One Ring to Rule the DS

Pandemic Studios have announced a new entry into the Lord of the Rings franchise, Conquest.

Lord of the Rings Conquest is the next-generation action packed outing that sees players trying to help defend middle-earth with the good chaps, or take the evil route and help destroy it.

Our Pandemic Studios creative teams have years of expertise bringing giant battlefields to life. 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.

Pandemic Studios co-founder and general manager, Andrew Goldman.

New Line Cinema is also helping with the project, to improve the likeness of the film-stars to make the experience even more convincing.

Alongside the DS version will be next-generation builds for PS3 and Xbox 360, due for release in the second half of 2008. A Wii version has not been confirmed, though is likely to not be in development at this time.