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Games on Demand: Saints Row 2, LEGO Indiana Jones

Drat your headline character limit, Elephant! I was one letter away from squeezing "next week" in there. You haven't seen the last of me; I know where you live. On Tuesday, November 24, Games on ...
Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty, Kelly freakin' Clarkson

I think what most pleases me about the release of the "family friendly" LEGO Rock Band, it's that it opens up the platform to all kinds of pop nonsense we might not have ordinarily seen. By "nons...
Rock Band DLC: White Stripes, Kasabian, The Damned

With the release of LEGO Rock Band, this week marks the first Rock Band DLC announcement where Harmonix/MTV has to go out of its way to specify what and what is not going to be available for the ...
Brian May digs his LEGO RB character, had hair demands

Brian May's signature hair had to be nothing short of perfect for his appearance in LEGO Rock Band. Speaking to Yahoo! News UK, the Queen guitarist said "I think my LEGO character is wonderful. I...
Black Friday: Get free LEGO Rock Band at Old Navy

Need a frost-free jacket for your toddler? Want to get LEGO Rock Band free? Well, set your alarms and find your nearest Old Navy, because have I got a deal for you! In the Black Friday ad uncover...
Ten Minute Taste: LEGO Rock Band

Earlier today, I gave you a taste of Band Hero, and proceeded to bare my soul to the Internet as I tried to convince everyone (and myself) that it's okay to like Maroon 5 songs. How many band ga...
LEGO Indiana Jones 2 looks familiar, blockier

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues has been flying relatively quiet under the radar, set to hit just about every platform ever on November 20.  The sequel to last year's LEGO Ind...
LEGO Rock Band launch trailer is badical

Yes, I know “badical” isn’t technically a word, but that’s the term Nick Chester used to describe the opening cinematic to LEGO Rock Band, and I couldn’t think of a...
Brick by brick in a whole new world: LEGO Universe

It is good professional practice that when you first meet a developer to exchange business cards, then follow up with a friendly handshake. However, during one recent gaming opportunity, checking...
This LEGO Rock Band trailer has fake Tom Petty in it

For me, and I imagine a fair number of you good people, LEGO Rock Band started life as "that game with Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in it." Next, the ability to export its full libra...
World's largest Lego Mario up for auction

Quick, as of this posting you only have 7 dagen and 21 uren to win yourself the largest Lego Mario in the world. In case you're wondering why I'm speaking in Netherlandese (yes, I am well aware t...
Queen brick figures to appear in LEGO Rock Band

You read the headline right. Along with two playable Queen tracks -- "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" -- the band will also be making an appearance in LEGO Rock ...
Blur join LEGO Rock Band (Woo Hoo)

Damon Albarn and the boys from Blur are bringing their nineties Britpop nonsense to LEGO Rock Band, becoming the latest stars to be LEGOfied in EA's latest attempt to wrestle the music game crown...
Preview: LEGO Rock Band

When Harmonix and Traveller’s Tales announced LEGO Rock Band back in April, the Internet went a bit crazy, charging that Harmonix had finally joined Activision among the ranks of the money-...
Family-friendly Rock Band DLC playable in LEGO Rock Band

You know what’s awesome about Harmonix? They’re truly committed to the idea of Rock Band as a music platform. (Of course, that doesn’t include The Beatles: Rock Band, but I thin...
LEGO Rock Band export won't be as cheap as RB1 (Update)

As we reported earlier, owners of the PS3 or 360 versions of LEGO Rock Band will be able to export most all of the game’s forty-plus songs to their hard drives so the tracks can be played i...
LEGO Rock Band 100% exportable, track list exposed

LEGO Rock Band (check out our comprehensive preview), due out this holiday season, will offer over 40 songs. In keeping with Harmonix’s music platform ethos (and confirming an earlier rumor...
So you want to build a LEGO Mr. Destructoid?

[Editor's note: Community member SiK99 made a how to guide at making a Mr. Destructoid head out of LEGOs. Check out how to make it below! -- CTZ]This is my attempt to compile a guide to show you ...
David Bowie demands dancing in this LEGO Rock Band video

Here he is, the LEGO David Bowie we told you about yesterday. He's going to town on "Let's Dance," as it appears in the upcoming LEGO Rock Band.I still only vaguely see the resemblance ...
Microsoft goes Xbox 360 bundle crazy this holiday

It's not the holidays unless Microsoft decides to toss some Xbox 360 bundles together, is it?  This year, the $299 Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle comes with an Elite console, as wel...
Yes, LEGO Rock Band DS features Ray Parker's 'Ghostbusters'

Good news! Ray Parker Jr.'s classic 80s theme "Ghostbusters" is coming to Rock Band! Well, uh... LEGO Rock Band! For the Nintendo DS.Today, the game was revealed as a non-peripheral-bas...
Huh, so that's what LEGO Universe looks like!

