Stop whatever you're doing, tie up your digital shoelaces, and shuffle those digital feet as fast as possible to your closest digital storefront, because The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game is free to keep for a few more hours. That's right, until midnight on May 21st (depending on your time zone), The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game costs fewer dollars than its title has syllables.
The newest LEGO movie has officially received a game to go along with it and, if there was any confusion which Lego Movie )(and game) came first, the latter’s formal title is The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, ironing out any and all misunderstandings. The newly announced title is set for a 2019 release across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch and PC, although the exact release date remains unknown. However, as The LEGO Movie 2 film is set for a February release, it is safe to say that expecting the video game to release near that time is very likely.
This week's "Deals with Gold" has a little added bonus: a Warner Bros Publisher sale. Until Monday, September 19, you can pick up the most recent LEGO releases, including LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, at a discounted price if you've got an Xbox Live Gold membership.
The LEGO series has become a staple element of many Co-Optimus reader's gaming diet, with their hours of 2 player local co-op entertainment. However, until now we have been familiar with the properties the games are based on. Thankfully, the same can probably be said of The LEGO Movie Videogame, the film just made over $69 million in its first weekend!
After what feels like months of hiatus...oh wait - it really has been month - the Co-Op Release Alerts are back. We actually have a tangible co-op game releasing this week. It's a new year's miracle. Hold on to your butts.
I said LEGO were crazy to produce a toy made out of blocks. I said they were mad if they thought a computer game of these blocks would work. In the end, they drove me to insanity with The LEGO Movie Videogame; a game, of a film, about a bunch of blocks. I will sooth my troubled mind with some new screenshots.
The LEGO games have built their success on the intellectual property of others, from Harry Potter to The Lord of the Rings and back again. About time they cut out the middle man and made a game from something they created. The LEGO Movie Videogame is that something, but wait; the new trailer has characters from other franchises!
For those of you who wish a decent video game movie would be released in theaters for once, we might have a true winner with Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. The movie’s official video game, however, is being described as the game that will “Inspire a whole new generation of young gamers”. Both Activision and Disney Interactive have been working on a side-scrolling, arcade title of Wreck-It Ralph: The Video Game for current Nintendo platforms to go right alongside what is portrayed in the movie.
If our gut is correct, we believe that Warner Bros. will more than likely release a widely-expected version of LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Videogame. The title has been hinted at being on its way, according to the packaging for the new line of LEGO Lord of the Rings toys, based off of the three Peter Jackson movies inspired by the books.
Christian Cantamessa, co-writer/designer of several Rockstar games (including Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Co-Optimus community favorite Red Dead Redemption) has signed on to direct a post-apocalyptic film - which he also co-wrote - with a very original sounding premise.
Netflix dropped a bombshell on its customers late last night announcing it was splitting it's DVD by mail service and streaming service into two separate companies. While a major price increase was announced just months ago, this announcement was supposed to be the grand plan all along...or so it seems. With that Netflix is becoming a streaming media only company while their new DVD service is being called Qwikster.
Today Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg was caught blurting out some interesting names while pitching the effectiveness of Call of Duty Elite in getting gamers more involved socially. Actors Jason Bateman ("Arrested Development", The Kingdom, Hancock) and Will Arnett ("Arrested Development", Semi-Pro, Jonah Hex), and director brothers Ridley (Gladiator, Robin Hood, Black Hawk Down) and Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire) have been named as contributors to original content that will be created for Elite.
