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07.15.12
Comic-Con 2012: Monolith Productions Details Guardians of Middle-earth MOBA

SAN DIEGO – With Peter Jackson in town for The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings fans are getting a triple does of Middle-earth this fall. In addition to LEGO Lord of the Rings from TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is offering Guardians of Middle-earth. The new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Monolith Productions will be released exclusively for Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. The console-based MOBA offers more than 20 iconic guardians including Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, Thrain and many more for players to control in PVP arena battles. Gamers will have the ability to connect with other players via an in-game voice communication system, as well as access to a comprehensive online stat and leader board system where they can track friends’ victories and defeats, and more.

03.17.12
Big Games of 2012: TT Games Celebrates DC Super Heroes with LEGO Batman 2

SAN FRANCISCO – “Where does he get those wonderful toys?” That’s a quote from The Joker that gamers will actually be hearing for the first time ever in a LEGO videogame. TT Games is adding voices to its LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes game this summer. It’s one of many new features that the game will introduce this summer when it ships across all platforms.

02.18.12
LEGO Group Finally Hits Pay Dirt with Online Game LEGO Hero Factory Breakout

After investing millions in the now defunct LEGO Universe, the LEGO Group has a breakout hit in the free-to-play space. The toy company, which has had nothing but success with its LEGO licensed videogames, has attracted over 2 million players for hits LEGO Hero Factory Breakout game in its first month. Developer 4T2 Multimedia created the third-person, action adventure game, designed to look and feel like a AAA console title, yet be playable in a browser. Check out the real LEGO factory in Billund, Denmark in the exclusive video tour below.

09.09.11
LEGO Universe Celebrates First Anniversary with Hundreds of Thousands of New Fans

LEGO Universe, the massively multiplayer online adventure game from Netdevil, is celebrating its first anniversary this October. With the new free-to-play gameplay option fully operational, the LEGO Group has seen hundreds of thousands of new fans enter the Free to Play Zone in less than a month. The game developer talks about the online game in this exclusive video interview.

08.15.11
LEGO Universe Goes Digital Only and Free-to-Play

The LEGO Group is hoping to lure new gamers of all ages to its first massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game, LEGO Universe Online, by offering part of the gameplay experience for free. The game publisher is now welcoming new players to traverse the LEGO brick-building digital universe with its newly introduced Free to Play Zone. Fans will be able to enjoy the game for free for as long as they like, with the option to upgrade to a membership account at any time for $10 per month and receive full game access to the family-friendly game. The developer talks about the game in the exclusive video interview below.

07.29.11
Actress Ashley Eckstein Dishes on Clone Wars and Old Republic Games

Actress Ashley Eckstein, who’s married to former MLB star David Eckstein, has been keeping busy in the video game space. The actress voices Ahsoka Tano in Cartoon Networks’ hit computer animated TV series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” She’s also brought that character to life in a slew of Clone Wars video games, including LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Hero. Most recently, she can be heard in Sony Online Entertainment’s Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures MMO and the upcoming Bioware Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. She talks about Clone Wars and video games in this exclusive video interview from the San Diego Comic-Con 2011 convention.

07.03.11
Johnny Depp’s Fourth Pirates of the Caribbean Flick Earns $1 Billion Box Office Booty

Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow remains a huge box office draw overseas. Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has sailed past the $1 billion global box office mark and is still bringing in the treasure. The 3D movie has grossed $233.7 million domestically and $774 million internationally for a global pirate’s booty of $1,007,703,000. While Disney Interactive Studios canceled its Pirates of the Caribbean role-playing game video game tie-in to the new movie, the game publisher did release LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean to take advantage of the global sensation.