LEGO Universe, even if it fails live up to my insane expectations of what a LEGO MMO could be like under the perfect conditions, is destined to be a hit. This isn't a MEGA Bloks game, so there's ...
First footage of LEGO Rock Band is here

When I heard that MTV Multiplayer had posted the first footage of LEGO Rock Band today, I'll admit I rushed over to see it -- I've been curious for a while if the game was something I was actuall...
LEGO Rock Band gets Bon Jovi, Counting Crows, more

Warner Bros. and MTV Games have announced five more tracks for the upcoming LEGO Rock Band, and disappointingly, not a single one of them is The Commodore's "Brick House." What the hell...
Review: LEGO Battles

I would have thought by now that more developers would be capitalizing on the Nintendo DS for RTS games. The touchscreen input method should lend itself handily to designating targets and directi...
E3 09: LEGO Battles is a bit of a surprise

The LEGO games, while always decent, started to run out of steam for me a while ago. The same old collection-based platforming was getting a bit stale and it's nice to see the franchise branch ou...
E3 09: LEGO Harry Potter no longer a rumor

Much to no one’s surprise, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games will be releasing LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 in 2010.The title is pretty much what you’ve expect, putt...
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues is happening

Pfft, you didn't think Traveller's Tales was done pumping out LEGO-themed games, did you? Yeah, I thought so. The company's latest project (that we know about) is none other than LEGO Indiana Jon...
Pre-E3 09: Lego Rock Band makes me want to keep playing

I'll admit. I'm not a huge fan of Rock Band, mainly because I just don't do very well at rhythm games. Yet, the Rock Band franchise is just so damn addicting. And so now we've got this trailer fo...
Never enough LEGOs: LEGO Battles announced for the DS

Warner Bros. has announced a new LEGO game and it's actually based on existing LEGO IPs rather than capitalizing on popular franchises. Shocking! LEGO Battles will feature multiple classes of LEG...
Lego Half-Life

Some of you reading that title got really excited about the idea of Lego Half-Life while the rest of you probably rolled your eyes. Of course its also possible that most of you looked at the imag...
Destroy giant robots in LEGO Rock Band... wait, what?

Yesterday, much to everyone's non-surprise, LEGO Rock Band was revealed to the world. Despite the fact that we've had time to prepare for its arrival, reactions were... mixed. The "fami...
LEGO Rock Band actually announced as a real thing

OK, so this is happening. Warner Bros. Interactive, TT Games, The LEGO Group, Harmonix, and MTV Games have all come together to announce -- you guessed it -- LEGO Rock Band. Slated to hit Xb...
Rock Band not ruled out for the DS, but could it be LEGO?

With the Rock Band franchise already successful on multiple consoles and finally making its way to the PlayStation Portable this June, where's the love for Nintendo's handheld? In an interview wi...
Does this GDC presentation 'b-slide' confirm LEGO Rock Band?

Not long ago, we laughed at the rumors of LEGO Rock Band. The idea was simply too absurd to consider. Or is it? When GDC producer Think Services posted up an early version of Dan Teasdale's ...
LEGO Harry Potter is happening ... probably

Earlier reports of Harry Potter receiving the LEGO treatment appear to be ringing true. And if the boy magician doesn’t wet your LEGO whistle, perhaps a second Indiana Jones title will do t...
What we needed: LEGO Prince of Persia

Live from this past weekend's toy fair in New York City, LEGO has announced a line we certainly wouldn't have expected: LEGO Prince of Persia. Set to launch in April 2010, the line of toys appear...
Traveler's Tales bringing LEGO Battles to the Nintendo DS

It's not a new LEGO Indiana Jones, and it's certainly not LEGO Rock Band. But Traveler's Tales and Warner Bros. Interactive have announced a new Nintendo DS game, LEGO Battles, set to ship this s...
Organized Pussy League (aka moral watchdog) hates LEGO Batman

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood likes to run its mouth off about various evil things that go on in the world, although it hasn't really targeted videogames since 2007 when it joined ...
More LEGO rumors: No LEGO Harry Potter in 2009, more LEGO Indy likely

I know you're probably all reeling from the improbability of this past weekend's rumored LEGO Rock Band title (seriously, WTF?), but there's more LEGO rumors where that came from. According to Eu...
Rumortoid: Lego Rock Band? Seriously? No, seriously!?

