WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND TT GAMES ANNOUNCE LEGO® BATMAN™: THE VIDEOGAME
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Will Publish Games On Multiple Platforms in 2008
London, England - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games will bring LEGO® BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME to next-generation and current generation platforms and the PC in 2008 with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment serving as the game's EMEA publisher, including all sales and distribution functions.
In LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME, TT Games brings the world of DC Comics' Caped Crusader to life in an entirely new way. Players can explore a richly interactive LEGO Gotham City as Batman and Robin, capturing infamous villains - and even take control of the villains themselves.
"Batman spans several generations as one of the most popular DC Super Heroes, and LEGO BATMAN will appeal to several generations of gamers who grew up idolizing the Dark Knight and playing with LEGO toys," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Working with TT Games, we are confident they will continue their LEGO games' success with this title, and we will expand our publishing endeavors with the introduction of the LEGO BATMAN franchise."
"We're sure our fans will be excited to know that we have the same fantastic team at Traveller's Tales responsible for LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II working on LEGO BATMAN," said Tom Stone, Director of TT Games Publishing.
"There's nothing more appealing to our youngest fans than the chance to be The Batman," said Paul Levitz, President and Publisher of DC Comics, "and the LEGO BATMAN video game will provide a unique opportunity for them to immerse themselves in Gotham and Batman's adventures."
The LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME story unfolds with Batman's greatest foes escaping from Arkham Asylum and creating mayhem throughout Gotham City. Tracking criminals, including The Joker and The Penguin, players will utilize Batman's gadgets as well as build and operate fantastic vehicles in one or two player cooperative gameplay.
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About TT Games
TT Games ( www.ttgames.com) has recently entered into an agreement to be acquired by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and is the combined publishing and development group behind the hit games LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars II and BIONICLE Heroes. Incorporating renowned UK developer Traveller's Tales, TT Games has a distinctive focus on console and PC games of the highest quality, suitable for young gamers.
About the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group ( www.LEGO.com) is a privately held, family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark. It was founded in 1932 and today the group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of play materials for children, employing approximately 4,500 people globally. The LEGO Group is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities through its products, which can be purchased in more than 130 countries.
About DC Comics
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC super heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier publisher, licensor and a developer of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including consoles, PC-based gaming and wireless applications.
Contact:
Julie Skinner
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Europe
Tel: +44 (0) 207 984 6714
julie.skinner@warnerbros.com
Mark Ward or Dean Barrett
Bastion Ltd.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7421 7600
mark@bastion.co.uk; dean@bastion.co.uk
BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and ® DC Comics.
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LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ®2007 The LEGO Group.
LEGO BATMAN Software ® 2007 TT Games. All Rights Reserved.