Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment’s digital download store, today announced that two of Electronic Arts’ most-anticipated titles are available for digital download in conjunction with their retail store release. Mirror’s Edge and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest are now available digitally for purchase in North America on Direct2Drive (http://www.direct2drive.com) and in Europe on Direct2Drive UK (http://www.direct2drive.co.uk), joining other EA titles, such as Spore, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, which are already available on the site.

With the addition of Mirror’s Edge and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Electronic Arts continues to contribute to Direct2Drive’s AAA roster of leading game publishers that are making titles available for digital download.

”EA is pleased to extend our latest PC titles to gamers via Direct2Drive,” said Tom Cipolla, EA’s General Manager of North American Publishing. “The fast-paced, innovative action of Mirror’s Edge and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest join the growing catalog of PC games available on the service.”

“We are proud to work with EA to add both The Lord of the Rings: Conquest and Mirror’s Edge to Direct2Drive’s growing library of leading PC game titles,” said Sutton Trout, VP of digital content for IGN Entertainment. “Our goal is to give gamers another great way to purchase and enjoy some of the most popular PC games from the world’s leading publishers.”

Since the site’s launch in October 2004, more than one million games have been downloaded on Direct2Drive, and the site enables gamers to conveniently purchase, download and play the latest PC games and expansion packs from the world’s top publishers. The site features titles from the industry’s top publishers including Electronic Arts, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Rockstar Games and THQ, underscoring the growing investment the industry’s top publishers are making in digital delivery.