Pandemic Studios has announced that The Lord of the Rings: Conquest for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, PC and Nintendo DS, will ship January 9th, 2009 internationally and January 13th, 2009 in the U.S.

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.