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  • ‘LEGO The Hobbit’ Officially Announced

    ‘LEGO The Hobbit’ Officially Announced

    Just over one year ago, Warner Bros. and developer TT Games released LEGO Lord of the Rings. The game became yet another successful LEGO video game, going on to be released even on iOS mobile devices.

    Now, with The Hobbit movies making millions in theaters, Warner Bros. is bringing a younger Bilbo Baggins to the LEGO games. The publisher today officially announced LEGO The Hobbit. The game will be released sometime in spring 2014 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, and PC.

    As only the second of the planned three Hobbit movies will have been released by next spring, LEGO The Hobbit will be limited to the story told in those movies (gamers can probably expect another LEGO Hobbit video game after the third movie has been released). The game will cover the events seen in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug using a quest system similar to the one seen in LEGO Lord of the Rings. Players will be able to take on the role of Bilbo, Gandalf, and all of the dwarves.

    “We are thrilled to depict the characters and environments of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth in LEGO form with the LEGO The Hobbit videogame,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director at TT Games. “Our family-friendly take on these thrilling adventures will have kids and parents playing and laughing together as they build and explore in LEGO Middle-earth.”

  • ‘LEGO Lord of the Rings’ Now on iPhone, iPad

    For the past year or so, developers and publishers have been pushing more console-like experiences to the mobile realm. Square Enix recently released the ambitious Deus Ex: The Fall and Firaxis actually managed to put the entirety of XCOM: Enemy Unknown onto mobile platforms.

    Now, Warner Bros. has jumped into mobile. The publisher today released LEGO The Lord of the Rings on iOS platforms. The game was originally released one year ago for consoles and PC.

    Though the LEGO games have all been designed with video game controllers in mind, Warner Bros. has included two different control schemes in the iOS version of the game. One is the “Classic” control scheme that mimics the console versions and the other is a “Touch Screen” scheme designed specifically for the mobile version.

    It appears that TT Games has managed to port the full LEGO Lord of the Rings experience onto an iPhone. If the move is successful, mobile gamers can probably look forward to games such as LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in the near future.

    LEGO Lord of the Rings is available now in the Apple App Store for $5. It can be played on modern iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.

  • Here’s What Happens When You Edit All the LEGO Lord of the Rings Cutscenes Together

    Gamers have had a few weeks (or a few days, if they’re in Europe) to enjoy the latest LEGO game. LEGO Lord of the Rings marks the second time that the series has featured voice acting (LEGO Batman 2), which gives the game a more cinematic feel. Sure, some may argue that the voice acting causes the games to lose a little bit of their odd charm, but hey – it’s Lord of the Rings. If you can’t appreciate the dialogue from those films, I’m not sure we can be friends.

    Anyway, YouTube user mario11168 decided that all of those voice-acted cutscenes would work nicely together as a film all their own. When all of the cutscenes are edited together, it forms a mesmerizing hour and a half-long movie of awesome LEGO quirkiness.

    If you have the time and are a fan of the Lord of the Rings and/or the LEGO series, it’s a must watch:

  • LEGO Lord of the Rings Launch Day and Trailer Arrive

    Military shooter fans will certainly make this week in gaming their own. Call of Duty: Black Ops II will certainly sell millions of copies and cause plenty of lost work, but those gamers who don’t go in for shooting their fellow gamers in the face with guns also have a different opportunity today. The opportunity to once again embark on one of the most enjoyable and OCD-inducing experiences to be had in games. A new LEGO video game is out.

    Today, gamers in North America get the chance to set of on Frodo’s great adventure with LEGO Lord of the Rings. The game is now out for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. European gamers can look forward to beginning their journey across Middle Earth on November 23. A demo for the PC version of the game is now available on the LEGO website, featuring the Battle of the Hornburg (also known as the Battle of Helm’s Deep).

    LEGO Lord of the Rings features the same drop-in, drop-out multiplayer gameplay that is seen in other LEGO titles. The game will also feature voice acting for all of the characters, something that the LEGO games began doing with LEGO Batman 2. The voice acting does cause the games to lose a bit of the charm in seeing characters mime historic movie moments, but seeing Gandalf rebuke the Balrog in the launch trailer below certainly holds a charm of its own.

  • Watch This New LEGO Lord of the Rings Trailer

    The joining together of two incredibly fun franchises, Traveller’s Tales LEGO games and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is making me a very happy camper. As a person who’s usually buried in an RPG or a FPS, the various LEGO games based on film series are some of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve ever had in gaming.

    They’re lighthearted, clever, and really just a lot of fun. And the next installment, LEGO the Lord of the Rings, is set to hit the shelves this fall.

    Prior to E3, we got a look at the first trailer for the game, which showcased the new element that this one will be receiving – real dialogue from the film.

    And now, we have a new trailer from Gamecom. In it, we get some of that cheeky humor that we’re used to from these TT games. Check it out below:

    “LEGO The Lord of the Rings is based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy and follows the original storylines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Now the entire family can team up in pairs as adorable LEGO The Lord the Rings minifigures to experience countless dangers, solve riddles and battle formidable foes on their journey to Mount Doom,” says TT.

    And “You shall not pass,” having been featured prominently in both trailers, sounds just a powerful when coming from the mouth of a LEGO.