Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

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.

Family Fun Pack 3 is a must-have collection of first-rate family games that should appeal to all ages and interests, said Feral Interactive's David Stephen. Family Fun Pack 3 comprises four top Mac titles: Lego Star Wars II, one of the best-selling Mac games of 2008-9, lets players battle their way through the original Star Wars trilogy in a galaxy that combines the creative joy of LEGO with the epic story from Star Wars. Ford Racing 2 features the best Ford cars since 1949, from legends like the 1956 F-100 pickup and the 1968 Mustang GT to future classics like the super car slaying Ford GT. Bionicle is based on LEGO's best-selling toy of the same name and combines action, adventure, elemental powers, enemies and heroes as players live out the legend of the Toa in the imaginary and magical island of Mata Nui. ChessMaster 9000 is the world's most popular chess program and is ideally suited to players of all levels as teacher, mentor and ultimate opponent.

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.

VG247: Traveller's Tales boss Jonathan Smith has kicked off this year's Nordic Game by just telling attendees that the Lego Star Wars series has achieved sales of 18 million units to date.

When Buena Vista Games announced that it was releasing a PC game based on Desperate Housewives, the title instantly became the subject of widespread derision. However, according to the latest list of top-selling PC games, the publisher may be having the last laugh. According to industry research firm The NPD Group, Desperate Housewives was the sixth most popular PC game in the US during the week of October 8-14, besting both Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (seventh) and Age of Empires III (ninth).

Even if you've played through LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, chances are good that you've missed something. We're not talking minikits or unlockable rooms - we're more about the in-jokes, unexpected events and laugh-out-loud moments packed into the game. We've played through the whole game and found our favorite giggle points and surprises - hit that Movies tab above then sit back and smile. May the farce be with

After only one week on store shelves worldwide, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy has already established itself as one of 2006's strongest forces in video games. Since its release by LucasArts and TT Games on September 12, the biggest family game of the year has sold more than 1.1 million copies spanning eight platforms (PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, Xbox 360 and Xbox video game systems from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Windows, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Game Boy Advance).

We've done our best to try to convince you of the ultimate supremacy of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, but, as it turns out, the world either has no need of our advice or takes it very seriously. Selling 1.1 million copies (or "units" as industry pundits call them) in its very first week of being available to the masses, LEGO Star Wars II has cemented the value of family friendly titles in this blood-soaked, violence-mongering industry. Of course, it helps that the game is

Playing through LEGO Star Wars II inspired us to take on the foolhardy task of recreating the entire original trilogy out of the game's many cutscenes. Just to make it more interesting, we gave ourselves a time limit of two minutes. So here you have it: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, in LEGO form, delivered in less than 120 seconds. Click the Movies tab and enjoy! September 7,

How does Darth Vader reveal that he's Luke Skywalker's father when he can't talk? That was the question posed by publisher LucasArts when they sent over new screens of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. Will the mute, plastic Dark Lord of the Sith use charts? Puppets? Obscene pantomime? They wouldn't tell us the answer, but they promise it'll be