2014 Travellers Tales / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: Sony PlayStation 3 and 4, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Xbox One, PC, Mac and Nintendo 3DS
Following the success of Lego Lord of the Rings, based on/inspired by Peter Jackson’s Oscar winning film trilogy based on the works by JRR Tolkien, Warner Interactive Entertainment and Traveller’s Tales (developer of previous Lego games) began work in 2013 on Lego The Hobbit. Again based on/inspired by Peter Jackson’s films, based on Tolkien’s novel.
The game was released in April 2014 but only featured the story from the first two films – An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug – finishing with Smaug heading to destroy Lake Town. The final instalment in the film trilogy – The Battle of the Five Armies was due for release in December 2014 and it was reported at the London Toy Fair in January 2014 that DLC of the final film would be released following the release of the film. Continue reading