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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
king3vbo at 10/30/2008 17:53
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
r0ryb0ryalis at 10/30/2008 18:17
Technically they are called Mūmakil (Mūmak singular)...Oliphaunt is just a silly hobbit word.

/nerd
Lewis Bell's Avatar
Lewis Bell at 10/30/2008 18:36
beatn to the punch by r0ry
Satsumomo's Avatar
Satsumomo at 10/30/2008 18:43
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
TurboHyperFighting at 10/30/2008 20:37


Has a differing opinion.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 10/30/2008 20:53
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
whormongr at 10/31/2008 01:26
@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
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Paul Soth at 10/31/2008 04:37
Sure, that's a large horse... but does it BLEED FROM THE ASS?
Brad Nicholson's Avatar
Brad Nicholson at 10/31/2008 07:39
@r0ryb0ryalis - Absolutely, sir. The movies have made me forget everything that I used to know about the trilogy.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/31/2008 08:43
Can you break those tusks off?
Drakonin's Avatar
Drakonin at 10/31/2008 11:37
Sweet a new reason to bust out my....Jaguar? Awesome!
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