French gaming site ‘Nintendo Vision’ is reporting that EA has confirmed that the Lord of the Rings: Conquest is now heading for a 2009 release. Even though no official release date has been set to date, the game was originally scheduled for a fall 2008 release. When asked for a reason, EA stated that there was a “too massive flow of EA games in the 2008 Holiday season”. The game is thus now pushed to an unspecified “2009″ release. If the reasoning behind the delay is correct, it means that the game is still on track and should be soon completed, since it was expected before the turn of the year.
We’ve contacted Pandemic to confirm this rumour. Once we know more, we’ll let you know!
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Samus1111111:
zach:
I cant load it either.
Freek:
Fixed. Sorry (you could still reach it trough the front-page)
Samus1111111:
:wtf::omg:>:( Why EA, why?!?!?!?!?!?!?! What are you doing to us? We've been waiting for this game for soooooo long, and now that it's almost out you say that you might be releasing it NEXT YEAR!?!?!?!?
WHY?????
(Ok, I'm done, just had to get that off my chest ^^)
Freek:
I hope they use the extra time for some awesome quality control and to improve the game. A fall release always seemed to be too soon to me, especially since press coverage has been rather slim (all about the SP campaign upto now)
I am actually glad it was pushed ahead, and EA does have a point about the competition from just their own games as well as other publishers is too big around the holidays.
Samus1111111:
Ok, now that you point that out, I can live with a '09 release, as long as they improve the game quality
m@tt:
EA have improved their quality control measures of late (it's the reason Tiberian Wars has been cancelled), so hopefully this will apply to Pandemic too, and they can make it a better game.
Freek:
Mercs2 was apparently very buggy at launch. I never played it tho, so I can only repeat after the press.
zach:
Yea I hope they use this time to improve the game. I am glad it is delayed, I already have enough games I want to play this holiday.
Bareandir:
I'm not all that sad it got delayed. Gives me more hope that the game will be polished and more accurate to the lore(mage topic not included).
HMMcKamikaze:
Considering EA likes to push games ahead to get them released before Christmas (e.g. BfME,) I'm happy to hear that they are holding back on this one. Many of the games that make do have potential, but often times the finished product isn't actually finished, and promises about new exciting content that were made along the way end up being abandoned.
LegolasGreenleaf:
Is that sure???I mean the corporation of this game is Pandemic,who has different agents from EA,so Ea cant do this.Right????
m@tt:
EA are the publishers, the game can't be finished without them!
snOOkk:
You just gonna be f-ing kidding me!!! NO NOT 2009!!! FFS NO!!! GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I WANT IT NOW! I HATE THIS!!! I mean WHY GOD..? What have I done ? PLease what have I done to deserve this!!! NOOO!!!!! MOMYYYY!!!!!!
I am going to f-ing kill ea!!! Gahhhh!!!
Samus1111111:
:lol: that's how I felt (read earlier post) but then I realised (with some help from other posts) that this gives EA a chance to refine this game and make it even better than it would be coming out fall '08. That is always a good thing, but only if they make the game worth our wait. :)
zach:
EA owns Pandemic, they give them pretty much all the creative decisions with the major ones having to go through EA to be final.
Samus1111111:
Well here you go, a site that says that the release date will be January 13, 2009
http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?...conquest#story
At least it's only January, but that doesn't give EA much time to improve on the game.
zach:
You would be surprised what 2 months can do.
Samus1111111:
hopefully it can do a lot :)
Varamite:
So many games I want, not enough money. I see this as good. Mercs 2 and a bunch of other releases this year will suffice. And Mercs 2 was on the buggy side, but I doubt that Conquest will be the same, considereing Battlefront wasn't too bad.
Sledgehammer:
I did not hear this directly from Pandemic, but the release of LOTR Conquest has been pushed a bit. I will see if I can get someone over at Pandemic to comment on this.
Just be happy it isn't a White Council announcement of being put on hold forever...
Ayodon:
I went to gamestop and they have it listed for I think it was January 19 for the pc this may work for me or agin me seeing how my birthday is on the 21 :P
Samus1111111:
lol, nice, that would be perfect for you :)
Teregond:
seriously guys why are you all upset, Its a good thing in the end. Even so there's no point getting worked up by it there's nothing you can do just get on with your life and forget about conquest only get excited the week before it comes out getting hyped this long away is a bit silly.
Samus1111111:
I know, I figured that out about 2 minutes after I posted my first post :lol:
Teregond:
yeah I mean if some of you guys are that 'excited' go and knock one off.
