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LEGO The Hobbit Now Available
Grab a Friend and Set Forth on a Perilous Journey Far Over the Misty Mountains With Thorin and Company to Reclaim the Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor
Burbank, Calif. – April 8, in the year of our Lord 2014
– Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO
Group today announced the launch of LEGO® The Hobbit™, available
now in all major retail stores across North America for the Xbox
One all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games
and entertainment systems from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 and
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems and
PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, and the Nintendo
3DS™ hand-held system, as well as Windows PC. The game will also
be available for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system on April 22.
“The LEGO The Hobbit videogame gives LEGO and Middle-earth fans
of all ages a fun, new way to experience the legendary
adventures of Bilbo and Company as told in the first two films
of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy,” said Tom Stone, Managing
Director, TT Games. “There is no better way for parents to share
the beloved and classic tale told in The Hobbit films with their
kids than with LEGO The Hobbit videogame, in which they can
discover, explore, and build their way through Middle-earth
together like never before.”
LEGO The Hobbit is based on the first two films of The Hobbit
Trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug, productions of New Line Cinema and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM). Additional content based on
the third film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is planned to
be available at a future release date.
LEGO The Hobbit will take players on epic quests and a variety
of adventures as they explore key locations from the films, such
as Lake-town, Dale, Erebor, Bag End, Goblin-town, Mirkwood,
Rivendell and the treacherous High Pass over the Misty
Mountains. Fans will also assume the roles of their favorite
characters, including Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the Dwarves of
Erebor: Thorin, Fíli, Kíli, Óin, Glóin, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur,
Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori and Ori, each possessing a unique and
hilarious ability. One of the main new features of the game
allows players to utilize the Dwarves’ combined abilities such
as buddy fighting, two-player attack, staff climb, mace swing
and belly bounce to help them fight Orcs and fouler things or to
progress through the game.
Friends and family will enjoy discovering Middle-earth through
the easy access drop-in, drop-out gameplay option available on
the consoles. Together players will navigate 16 levels, unlock
more than 90 playable characters and partake in diverse treasure
quests, mine for gems, discover loot from enemies, craft
powerful magical items, and collect objects as they triumph in a
game of riddles and discover the power of The One Ring.
LEGO The Hobbit, developed by TT Games, is RATED “E10+” for
everyone 10 and older by the ESRB is now available for Xbox One
and PlayStation®4 for a suggested retail price of $59.99 (U.S.),
for Xbox 360, PS3™ and Wii U™ for a suggested retail price of
$49.99 (U.S), PS®Vita and Nintendo 3DS™ for the suggested retail
price of $29.99 (U.S.) and Windows PC for the suggested retail
price of $29.99 (U.S).