Pandemic reveals Lord of the Rings Conquest

by Richard Mitchell { May 8th 2008 at 5:00PM }

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EA returns once more to the golden money spigot that is The Lord of the Rings franchise with The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Currently under development at Pandemic, IGN states that Conquest is essentially the studio's Star Wars: Battlefront set in the LOTR universe. Players will take control of the series' many creatures and characters (no word on whether or not the game will feature heroes å la Battlefront) and wage war on some of the films' most famous battlefields. The game will also include battles not featured in the films (dare we hope for the Battle of Bywater?). Conquest will feature up to 16 players online, 4 player co-op (online and local), where players will fight battles that feature up to 150 characters on screen at one time. The game will include both a good and evil campaign, including a scenario in which Sauron -- the leader of the evil forces -- reclaims the One Ring. Expect Conquest to arrive in fall 2008.

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Tags: conquest, ea, lord-of-the-rings, lotr-conquest, pandemic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

webster1990 @ May 8th 2008 5:33PM

not as cool as star wars (i hate the lotr movies, sorry)
but i will probably still buy it as i love battlefront.

i heard a while back that the timesplitters guys had the rights to make the new battlefront, maybe thats why ea are making a lotr version instead

SytheMaster @ May 8th 2008 5:58PM

While I'll buy it because I love everything Lord of the Rings. I bet this wil be good since The Return of the king game was fun and this will probobly be that upscaled. But the best LOTR game is definatly Battle For Middle Earth. The campaign in that pwns!

Magic Whiskey @ May 8th 2008 6:37PM

Dagorlad Battle Plains here I come! Fear my Aiglos spear!

Philip (Fernando Rocker Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 7:52PM

This games will be really good or really crappy.

Hobo Fight Club @ May 8th 2008 9:11PM

I'm just glad that we get more Battlefront style games from Pandemic, since they aren't working with the Star Wars license anymore. I don't have much hope for Free Radical's (rumored) Star Wars Battlefront sequel after seeing the lackluster Haze. There is a Haze demo on the PSN today so I'll check it out though.