Conquest Of The Lord Of The Rings
Fancy a trip back to Middle Earth? Well, the Middle Earth as seen in Peter Jackson's Academy Award-winning film trilogy? Well, Pandemic Studios has just announced the development of The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest, due out in the fall of 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Nintendo DS. (Where's the Wii love?)
Coming from the developer who brought us the Star Wars Battlefront games, Conquest will let players engage the epic battles of the movie trilogy from whichever side they want. So when you're tired of swinging Aragon's sword, you can see how Sauron's staff feels in your hand. Wait, that sounded a little dirty.
"Our Pandemic Studios creative teams have years of expertise bringing giant battlefields to life," says Andrew Goldman , Pandemic Studios co-founder and general manager. "We've always wanted to harness our experience in a fantasy universe with warriors, archers, mages and castle sieges. Of course, there is truly no better fantasy world to recreate than the enormity of 'The Lord of the Rings' realm."
There's a poorly-designed (and in-development) website up, and they're going to premiere some game footage and the first trailer exclusively on Spike TV's GameTrailers TV on Friday, June 20. Oh, and I've put the full press release after the jump if you're really that interested.
PANDEMIC STUDIOS Announces Development of THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ : CONQUEST™
05.08.08
'Conquest' Grants Players Freedom to Fight Epic 'Rings' Battles Any Way Desired
LOS ANGELES, Calif. , May 8, 2008 - Pandemic™ Studios, an award-winning developer of blockbuster video games, is proud to announce the development of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest ™ for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PC and Nintendo DS™ platforms. Pandemic Studios is a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS).
In a partnership with New Line Cinema, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game created by the same Pandemic Studios team behind the best-selling Star Wars Battlefront ™ and Star Wars Battlefront ™ II titles. Set in "The Lord of the Rings" universe of J.R.R. Tolkien as depicted by the Academy Award®-winning films, players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want. In addition to crusading as the heroic forces of good, for the first time ever in a 'The Lord of the Rings' action title they'll conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron's evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself. The game is set for a global release in fall 2008.
"Our Pandemic Studios creative teams have years of expertise bringing giant battlefields to life," says Andrew Goldman , Pandemic Studios co-founder and general manager. "We've always wanted to harness our experience in a fantasy universe with warriors, archers, mages and castle sieges. Of course, there is truly no better fantasy world to recreate than the enormity of 'The Lord of the Rings' realm."
"We'll freely admit that we're rabid fans of The Lord of the Rings fantasy," says Josh Resnick, co-founder and general manager at Pandemic Studios. "Our experience creating massive, rich, action-packed games means that The Lord of the Rings: Conquest will give fans exactly what they want: full control of the blade, bow and magic to fight its epic battles any way they want - even if they choose to play from the evil side."
"We are thrilled to be working with Pandemic Studios on this game," commented David Imhoff, Senior EVP of Worldwide Licensing & Merchandising for New Line Cinema. "They bring not only their incredible technical and creative abilities but also a great passion for The Lord of the Rings."
The world premiere of game footage and the first trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Conquest will premiere exclusively on Spike TV's GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley on Friday, June 20.
This announcement reveals the third blockbuster video game project in the works at Pandemic Studios' Los Angeles-based headquarters alongside the upcoming Mercenaries 2: World in Flames ™ and Saboteur ™, both in development for the Xbox 360™, PLAYSTATION®3 and PC platforms. For more information on The Lord of the Rings: Conquest , please visit: http://www.pandemicstudios.com/conquest .
Wootini
Posted to Video Games on 8 May 2008
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I hate to be the geek to point this out, Wootini...but Sauron, the dark lord, doesn't have a staff...you're thinking Saruman the white wizard. gyeeenerd.
Oops. You are quite correct. I guess I was thinking about Saruman. However, you can still play as Sauron, so that must be what confused me. Heh. But I don't care enough to fix it. I'd rather look like slightly less of a LotR geek, thank you very much.
BTW, how did no one connect them before he was revealed as evil? Saruman... Sauron... kind of a dead giveaway, don'tchathink? :-)
Are there really not enough LotR games? I guess you could say the same about Star Wars, I just happen to not like Rings.
what's Legolas holding in his hand?
Sauron uses a MACE. At least in the movie.
LotR games are very uneven. Does anyone remember that LotR RPG? The one that starred the B-List Fellowship? And all the cut scenes were nonsensically edited clips from the movies shoehorned to serve a new purpose?
The Return of the King brawler for PS2 was KICK ASS.