In a partnership with New Line Cinema and The Saul Zaentz Company, 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.

By downloading the Heroes & Maps pack, players will get to choose from three new classic J.R.R. Tolkien characters to play as, including the massive Gothmog, the heroic Boromir and the powerful Elven Maiden Arwen, bringing the total number of playable characters to over 20. Players can battle as these heroes and villains in two new multiplayer maps, all playable in any of the game’s three game modes, Team Deathmatch, Conquest and Capture the Ring, taking players to the hot lava fields in the Battle of the Last Alliance or the shady forests of Amon Hen.

Also included are two new Hero Arenas, Minas Tirith and Weathertop. This new game mode offers players an additional extension to The Lord of the Rings: Conquest experience where they can engage in intense, online battles in a small theatre of war. This mode gives fans a chance to see the heroes and villains of the universe settle long-time battles and rivalries one on one. The previously released Hero Arena content pack including the first two arenas is still available as a free (reauires valid Xbox Live or PlayStation Network Account) download on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

“The Lord of the Rings universe offers so much variety and depth and we wanted to pass more of this incredible experience to fans,” says Michael Saladino, Senior Producer at Pandemic Studios. “The Heroes & Maps pack gives gamers a chance to experience even more intense battles with their friends online and explore more of Middle-earth.”

The new Heroes & Maps Pack is available for download today for 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox Live Marketplace and $9.99 at the PlayStation Store.

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Achievements:

• War of the Last Alliance: Complete the training level (5)
• Battle of Helm’s Deep: Complete the Helm’s Deep level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• Conquer over Isengard: Complete the Isengard level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• The Mines of Moria : Complete the Mines of Moria level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• Siege of Minas Tirith: Complete the Minas Tirith level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• Battle of Pelennor Fields: Complete the Pelennor Fields level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• Assault on Osgiliath: Complete the Osgiliath level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• Assault on Minas Morgul: Complete the Minas Morgul level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (25)
• All's Well as Ends Better: Complete the Black Gate level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign (35)
• Assault on Mount Doom: Complete the Mount Doom level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• Siege of Osgiliath: Complete the Osgiliath level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• Fall of Minas Tirith: Complete the Minas Tirith level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• Battle of Weathertop: Complete the Weathertop level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• Siege of Moria: Complete the Mines of Moria level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• Razing of Rivendell: Complete the Rivendell level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (25)
• The Land of Shadow: Complete the Shire level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign (35)
• Splintered Shields: Kill 100 enemies in one life as the warrior (15)
• Blade That Was Broken: Score 30 hits on the combo counter as the warrior (15)
• Blademaster: Kill 25 players as the warrior in any ranked match (20)
• Eagle Eyes: Get 25 headshot kills in one life as the archer (15)
• Rain of Fire: Kill 25 enemies in one life with the archer's fire arrows (15)
• Marksman: Headshot kill 10 players as the archer in any ranked match (20)
• A Knife in the Dark: Use the scout to backstab 10 enemies in one life (15)
• Fire and Slaughter: Kill 25 enemies in one life with the scout's bombs (15)
• Assassin: Backstab 10 players as the scout in any ranked match (20)
• House of Healing: Heal 30 allies in one life as the mage (15)
• Flame of Anor: Kill 100 enemies in one life with the mage's fire wall (15)
• A Storm is Coming: Kill 15 players with the Mage's lightning in any ranked match (20)
• Storm and the Lightning: Score the most points on the winning team in any ranked online match (50)
• A Red Sun Rises: Kill 30 enemies in a ranked Team Deathmatch match (50)
• Rings of Power: Capture 3 rings in a ranked Capture the Ring match (50)
• Ride to Ruin: Capture 10 control points in ranked Conquest match (50)
• Return of the King: Defeat 3 Nazgul as Aragorn in Minas Morgul ("War of the Ring" Campaign) (15)
• You Have My Axe: Kill 20 enemies with Gimli in any Team Deathmatch game (15)
• You Have My Bow: Kill 20 enemies with Legolas in any Team Deathmatch game (15)
• I Will Take It: Capture a ring with Frodo in a ranked Capture the Ring match (15)
• You Shall Not Pass!: Defeat the Balrog as Gandalf in the Mines of Moria ("War of the Ring" Campaign) (15)
• No Living Man Am I: Defeat the Witch King as Eowyn in Pelennor Fields ("War of the Ring" Campaign) (15)
• Lord of Mordor: Defeat Gandalf as Sauron in the Shire ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign) (15)
• Lord of the Nine Riders: Kill 10 players in one life as the Witch King in any ranked match (15)
• Never Toss a Dwarf: Defeat Gimli as the Balrog in the Mines of Moria ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign) (15)
• The Way of Pain: Defeat Aragorn as Saruman in Weathertop ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign) (15)
• Stupid Hobbitses: Kill 300 hobbits in the Shire in one playthrough ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign) (10)
• Mithril Armor: Complete any campaign level without dying (10)
• Fellowship of the Ring: Complete a campaign level cooperatively (10)

Lord of Lord of The Rings: Conquest System Requirements

For WinXP SP2 or Windows Vista

• 2.4 GHz Core Duo processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM
• A 256 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 - nvidia 7800 or equivelent
• The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
• A DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space for installation.

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and NDS will ship January 9, 2009 internationally and January 13, 2009 in the U.S.