Pandemic reveals Lord of the Rings Conquest

Posted May 8th 2008 5:00PM by Richard Mitchell
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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.

Gallery: Lord of the Rings: Conquest

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

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

5-08-2008 @ 5:33PM

webster1990 said...

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

5-08-2008 @ 5:58PM

SytheMaster said...

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!

5-08-2008 @ 6:37PM

Magic Whiskey said...

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

5-08-2008 @ 7:52PM

Philip (Fernando Rocker Defence Force) said...

This games will be really good or really crappy.

5-08-2008 @ 9:11PM

Hobo Fight Club said...

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.

5-08-2008 @ 9:18PM

Cutty said...

this game has tons of potential.......but so did a lot of crappy games, so i wont get my hopes up....but hopefully it will come out good.....

5-08-2008 @ 10:53PM

IncredibleBulk92 said...

This game SHOULD be good but I have a strange feeling its gonna be pretty crappy, I'm not sure why. Apparently the last time I was right was with Haze so meh, we'll see

5-08-2008 @ 11:42PM

yost said...

please let this rock.....oh I am going to be so broke this fall......

5-09-2008 @ 6:10AM

Boff said...

LOTR related games are always welcome in my disc tray.

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