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On March 26th, 2010 in Uncategorized

I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of any of the LEGO games but I have read through all of the Harry Potter books whether I like to admit it or not. If you’re like me and like Harry Potter, but also happen to like the LEGO games you should check out above trailer for LEGO Harry Potter.

The trailer follows Harry Potter in his 3rd year at Hogwarts and all that follows.

Check it out and we’ll let you know when more information is made known.

On June 8th, 2009 in Uncategorized

While movie tie-in games are usually poorly made cash-ins on films released around the time the source material is in theaters developer EA has for some time now been breaking the mold by releasing movie licensed games simply on the virtue that the intellectual properties could make for some excellent games. Most recently they released Lord of the Rings: Conquest and The Godfather II.

It seems this heyday of film-based games might be in its twilight hours as EA has suggested they’re shifting their focus away from licensed properties when planning for their future. “The bloom is really off the rose for licensed games,” said Games boss Frank Gibeau in an interview to the LA times. In the same interview he also confirmed that they’re not planning to release another Godfather game, although later an offical spokesperson came forth saying that nothing has been decided as far as the Godfather license.

This can only come as good news since along with some quality gems EA has mixed in a fair amount of generally terrible garbage. Devoting their resources towards their original properties means we’ll see more and better of those. Though the claim that something in the general mentality about licensed games has changed doesn’t hold much water.

On March 15th, 2009 in Uncategorized

New rumors suggest or rather, confirm, that Traveller’s Tales are not only working on a LEGO Harry Potter game, but an Indiana Jones sequel: Indiana Jones 2: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The new rumors come from GameIndustry.biz, who picked up an online CV of one of the animators, where both games are confirmed to be in development. The CV also revealed that the developers tried to pitch a game to Peter Jackson, a game that would supposedly be based on the upcoming Hobbit movie.