If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

Report: Lego Batman 2, The Hobbit, and DC Comic games releasing in 2012

Earlier today, Gamekyo reported that Warner was set to announce LEGO Batman 2 for multiple platforms next year, and now the LA Times has word that The Hobbit, as well as another DC Comics-based title are heading our way in 2012.

According to a feature on Warner which includes a chat with Warner Interactive president Martin Tremblay, the Hobbit game will be released sometime in 2012 before part one of Peter Jackson's film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes out in December. No word on if it is a tie-in to the films or not, but Guillermo del Toro said previously there will not be a Hobbit game tie-in with the upcoming movie at launch.

“It’s too ambitious to try and tackle that along with The Hobbit," he said at the time. “We have such tight release dates.” He did however, concede that both he and Jackson would have a part in the eventual game, but from a writer’s standpoint, it would be tough to be as heavily involved in it as he would have like at the time.

As far as extra information concerning the LEGO Batman 2 title, the LA Times article only mentions it in passing, and that Tremblay wasn't at liberty to provide explicit details on the DC Comics game, nor the superhero which would be starring in it.

We'll send Warner a mail regarding all three, and see what it has to tell us.

Maybe it will also tell us why the hell Jackson wrote Legolas into The Hobbit when there's no mention of him whatsoever in the book.

Sign in and unlock a world of features

Get access to commenting, homepage personalisation, newsletters, and more!

In this article

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

PS3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Wii, PC, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS

The Hobbit

Nintendo GBA, Nintendo GameCube, PS2, Xbox, PC

Related topics
About the Author
Stephany Nunneley-Jackson avatar

Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

News Editor

Stephany is VG247’s News Editor, with 22 years experience (with 15 of them at VG247). With a brain that lacks adhesive ducks, the ill-tempered, chaotic neutral fembot does her best to bring you the most interesting gaming news. She is also unofficially the site’s Lord of the Rings/Elder Scrolls Editor.

Comments