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Lord of The Rings Conquest Announced! |
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PANDEMIC STUDIOS ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST
‘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.
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