Today, Pandemic Studios announced thatLord of the Rings: Conquestwill be shipping to stores in North America on January 13, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PC and Jaguar.
If you’re unfamiliar,Conquestis a title that operates inside Peter Jackson’sLotRmovie universe and seeks to recreate the massive conflicts that plague Middle Earth during the time of the trilogy. The same team that handled theStar Wars Battlefrontfranchise is developingConquestand it’s beginning to show. Just likeBattlefront, players will be able to take hold of the opposite (evil) side of the conflict and control Sauron’s forces.
More importantly, Oliphaunts have been confirmed. Oliphaunts are like elephants, except larger and infinitely cooler. Basically, they are flesh tanks with tusks and clearly the best thing Tolkien ever created.
