The World’s Finest team-up that’s been rumoured and then teased in advertising for months finally gets announced as Warner Bros. Interactive announces Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. More »
Rumours have been swirling about an expanded superhero cast in the follow-up to 2008′s Lego Batman, with the Amazing Amazon and the Man Steel reportedly joining the toy-riffic version of the Dark Knight. Ads inside of new Lego toys appear to confirm that, according to MCVUK. More »
A sequel to 2009′s LEGO Batman has been known since the summer, around the time LEGO and DC Comics (and Marvel) were revealing their plans for more super heroes in the toy line. Now a LEGO fan site says the title will be something like “LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes” if that image is on the level. More »
Not interested in promoting vandalism we must nevertheless provide evidence of what, following the Resident Evil deed, must be a spree of Lego-based game-ad defacement (two is a “spree”, yes?). More »
Ars Technica’s ever-reliable Xbox mole has revealed that this year, like last year, the 360 will be bundled with a couple of games for the holiday season. More »
The Boston-based organisation Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has given the stink-eye to Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman, nominating it as one of the most “oppressive and destructive” toys of 2008. Congratulations, WB! I mean…
The Village Voice’s Chris Ward sat down to play Lego Batman for a review this week, and this happened:
I was unable to complete a single level without trying to collect the hundreds of thousands of LEGO coins that appear when you break something. Note: everything is breakable. It’s the jingling noise the coins make. . .the way they zip through the air into Batman’s utility wallet. . .this simple, visceral thrill led to several uncontrollable hours of collecting shiny things. Current in-game progress as a result: 9.6%
Is everything really better when portrayed in tiny, blocky form? When Traveller’s Tales first introduced us to the Lego character game with Lego Star Wars, we were pretty sure anything with Lego in front of it could do no wrong, but then Lego Indiana Jones came out earlier this year, proving that while they can still be entertaining, some franchises translate much better than others. Now the third pop-culture to Lego translation has appeared in the form of Lego Batman, and while it certainly seems like an easy win, so have so many other Batman games over the years, and look what happened there. Let’s take a look at what happened when the game reviewers took apart Lego Batman block-by-block.
Announced during E3, Sony today released what’s surely the last meaningful PS2 bundle, cobbled together to lead the console’s charge into what’s surely it’s last meaningful holiday season. For $149, you’re getting a PS2, Lego Batman and a copy of Justice League: New Frontier, the animated adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s amazing comic series. Sony promise that stocks are in “limited supply”, and at that price, we’re liable to believe them.
Good afternoon everyone. Today is September 23rd and ya’ll know what that means! LEGO Batman has finally hit store shelves and you can head on down there to pick one up this very minute. However, if you aren’t feeling obligated to do so, we do have a new launch trailer for you to feast your eyes on. Remember, the game is coming out for Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PS2, PSP, PS3 and Nintendo DS. So basically if you own just about anything, you’re in the clear.
