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LEGO has fired Warner Bros into the UK’s ten best-selling publishers by units. The firm, which also publishes the hit Mortal Kombat and Batman games, has seen its position in the industry grow in recent years, thanks largely to the success of the LEGO games. There were seven LEGO titles …
Read More »LEGO mania continues with LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Having enjoyed 2012 chart success with LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Warner will this year turn its attentions to the other side of the comic book divide. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has been announced for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U, Vita, DS and 3DS. It will be released …
Read More »LEGO unveils trio of Chima games
Having only officially launched on Boxing Day, LEGO’s Chima brand is to expand with three video game releases this year. Notably, however, none of them are for home consoles. LEGO Legends of Chima: Speedorz is a racing title that will launch on LEGO.com today and iOS tomorrow (January 3rd). LEGO …
Read More »VIDEO: GAME struts its Gandalf Style for LEGO Lord of the Rings
The next time anyone accuses GAME staff of not going above and beyond for the games industry this Christmas, point them in this direction. Not content with merely putting the game on their shelves and sitting back whilst the cash rolls in, staff at GAME in the Metrocentre’s Blue Mall …
Read More »Hobbit hype spells success for LEGO Lord of the Rings
The biggest film of the season could make LEGO Lord of the Rings one of gaming’s best-sellers this Christmas. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is working closely with its film colleagues to cross-promote the game with the first instalment in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. The buzz for The Hobbit: An Unexpected …
Read More »Tiga event to debut seven new games
Denki, nDeams, Channel 4, 4T2 and others ready seven UK-made projects for Discovery Afternoon
Read More »Don’t worry, that’s not a demo disc in your copy of LEGO Lord of the Rings
Warner has confirmed that an error has led to a small number” of Xbox 360 copies of LEGO Lord of the Rings being labelled as demos. Reports spread around the internet this morning as consumers claimed that had found a demo and not the full game in the box. Fortunately …
Read More »How games helped rejuvenate LEGO
Toy manufacturer LEGO says that video games have helped the firm beat the economic downturn. Traveller’s Tales’ games – which have included LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Batman and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean – have been regular best sellers since 2005. LEGO’s VP and …
Read More »LEGO Batman: The Movie is real – see the trailer here
First there was LEGO. Then there was Batman. Then there was LEGO Batman. And now there’s this. The popular combination of Denmark’s leading export and DC’s darkest superhero is taking the next logical step in its evolution by crossing from the console to the cinema. In conjunction with TTGames, LEGO …
Read More »UK CHARTS: The Dark Knight fends off newcomers
LEGO Batman 2 remains the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats No.1 this week despite stiff competition from a trio of newcomers. Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man debuts in second place (with 56 per cent of sales for the Xbox 360 version) ahead of Take-Two’s Spec Ops: The Line at No.3. Sega’s …
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