The Battle for Middle Earth 2 website has a new blog entry by executive producer Mike Verdu. Verdu mentions that even with the recent announcement of the development of Command & Conquer 3, the EALA team remains commited to updates to the Lord of the Rings strategy game. A fifth patch is being worked on for release late summer, one that will be all about game balancing. "Cool new tools" for the mod community are promised as well.