New LOTR game coming this fall

[shorty920]

Pandemic initiates LOTR: Conquest - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot

As part of an investor meeting in February, publishing giant Electronic Arts let slip, and Pandemic Studios quickly confirmed, that its freshly acquired developer was at work on a new game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novels. However, aside from revealing that the new LOTR was set in the same universe as Peter Jackson's much-acclaimed film adaptations, Pandemic was only willing to say that more details would arrive "in the very near future."

Fell beasts represent.

That future date is today, as EA said that Pandemic's The Lord of the Rings: Conquest will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Nintendo DS this fall. In a marked distinction from EA's previous movie-based LOTR games from the early 2000s, Pandemic's take on the series promises to give players control of both sides of the conflict, fighting for either the alliance of men, elves, and dwarves or Sauron's evil legions.

Gameplay details were sparse in today's announcement, but the game sounds reminiscent of Pandemic's Star Wars: Battlefront series. Conquest is an action title that gives players control over battlefields of substantial size. Players will be able to handle a variety of characters, with EA calling out Oliphaunts, the Balrog, and Sauron himself as units in the forces of evil.

Adding a shade more color to what gameplay will entail, Pandemic general manager Josh Resnick said, "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."

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is the third project in development at Pandemic Studios, and more information on the game is available on the just-launched Web site for the game. The EA-owned developer plans to release Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on August 31, with Pandemic saying last April that Saboteur is expected for release on the same platforms this year.

[MEGADETH9mm]

too bad it's EA. i'll have NOTHING to do with that.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by MEGADETH9mm

too bad it's EA. i'll have NOTHING to do with that.

Damn right.

[MeherYaz]

Originally Posted by MEGADETH9mm

too bad it's EA. i'll have NOTHING to do with that.

Let's all boycott this game, just because it's from EA. We weren't going to buy it anyway, but "we want to buy it", but we aren't just to boycott it!

[Mr Joey]

People need to stop stomping their little feet over EA. They make high-quality games, yet everyone writes off every game they announce before it's even out due to 1 or 2 bad games from EA.

I can name you a rather large list of good EA games, how many bad EA games could you list?

I, for one, will be fucking hyped for this game. Battlefront 1 and 2 were some of the best games in the last gen, and this is a carbon copy of battlefront, only LOTR.

[page006]

Originally Posted by MEGADETH9mm

too bad it's EA. i'll have NOTHING to do with that.

ignorant people make me laugh

[w00ties]

Wish they were releasing The White Council

Hopefully this will be good.

[Jizzylax]

I won't buy it, and not for the reason that it is made by EA.

[w00ties]

I probably will. I enjoy fantasy-based stories like LOTR and Battlefront was a pretty popular game.