sherman Moldavon, Ida Moldavon, Laraine Moniz, Dink Moniz, Robbie Mork, Graham Morness, Thelma Morness, The Murrays, Rob Nestler, Sandra Neubert, Lanny Nielsen, Matt Nordstrom, Pat O'Hara, Nancy O'Hara, Loan Ong, Aaron Owens, Natalie Owens, Hayden Owens, Emerson Owens, Pete Palacio, Godofredo Panganiban, Jean Panganiban, Soledad Panganiban, Rene Parola, Paul Pederson, Pel Pederson, Con Pederson, Marian Pettit, Dennis Phillips, Bonnie Phillips, The Posnachewsky Clan, Deborah Putney, Melissa Quebral, Art Rahimi, Rasoul Rahimi, Zohre Rahimi, The Ranjan Family, Olive Richardson, Krista Richey, Cameron Richey, Makenna Richey, Alec Robinson, Keri Robinson, Pat Robinson (Cookie Dealer), Patricia Rogers, Kylie Rogers, Clarissa Rogers, Jeffery Rose, Michael Rothman, Brooke Rupert III, Grizzy Rupert III, Erin Schaefer, Elliott Schaefer, Alma Schaefer, Celeste Schield, Schlunz Schmall, Lumpi Schmall, Thomas Schmall, Bobby Serrato, George Shaw, Rachel Shin, Robyn Shin, Sung Hee Shin, Sung Young Shin, The Silvis Family, Charles Sloan, Clive Smith, Cheryl Smith, Ian Smith, Sylvia Smith, Richard Smith, Lisa Smith, Tony Smith, Jefferson Darcy Stewart, Russell Strazzella, Alex Suarez, Tom Suffert, Matt Sullivan, Chris Swain, Ali Tabatabaee, Leila Tabatabaee, The Tabatabaee Family, Jean Tai, The Tang Family, Martha Tapia, The Tasic Family, Betty Taylor, Lynda Taylor, Lynne Taylor, Richard S. 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