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.
Adventure lovers and anyone who has not yet had the chance of LucasArts' many outstanding classics will now have the opportunity to either rekindle their childhoods or experience gaming must-haves this July 8th when LucasArts is set to release a slew of its games on Valve's ever dynamic digital distribution platform.
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.
From the article: As if fans really need another reason to get psyched about the upcoming animated Star Wars: Clone Wars film, Toys R Us is having an in-store midnight sales event featuring Clone Wars products and also giving away four five-feet tall Clone Wars action figures. Toys R Us is also offering free shipping on select items including many LucasArts videogames including Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Thrillville and Lego: Indiana Jones. Several videogames include a buy-one-get-one-half-price offer. Also: To help promote the event, Toys R Us is also giving away four life-size (as in five feet tall) action figures. Depending on the week, you could win a large-scale Anakin, Captain Rex, Obi-Wan or Ahsoka figure. You can enter once per day via the Galactic Star Wars Sweepstakes web site.
Chart Track reports that Metal Gear Solid 4 has lost its place at the top of the All Formats All Prices UK video game chart after only one week at No.1. It's Activision's LEGO Indiana Jones which returns to the top for a second week. Atari's Alone in the Dark debuts at No.3, and is followed by GTA 4 at No.4 and Wii Play at No.5. Other new entries include Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII at No.10, Top Spin 3 at No.12 and Cooking Guide at No.19.
LucasArts have quelled fears of the next Indy game which is features NaturalMotion's Euphoria animation engine, arriving on Xbox360 and PS3. Despite the recent job losses at the company they're confirming the project is remaining in-house with their San Francisco team.
A solid week of new games kicks off the summer release calendar! Highlights include Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360), GRID (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, PC), and a few other gems. Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of June 1, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
It's on Gamershell and it'll cost you 464.62Mb of hard drive. No idea what's actually included in it, but you owe it to yourself to find out. So do.
MCV: Though many of the release dates to emerge from last month's Play.com Live have proven unreliable, the date hinted for Lego Indiana Jones has been confirmed ¿ with the title is due for release in Europe on June 6th. As per usual, the game will ship in North America on the preceding Tuesday, June 3rd. It is being released on 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2 and PC. The game itself is surely more or less complete, with it yesterday having passed the BBFC ratings test, unsurprisingly receiving a U certificate.
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