05.22.11
3D Boosts Pirates of the Caribbean’s Box Office Treasure with $90.1 Million Booty
Johnny Depp in 3D helped Walt Disney Studios earn the top ranking at the box office this weekend. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides brought in over $90.1 million at 4,155 locations. The fourth film in the franchise saw nearly half of its box office booty come from more expensive 3D screenings. Pirates opened at a record 2,747 3D-enabled locations. Depp talks about the new movie at the Disneyland world premiere in the video below.
05.19.11
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Brings Its Magic to Sony’s NGP and Nintendo 3DS this Fall
With anticipation building for the last Harry Potter film, gamers will get one last LEGO game this fall in conjunction with the Blu-ray and DVD release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and the LEGO Group are conjuring one last LEGO Harry Potter game this fall. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 will mark the first time the franchise is making a foray onto Sony’s NGP. The new family-friendly game will also be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS and Windows PC.
05.08.11
Johnny Depp and the Pirates of the Caribbean Set Sail at Disneyland
DISNEYLAND -- In what promises to be the 3D event of the season, Disney and XPAND 3D gave a lucky group of fans a first look at one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters. The companies collaborated to show the World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland. The stars all came out for the big event, including Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane, as well as Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall. The black carpet event, which cost $1,000 per ticket, raised money for the Boys & Girls Club of America in eye-popping active 3D by way of XPAND 3D’s new Infinity Large Screen System. Just in time for the new movie, gamers have LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean games across all platforms to play with.
05.06.11
LEGO Universe MMO Gets First Expansion
LEGO Universe has released a huge round of content update. Players can band together to tackle a cooperative building challenge; a month-long mission to complete the construction of the Nexus Tower. LEGO Universe will also add a fiery hot racetrack, exclusive racing vehicles and bigger Property worlds, with new capabilities – like placing pets on your personal property and bringing them to life. The below video is an exclusive look into the making of the music of LEGO Universe.
04.28.11
LEGO Blasts into Orbit with Space Shuttle Endeavor
LEGO Education will send 13 LEGO Education models to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Space Shuttle Endeavor on April 29. The models will be used in eight educational activities that will be conducted by ISS crew and available to educators across the nation to utilize in classroom curricula. The LEGO Bricks in Space project is part of a joint outreach and educational program developed as part of the partnership between NASA and the LEGO Group to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering, and math. The below video explains how LEGO bricks are made in Billund, Denmark.
03.03.11
Star Wars Gets 3D Theatrical Release on February 12, 2012
Star Wars fans have a lot to look forward to in the coming year. The Star Wars film franchise is getting a new lease on life with stereoscopic 3D conversion. LucasFilm and Fox will release Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on February 10, 2012. Subsequent 3D versions of the five remaining George Lucas films will be released, likely one a year. With gamers still playing through LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, next on the horizon is the second massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare and Electronic Arts. Gamers will also be able to play LEGO Star WarsIII: The Clone Wars in 3D on Nintendo 3DS.
02.05.11
Big Games of 2011: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Sets Sail on Stranger Tides
With Johnny Depp set to sail the seven seas as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney Digital 3D this summer with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney Consumer Products charted a course for adventure as it unveiled a new toy line that captures the fantasy, action and adventure of the fourth movie from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. At a pirate-themed preview event in New York City, the Pirates of the Caribbean toy assortment from JAKKS Pacific, Inc. and new LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game and construction toys were unveiled before toy industry insiders as a preview to the American International Toy Fair. Disney Consumer Products and JAKKS Pacific also presented actor Ian McShane, who portrays new pirate character Blackbeard, with a one-of-a-kind 12-inch action figure inspired by the toy line. The film’s Academy Award-winning production designer John Myhre was also on hand as guests were treated to the reveal of a life-sized figure of Captain Jack Sparrow standing a full six feet tall and made of 150,000 LEGO bricks. Check out a trailer for one of the big games of 2011 below.
01.25.11
Disney Interactive Studios Lays Off Half Its Staff
Things aren’t looking good over at the Walt Disney Company’s video game division. Disney Interactive Studios has reportedly laid off half of its 700 employees this week amidst a massive redirection of game development. Despite the success of Warren Spector’s Junction Point game, Epic Mickey, the studio is refocusing its effort in the burgeoning casual online gaming space. Games like TRON: Evolution and Tangled failed to generate blockbuster sales. The company is still trying to right its ship after spending $763 million to purchase casual gaming site Playdom.
01.19.11
Disney Gives Star Tours Attraction 3D Upgrade and May 2011 Launch
WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT – During its press gathering to celebrate the world premiere of its new animation and light show, “The Magic, the Memories and You,” which is projected onto Cinederalla’s Castle; Disney offered some new information on its new Star Wars ride. Meg Crofton, President of Walt Disney World Resort, said that Star Tours: The Adventure Continues in 3D will open on May 20, 2011 at Disney Hollywood Studios and launch the new Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World Resort. Star Wars fans will also get the new family-friendly LEGO Star Wars III game this March from LucasArts.
01.09.11
will.i.am Launches New Robotics Game, LOGO MOTION, with Help from LEGO
Inventor Dean Kamen and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas launched the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) 20th anniversary season today with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called LOGO MOTION before a crowd of 600 people at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, hometown and headquarters of FIRST. An estimated 50,000 around the world joined the Kickoff via live NASA-TV broadcast and webcast. LEGO talks about the importance of technology and video games in this exclusive video interview.
12.30.10
LEGO Embraces Video Games with LEGO Universe MMO
The LEGO Group has embraced video games in recent years, using new technology to allow kids of all ages to build virtually, just as they’ve done with the plastic brick toys for decades. In addition to bestselling games like LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Batman and LEGO Star Wars, the company has launched its first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game with LEGO Universe. The game’s developer, NetDevil, talks about the new game in this exclusive video interview.
12.28.10
Big Games of 2011: The Force is Strong in LEGO Star Wars III
Developer TT Games continues to push the envelope when it comes to cooperative gameplay designed for kids of all ages. The latest addition to the LEGO Star Wars franchise that launched the videogame craze that has seen LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman and LEGO Harry Potter features a brand new game engine. With improved visuals and a focus on the popular Clone Wars time period, which is basis for the hit animated series on Cartoon Network, the Force is strong with what will be one of the big games of 2011 – LEGO Star Wars III.
12.13.10
LEGO Universe Game Expands with the Help of Gamers
Although LEGO Universe just launched on October 26th, the LEGO Group is adding new vibrant and action-packed areas for players to explore. The “World Build League,” a talented group of LEGO fans turned co-developers, have dreamed up and delivered three dazzling new zones to the LEGO Universe MMOG playground – a whole realm of exciting new adventures across original, imaginative environments. Check out this exclusive video interview from developer NetDevil in Colorado.
04.25.10
Warner Bros. Acquires MMO Game Developer Turbine

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has added another game developer to its stable. The Hollywood studio acquired Turbine, Inc., the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America, further strengthening Warner Bros.’ position as one of the industry’s fastest growing, full-scale games publishers.

02.23.10
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Acquires Rocksteady Games

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, a privately held developer of interactive entertainment targeted at teens and adults, continuing Warner Bros.’ pattern as one of the industry’s fastest growing games publishers

02.09.10
LucasArts Announces LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

LucasArts and TT Games today announced the development of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.  The next chapter in the award-winning LEGO Star Wars videogame franchise, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will combine the best elements of all previous LEGO games while adding brand new gameplay to make it the most action-packed LEGO videogame to date.  Developed by the same team at Traveller’s Tales that created the critically acclaimed LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones series, the game will ship on the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and PSP this Fall.