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Pandemic Studios, a studio within the EA family, announced that they’re developing The Lord of the Rings: Conquest for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and Nintendo DS. Pandemic is best known for their work on the Star Wars Battlefront and Destroy All Humans series. LOTR: Conquest is being developed in conjunction with New Line Cinema. As such, the game will be based on Peter Jackson’s vision of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fiction. This time around, you won’t be shackled to fighting as the forces of good, you will actually be able to “conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself.” Look for the game to release this fall across the globe. The following are developer and PR quotes from the press release:
“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 Tolkien’s ‘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.”
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