Ayodon:
hopefully they use the time to add more stuff to it
I think of it as the sooner it comes out the sooner the price drops so it is somewhat of a setback cause I probably wont get it till its about 30$
this is just to much "sniff" three more months, I need a tallboy
Freek:
I dont want them to add stuff, I want them to perfect whats already in it :)
Ayodon:
that to :P
Samus1111111:
Ayodon:
well riding a nazgul would be a improvement they could do but I guess they need time to perfect stuff but pushing it back three months? they must have some serious rough spots to smooth out if they pushed it back passed Christmas they could have made alot of sales beetween know and then
Samus1111111:
Ayodon:
riding an eagle maybe?
Samus1111111:
I think that would be stupid because in the movies and the books, the eagles never let anyone ride them, except Gandalf. (as far as I know)
Freek:
I don't think it would work, you would simply be too powerful, you could just swoop down at will, and you'd be flying too fast for anyone to hit you.
Samus1111111:
agreed, you would be almost unstopable (except maybe by the fellbeasts :)) but I'm still against the whole fellbeast/whatever for the good side idea
Teregond:
Superium:
(Marvin The Martian voice) Oh this makes me so VERY angry.
Samus1111111:
carried in their talons, but they didn't ride the eagles
Samus1111111:
200th post :)
samoht:
It would be nice if we did have a reliable release date.
I hope it will be improved. not like it was bad though judging by the trailers.
Samus1111111:
Every game can be improved upon in one way or another. And I am taking January 13, 2009 as the official release date ;)
scousegit:
I hope it will be improved. not like it was bad though judging by the trailers.
Freek:
You know... EA/Panemic never said they changed the release because the game wasn't making the deadlines, it was because there were too many games in their fall portfolio. It's certainly plausible, although I do believe the extra time should and will be used to improve upon the game's quality.
Freek:
Just a note that it has been confirmed to us by EA that Conquest will indeed release somewhere in 2009.
zach:
Well at least its official now. :)
Samus1111111:
yep, but we still don't know for sure when in 2009 it will be released
Freek:
Before march :)
zach:
Well if they actually use this time then I hope it doesnt come out til February 28th. :)
Samus1111111:
y february 28th?
zach:
Its the last day before March and Freek said before March.... If Pandemic uses this time to improve the game the longer the better. Maybe we will see some more maps in different terrains such as Ithilien, or what would be amazing would be a Halo 3 Forge like mode ..... it would be possible for them to make one in that given time, but I doubt they will....
Samus1111111:
good point, then I can get it for my b-day (March 2) :)
Ayodon:
cool, works out pretty good :) but itll still be quite expensive a couple of months after they release it so if it comes out sooner I can get it sooner
theElvenwarrior:
stupid ea their always delaying games i hope it does come out this fall because all us gamers have been waiting patiently for so long. Please release it this year please.
theElvenwarrior:
ign said its coming out on january 13th check on ign and gamespot if u don't belive me
Samus1111111:
I already said that and provided a link :), but the January date might not be the final date either, EA is notorious for pushing the release date later and later :(
zach:
Usually EA rushes games not delay them... :P
I welcome the change.
Samus1111111:
most of us do, but only if they use this time to improve the game :)
Freek:
Don't take the release date from IGN/Gamespot/Wikipedia. When one site has "a" date, all the others copy it. Don't believe anything you hear or see unless its from Pandemic themselves.
zach:
Yea, sometime they also just put a date so they dont have a crap load of game with TBA.
Ranger of the Numenor:
I agree with I believe it was Zach who said they could add more maps, and maybe a mode similar to "Forge" from Halo 3. I'd like to see some more classes, instead of 3-4 maybe like the Battlefront 2's 6 classes per team. I just hope they use their time wisely and make it the best it can be. It may seem like forever till it is finally released (whenever that is to many dates) but just remember, the longer we wait the better it will be. (Usually)
~Ranger
Samus1111111:
I went to walmart.com and they said that you could pre-order Conquest, and that it will arrive on January 13 or shortly thereafter. I think that this means that January is the official release date, otherwise, they wouldn't promise that it would arrive around the 13th. Here's the link to see for yourself http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10213309
zach:
Ayodon:
gamestop has conquest moved to that same date
Freek:
They all copy eachothers' dates. They had October 15th, November 5th and November 23rd for a while. Now none of those are true, either. As Zach said, it is more an estimation then it is true. There is no official release date at this point. We only know it will be somewhere in early 2009.
Samus1111111:
oh, well then, the release date is still in question :(, hope they post an official and final one soon.
Sledgehammer:
You guys need to understand that EA owns Pandemic... they are not the ones running the team who is making the game. I have heard first and foremost that the game is mainly being pushed back to make sure the quality of game play is satisfactory.
The fact a community summit is on the horizon next week is pretty clear the game is shaping up and is looking good and they want people to know about it. I am personally attending this event and will fill you in on what I can.
I am unsure if the game will be showed via console or PC but either or I would like to try both versions to see what differences if any that will take place.
SeCrEt-StAsH:
Well i for one am glad its being held back, since i wanted to play a bit of cod5 first anyway :)