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The Lord of the Rings Conquest is the upcoming video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is based on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and uses a similar style to the Star Wars: Battlefront games. The game allows the player to play as both the forces of good and evil, but unlike The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the latter option is based around Sauron stopping the One Ring from being destroyed and fighting back.

Pandemic was aided by Weta Digital in developing the game. They provided many of their digital models, including the fell beasts. Pandemic is also negotiating to use elements that were cut from the films, and have taken inspiration from the novel, such as a level based around Balin’s conquest of Moria. Some inspiration was less direct: the heroes decide not to attack Minas Morgul, so a level was based around conquering that city as if they did. The game will use Howard Shore’s score to the films.

Classes in Conquest have their own unique styles of gameplay. Gamplay styles include melee, ranged, and magic.

The 4 known playable classes for each faction are as followed:

• Warrior: A melee combat unit which uses swordplay. Warriors can gain strength to unleash more powerful attacks, like setting their swords on fire. Warriors can also block and perform counter attacks with special moves. The warrior also has an axe as a secondary, short-ranged weapon.
• Archer: A long ranged unit with a bow and arrow that plays like a third person shooter. Different types of arrows have been confirmed such as fire arrows which can burn things, poison arrows which slow enemies down and does damage over time, and a triple shot attack which fires a volley of three arrows. They also have a close quarters attack, which knocks down the enemy.
• Scout: A master in the art of moving unseen. The scouts weapons are two knives. A known move of this assassin is back stabbing a troll. The scout has the ability to cloak and kill units from behind. He also has fire bombs as a ranged attack.
• Mage: A magic user with a staff that can use spells on enemies and is a support unit. Mages can use magical attacks like lightning blasts, fire, and shockwaves. Mages can also create a bubble around them for defense. They can also use their staffs as melee weapons for close quarters enemies, though it is not as effective.

Some unplayable units include grunt soldiers, which are the weakest units in the game, and captains, which are the strongest AI units in the game other than heroes. Fellbeasts and eagles are also in the game, however, they are only used for air strikes, therefore cannot actually be controlled by the player.