Conquest is still giving the press a bit to talk about, although the amount of previews, videos and hands-on is starting to slow down now. Still, there’s plenty to read. An overview of the latest:

PSX Extreme has a new preview for Conquest, having some great details about the game. Amongst them is a list of all the heroes, and the revelation of a few new maps. The article also reinforces the already-circulating rumors about an unconfirmed “Guardian” class;

In total, 60 characters will be playable in the game, scattered across five different fighter classes. There are the Warriors, Archers, Scouts, Mages, and Guardians.

The preview also touches on some of the races featured in the game:

In addition to fighter classes there are also a variety of different races to choose from, including Gondorians, Rohirrim, Elves, Haradrim, Orcs, Uruk-Hai, Easterlings, Hobbits, and a few more that have yet to be announced.

Although the preview is relatively short, it holds plenty of new information and tidbits that are sure to fuel discussion on our forums and around the community.

Of interest also is the fact that a forum user over at Pandemic’s official game forums is answering some questions about Conquest. He was able to play the LotRC demo on Leipzig, so its worth checking out!

GameSpot has a preview for Conquest as well. Not revealing a lot of new details, the preview discusses the controls in the game, praising them as being “fluid” as opposed to some other recent previews.

The next portion of the level involved getting close to enough to some oliphants to climb them and take them down. Getting into position was a bit of challenge, considering that the stomping heel of a pillaging pachyderm generally means instant death in almost any scenario. Once we were in the right spot, a flip of the trigger initiated a short climbing sequence that was vaguely reminiscent of Shadow of the Colossus, and once we’d climbed far enough, a God of War-style button-mashing sequence felled the behemoth once and for all.

As the LGC press frenzy reaches its end, we are preparing to once again update all our content and give you a nice overview post soon! Stay tuned.