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An ad for LEGO
Batman 2: Super Heroes was reportedly spotted inside kits for LEGO's
upcoming Super Heroes line. It featured the Caped Crusader and a
number of superhero allies, all but confirming earlier rumors that
the next LEGO Batman 2 will be diving headlong into the DC
Universe...
LEGO Systems and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced a worldwide license agreement for TT Games Publishing to continue developing the highly successful LEGO based videogames across multiple platforms. Operating as part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of WBHEG, TT Games is the publisher and developer behind the award-winning hit LEGO videogame franchises including, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman: The Videogame and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, which have sold close to 50 million units worldwide.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that LEGO Batman: The Videogame has sold through more than one million copies across all formats in the UK, since launch in 2008, and continues to be a top-seller week-over-week on the UK charts. LEGO Batman: The Videogame - developed by TT Games, makers of LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Rock Band and the forthcoming LEGO Harry Potter - combines trademark LEGO charm and imaginative gameplay with one of the world's largest entertainment properties to create a runaway success.
Nominations for Develop Industry Excellence Awards are unveiled, and two developers are likely to walk away with most of them. Rockstar and Media Molecule will be contesting for the most category nominations. Rockstar snags six of them with GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned from Rockstar while Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet alone is nominated for another five.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are pleased to announce that LEGO Batman: The Videogame has won a prestigious Children's BAFTA Award for Best Videogame 2008. Developer TT Games was snapped up by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2007 and has since had a hugely successful 2008 seeing the release of LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Batman: The Videogame. TT Games beat stiff competition from...
An excerpt from the latest issue of NGamer, an interview with Traveller's Tales' Arthur Parsons: NGamer: Do you see the wider DC universe making it into Lego form? The Justice League could be good. Arthur Parsons: Whether any more of the DC universe makes the transition into Lego depends largely on the success of Lego Batman, and on whether Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. and Lego want to make any other characters into Lego games. I'd love to make a sequel to Lego Batman because it was immense fun to work on.
According to Gamertell, the latest McDonald's Happy Meal toy promotion is for the Lego Batman videogame. There are eight toys in the set - four vehicles and four characters - and each toy has a videogame cheat code stamped on the bottom. The cheat codes unlock playable in-game characters (the article offers two codes) in any version of Lego Batman: The Videogame.
The time is finally here: The Dark Knight makes his triumphant return to video games with Traveller's Tales' LEGO Batman: The Video Game. Check out their official launch trailer to commemorate the event below, and be sure to check back shortly for our gallery full of new screens and renders.
GamersPlatform Reports: Starting next week, fans of the Batman series will be able to enjoy the all new Lego: Batman for all platforms. A lot of villains will appear in the game but Warner Bros. introduces one more villain that will make Batman life's hard. Will Batman have the power to stop the madness of Hush? Full details of Hush after the jump!
Kim Fidler from Kombo.com writes: I happened to be out and about earlier today when I came across the newest line of toys at McDonald's. We told you about the LEGO Batman series earlier this month and it appears that they are now officially available. Check the picture I snapped above to see what you can score yourself when you pretend that you're buying a Happy Meal for your imaginary child. This is one of those marketing campaigns that really does prove how big the LEGO series of games have become. Anyone planning on grabbing some of these?
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