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Lord of the Rings: Conquest coming in January, Oliphaunt legions playable photo

Today, Pandemic Studios announced that Lord of the Rings: Conquest will be shipping to stores in North America on January 13, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PC and Jaguar.

If you’re unfamiliar, Conquest is a title that operates inside Peter Jackson’s LotR movie universe and seeks to recreate the massive conflicts that plague Middle Earth during the time of the trilogy. The same team that handled the Star Wars Battlefront franchise is developing Conquest and it’s beginning to show. Just like Battlefront, players will be able to take hold of the opposite (evil) side of the conflict and control Sauron’s forces.

More importantly, Oliphaunts have been confirmed. Oliphaunts are like elephants, except larger and infinitely cooler. Basically, they are flesh tanks with tusks and clearly the best thing Tolkien ever created.







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king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 17:53
king3vbo
I saw this game at PAX, BPG was playing it. It looks kind of like Battlefield, but in LOTR. It seemed pretty cool
r0ryb0ryalis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 18:17
r0ryb0ryalis
Technically they are called Mūmakil (Mūmak singular)...Oliphaunt is just a silly hobbit word.

/nerd
Lewis Bell's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 18:36
Lewis Bell
beatn to the punch by r0ry
Satsumomo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 18:43
Satsumomo
As long as it isn't as impossibly hard like Battlefront :(

Seriously, it's the only game I've stopped playing because it was so damn difficult.
TurboHyperFighting's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 20:37
TurboHyperFighting


Has a differing opinion.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 20:53
Aaron Mxy Yost
I really want this to be awesome. I enjoyed Battlefront, but I'm a much bigger LotR nerd than I am a Star Wars nerd.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 01:26
whormongr
@Mxyzptlk - I am the opposite- die hard star wars fan but like LOTR - but I was a hardcore battlefront/II player so I am also wanting this to be awesome
Paul Soth's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 04:37
Paul Soth
Sure, that's a large horse... but does it BLEED FROM THE ASS?
Brad Nicholson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 07:39
Brad Nicholson
@r0ryb0ryalis - Absolutely, sir. The movies have made me forget everything that I used to know about the trilogy.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 08:43
Holyetheline
Can you break those tusks off?
Drakonin's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 11:37
Drakonin
Sweet a new reason to bust out my....Jaguar? Awesome!
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