Conquest is a capture-and-hold style game, similar to the conquest mode found in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. Multiple control points are spread across the level. The object is for players to capture enemy control points by standing near them for a set amount of time while defending their own control points.[1] In Countdown to Extinction players must take an active bomb and place it at an enemy base, similar to the Assault mode in the Halo series.