The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is a series of three real-time strategy games developed by Electronic Arts from 2004 to 2006: * The Battle for Middle-earth * The Battle for Middle-earth II * The Battle for Middle-earth II Expansion pack: The Rise of the Witch-king The Battle for Middle-earth and Liquid Entertainment's War of the Ring (from 2003) are the only prominent Lord of the Rings-based RTS games.