If you log into XBLA right now and check out the demos, you should see that Electronic Arts' have released a demo for their Tolkein-inspired RTS game, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II.

A PC version's also been released, but obviously, the real benefit of a demo here is for the 360 version, as it will allow you to figure out if the much-vaunted intuitive console control scheme is anything less than three to four times as maddening as a mouse and keyboard would be. Florian Eckhardt

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