The rumors of Pandemic working on a new
Lord of the Rings title have been confirmed today, and it's definitely
not the dead-on-arrival role-playing title,
The White Council. Sticking with what they know best, Pandemic will deliver a large-scale battle title,
Lord of the Rings: Conquest to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC later this year.
Think their popular Battlefront games, just with trolls, elves, and orcs, because that's the direction they seem to be taking with Conquest. The game will span a number of the epic battlefields from the franchise, with raging battles that will feature up to 150 characters on-screen at once. Conquest will also sport a four-player cooperative campaign, either online or via split-screen, in addition to other online head-to-head modes (currenly planned for up to sixteen players).
Lord of the Rings: Conquest is scheduled for release this fall.
[Update: The original story incorrectly stated that the title would support up to eight players online. Pandemic has contacted us to say that they're currently planning to support sixteen players, although that's not set in stone. The story has been updated accordingly.]
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9:56 AM on 05.08.2008
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I'm not a fan of LotR, this just makes me want a new Battlefront.
I'm going to need to see a few gameplay videos before I consider this as a non-bargain bin purchase.
lol@Pew
Dude, there aren't that many magic items in the books in general. And, pray tell, which human warrior was it that had a flaming sword? There was one flaming sword wielded by the freaking Witch King and no other. It's a slippery slope when they start handing out magical items to humans in LotR games. LotRs isn't D&D where you loot magic items all over the place, it's about the mundane versus the mystical and unknown.
Apply match.
@Rocky
We need to play more soulstorm!!
@Pew
Don't you mean you want to see his inside?
Why? Because I believe they should respect the origin of the content? They're just making your typical fantasy game with LotR slapped to it. You paint me as some sort of social pariah who hides in his mommy's basement because he thinks it's lame that they can't do something as simple as that. Please, I've read the books only once and actually hate his writing style, but I can at least respect his mythos when I'm going to slap the name of his creations on something.
Ultimately, this is a freaking video game based on a magicial fantasty world. Guys are going to have flaming swords every now and then. It might just be a power up or combo move. Deal with it.
I'm surprised they're taking the fantasy elements this far, and that's just my opinion. I'm not going to change it and just roll over on my opinion, nor do I expect you to do the same.
Deal with that however you please (Friday night drinking making fun of me and others on the interwebs I'm hoping).
It's been corrected here:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/872/872392p1.html
Sixteen is the current online count, but it's not set in stone, and there's always a chance it could go higher. :)
love Battlefront, like LOTR
bring on the mash-up
i wonder if they're keep the heroes idea.