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Pandemic and EA reveal Lord of the Rings: Conquest photo

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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Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 05/08/2008 09:59
This would've been interesting to play in 2003!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 05/08/2008 10:05
Ouch pew, ouch.

I'm not a fan of LotR, this just makes me want a new Battlefront.
moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 05/08/2008 10:15
Woah, I'm pretty much sold on this idea. I'm in desperate need of a new LOTR game.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/08/2008 10:15
I enjoyed Star Wars: Battlefront, and I'm a huge LotR nerd. Definitely interested in this.
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 05/08/2008 10:18
wowzers...do want
loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 05/08/2008 10:19
A flaming sword? Really? Because that just screams LotR...

I'm going to need to see a few gameplay videos before I consider this as a non-bargain bin purchase.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/08/2008 10:29
@ loki d20: Dude, the Witch King wielded a flaming sword when he confronted Gandalf in Gondor. There's plenty of magic weapons in the books.
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brosef at 05/08/2008 10:30
I would rather have had an RPG, but I'll still check this out.

lol@Pew
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 05/08/2008 10:37
"There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!"
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Two at 05/08/2008 10:38
Sounds promising, especially the online mode. And I'm always down for some co-op.
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loki d20 at 05/08/2008 10:47
@ loki d20: Dude, the Witch King wielded a flaming sword when he confronted Gandalf in Gondor. There's plenty of magic weapons in the books.

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.
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PaperBowser0 at 05/08/2008 10:47
I guess you'd have to be a huge LotR fan to really be excited an enjoy this, but I guess I'm just not that kind of person. :(
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Chocobo Knight at 05/08/2008 10:49
Yes, please!!
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 05/08/2008 10:51
Douse sword with gasoline.

Apply match.
Demtor's Avatar
Demtor at 05/08/2008 10:52
Hurray for split screen Co-Op!! HURRAY!! That alone makes me want to buy the game. Need more of this for my PS3, please!
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 05/08/2008 11:02
Wow those pictures look awesome. I'm pretty excited about this.
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AlucardX24 at 05/08/2008 11:20
I came.
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Rockvillian at 05/08/2008 11:22
My brother's gonna go nuts. We play BFMEII: The Rise of the Witch King ALL the time (whenever the AI is behaving).
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 05/08/2008 11:30
Loki d20, I want to buy you an outside.
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Knives at 05/08/2008 11:38
I didn't like the battlefront games that much, but I'll give this a try just because it sounds epic.

@Rocky
We need to play more soulstorm!!

@Pew
Don't you mean you want to see his inside?
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king3vbo at 05/08/2008 12:18
Sounds fun in 2004
loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 05/08/2008 12:21
Loki d20, I want to buy you an outside.

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.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/08/2008 12:22
@ loki d20: The Balrog had a flaming sword too. :) There's plenty of magical artifacts in Middle-Earth. The Rings, the palantir, the blades Merry & Pippin find in the Barrow-Downs, Orcrist, Sting, Grond the battering ram, Turin's cursed sword... The entire hidden Elvish city of Gondolin was created basicaly as a magical armory to use against evil. Yes, Tolkien isn't D&D. There's still many instances of magic though, it's just seen through the eyes of the hobbits and thus not broken down into the "+4 against undead short sword" nonsense.

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.
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loki d20 at 05/08/2008 12:44
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).
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/08/2008 12:51
This was fun. Gimmie a hug!
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CoryDLewis at 05/08/2008 14:37
Hey guys, just wanted to clarify -- the game supports up to 16 players online. There was a miscommunication during the interview translation earlier on IGN.

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. :)
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/08/2008 15:15
@CoryDLewis: Awesome, so awesome. 32 player skirmishes would be insanely epic, but 16 is fine too.
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 05/08/2008 15:48
SWEET
love Battlefront, like LOTR
bring on the mash-up
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Clockwork at 05/08/2008 17:30
This is honestly a dream come true. I've been waiting for a LOTR/Battlefront/Dynasty Warriors type game for a long long time.
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TheGregsaw at 05/09/2008 02:07
battlefront is pretty solid, and battlefront in the lotr world would be pretty awesome.

i wonder if they're keep the heroes idea.
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