Pandemic parent Electronic Arts quietly revealed earlier this year that Pandemic, famous for Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront, was working on a LOTR title, but no details were revealed.

Pandemic revealed Thursday that the new LOTR game is subtitled Conquest and will be an action title for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS and PC.

The game will be set in J.R.R. Tolkien"s LOTR universe as depicted by Peter Jackson"s hit movies, thanks to EA"s partnership with New Line Cinema.

This time around, gamers will be able to play both good and evil sides of the LOTR conflict.

Pandemic general manager Josh Resnick said that Conquest will give gamers "full control of the blade, bow and magic to fight ... epic battles any way they want – even if they choose to play from the evil side.”

Release for Conquest is slated for fall this year.