Report: Lego Batman 2, The Hobbit, and DC Comic games releasing in 2012
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Comes out in December. No dialogue on if it is a tie-in to the films or not, but Guillermo del Toro said earlier there will not be a Hobbit game tie-in with the upcoming movie at inauguration.
“It’s too ambitious to try and tackle that along with The Hobbit,” he said at the period . “We have such tight release dates.” He did however, surrender that both he and Jackson would have a part in the eventual game, but from a writer’s point of view, it would be tough to be as heavily involved in it as he would have like at the ease.
As far as extra information concerning the LEGO Batman 2 title, the LA Times article only mentions it in vivaciousness, and that Tremblay wasn’t at liberty to outfit explicit details on the DC Comics game, nor the superhero which would be starring in it.
We’ll send Warner a dispatch regarding all three, and see what it has to tell us.
Maybe it will also tell us why the agony Jackson wrote Legolas into The Hobbit when there’s no referral of him whatsoever in the book.
Source: VG247
Man of Steel found in blocks of plastic
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The Man of Knife now comes in Lego form.
As Warner Bros. unleashes its "Batman: Arkham Urban district" videogame on New York Comic Con, the studio is using the half a mo-largest fanfest behind San Diego Comic-Con, in July, to launch the first Lego version of Superman.
Figure is part of a pair up between Lego and Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Exhibition, first announced this summer (Daily Variety, July 19).
As part of the multi-year do business, Lego will get access to DC's entire library of superheroes to spin into minifigures and playsets. The first are set to hit store shelves in January, starting with 13 characters, including Batman, Superman, Knockout Woman and villains the Joker, Bane, Harley Quinn and Lex Luthor, under the Lego DC World Super Heroes line.
As part of a promo, WB and Lego will distrib 200 Superman minifigures exclusively to NYCC attendees.
Lego will also use NYCC to show off new toys like its Lego DC SuperHeroes Batcave set, that includes five minifigures:
Source: Variety