US, May 8, 2008 - To coincide with today's announcement of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, we sent out a beacon to Pandemic's shores to find out just what the game is all about. Luckily for us, Eric "Giz" Gewirtz:, the director behind the game, responded to our call and gave us the low-down on the studio's spiritual successor to Star Wars: Battlefront.
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/872/872401p1.html
This does look and sound like Star Wars: Battlefront games but in the LOTR universe from the interview. I may not like LOTR movies BUT I love the book and love battlefront so I'll have to get this