With the success of the Lego Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Batman games, speculation has been rife as to what Traveller’s Tales will do next. So far they’ve been tight lipped, waiting for the right time to launch in a blaze of press release hyperbolic glory, but they may have been beaten to the punch with a wimper. According to Kotaku, the CV of an animator working for the company has let slip that they’re currently working on two games: another Indiana Jones one and a Lego Harry Potter title.
Most people saw this coming several miles off, what with the Harry Potter licence and Traveller’s Tales being owned by Warner Brothers, and it’s a release that sounds like an excellent combination which is sure to sell millions. Though personally having never read a Potter book or seen one of the films, I was hoping for something a little more off the wall. Like Lego Goodfellas, or Lego Platoon.
The other release is sadly a lot more predictable, and adds Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to the list of titles worked on. Given it’s only one film, I reckon there’s a good chance this could be added as DLC for Xbox and PS3, but there will probably be a “Complete Saga” tie in as well.
There’s one more juicy bit of gossip to be gleaned from the CV – apparently the animator was also involved in putting together a demo pitch based on the upcoming Hobbit films, which is another licence I’m completely unfamiliar with. That said, a well loved fantasy universe with plenty of combat sounds very familiar to the things which made Lego Star Wars such a breath of fresh air so fingers crossed this comes to fruition.
Update: The animator has now removed the details of the games from her CV. Talk about closing the doors after the horse has bolted.
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