In an early running for the most ridiculous rumor of the year, it is being claimed that Travellers Tales is working to produce Lego Rock Band. Yes, you read that correctly. Lego and Rock Band, to...
Does LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games bring me closer to owning an iPhone?

It's unheard of in the videogame industry, but I don't have an iPhone. I can't go to an industry event without seeing at least 57 of them; maybe I'm doing something wrong. I've been toying w...
Rumortoid: Lego Harry Potter will happen, Dumbledore resurrected

According to an unidentified source that CVG was able to acquire, the next Lego movie-to-game adaptation will be none other than Harry Potter. That means Lego developer Traveller’s Tales wi...
The lighter side of LEGO Batman

[video]104957:419[/video] If you've remained on the fence regarding a purchase of LEGO Batman, Warner Brothers has released yet another trailer for the block-busting (hur, hur) game to entice you...
NetDevil consulting with LEGO fanatics for LEGO Universe

We've all seen how the development cycle of an online game works. First, there are years of programming and design. Then there is a brief period of beta testing before the game is cast into the w...
Travellers Tales has released info on LEGO Batman vehicles

[video]103846:376[/video]After a near-constant barrage of screenshots and information about the assorted characters in LEGO Batman, Travellers Tales has been fairly quiet lately. Did they finally...
Traveller's Tales won't 'take the piss' with its LEGO franchise

From LEGO Star Wars to LEGO Indiana Jones and even LEGO Batman, Traveller's Tales is making a mint out of merging building blocks and films to create highly popular videogames. With so much poten...
BatGirl revealed in LEGO Batman

Traveller's Tales has released new screenshots from LEGO Batman today, showing off BatGirl. Little Barbara Gordon is looking pretty good, just like the rest of the cast we've seen so far.In terms...
BatGirl revealed in LEGO Batman

Traveller's Tales has released new screenshots from LEGO Batman today, showing off BatGirl. Little Barbara Gordon is looking pretty good, just like the rest of the cast we've seen so far.In terms...
LEGO serious about MMO, WoW players line up to cancel accounts

Speaking at GCDC, Mark Hansen, Vice President of Digital Play Studios, revealed that the future of the LEGO brand videogames is not more movie spin-offs. The future is actually utilizing LEGO in ...
More LEGO games are on the horizon

Traveller's Tales has already delved into Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Batman with their successful LEGO games, but what's next for the company? If you guessed "more LEGO games," you'd...
LEGO Batman screens featuring Man-Bat

Traveller's Tales handed out a few more screenshots of LEGO Batman today. Continuing in the vein of dropping a new villain or two in our midst with each new set of materials, this time we get the...
E3 08: Hands-on with Traveler's Tales' LEGO Batman

This fall, developer Traveler’s Tales will be merging their popular cooperative LEGO videogame titles with DC Comics’ Batman universe in the form of LEGO Batman: The Videogame. Publis...
Better late than never: LEGO Indiana Jones demo hits Xbox Live

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures has been out for quite some time now, but that fact didn't stop Traveller's Tales from releasing a demo on Xbox LIVE today.The demo itself weighs in at...
Newest LEGO Batman trailer reminds us that Nightwing looks cooler than Robin

The latest trailer for LEGO Batman introduces us to Nightwing, the character who actually has his roots in Superman mythos, but is recognized by most people as one of the Dark Knight's sidekicks....
LEGO Batman's Mr. Freeze chills this corny headline to the bone

With a name like Victor Fries, life could have gone a few ways for the scientist with the unfortunate surname. He could have spent his life working dead-end fast food jobs, when a botched store r...
Enter: Two-Face, the only LEGO Batman character with two faces

In the fact sheet Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment sent our way, the first bullet point listed under "Attributes" for Two-Face is "Homicidal maniac." With that said, it'...
Behold the latest LEGO Batman trailer: Interested in saving Gotham again?

Take notice of the latest trailer to showcase LEGO Batman, and deny your inner child no more. With the booming narration of what sounds like Hollywood's own Don LaFontaine in the background, and...
Behold the latest LEGO Batman trailer: Interested in saving Gotham again?

Take notice of the latest trailer to showcase LEGO Batman, and deny your inner child no more. With the booming narration of what sounds like Hollywood's own Don LaFontaine in the background, and...
LEGO Batman debut trailer

It's not much, but it's enough to give  all you LEGO fanatics a raging clue. The video shows Batman getting ready for battle and going on a rampage on some baddies. The official LEGO Batman ...


 
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