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Traveller’s Tales founder, Jon Burton, has said that Sony’s digital games service needs to support cheaper prices or the handheld will go the way of the dodo.

“I own a PSPgo but don’t want to buy LittleBigPlanet, for instance, as I can get it 20 percent cheaper on UMD from Amazon and could resell it once I’m finished with it,” Burton told attendees at the Developer Jury Service.

“But if I download it, I get no discount, and no chance to resell – how annoying is that? I’m betting on Sony making PSPgo games much cheaper than the UMD versions, or the PSPgo will die.”

Tough words, there Jon.

More through PocketGamer.

Another video for LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues featuring scenes from the movies has been posted over on CBS.

It’s posted below the break.

Still looking cute.

Game’s out on November 17 for DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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The cast of characters for LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues has been revealed.

There’s folks (and things) from all the Indy flicks. Yes, ALL the Indy flicks.

Here’s the full list, courtesy of VideogamesBlogger. Wonder if we can drive Short Round off a cliff this time around?

Game’s out November 17 for DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and Xbox 360.

• Cairo Digger
• Crystal Skull (Object)
• Enemy Mechanic
• Indiana Jones
• Lao Che
• Major Arnold Toht
• Marion Ravenwood
• Mola Ram
• Mutt
• Native
• Professor Henry Jones Senior
• Rene Belloq
• Short Round
• Spalko
• Willie Scott

EG has live a brand new video of Lego: Rock Band, which looks like the introduction of the game.

Find it through the link.

It’s out this autumn for PS3, 360, Wii, PS2 and DS.

A new video for LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues has been released and it’s posted past the break, courtesy of BigDownload.

It’s basically the scene from the bar during the first part of the first movie, with clips from it coinciding with the LEGO version.

Looks rather cute. Makes us want to watch the movie again.

Game’s out November 17.

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Like Bowie, Queen, and Iggy Pop before them, Blur are to be LEGOized in Lego Rock Band.

You can see the boys in action hammering along to Song 2 in their blocky forms over on Rolling Stone.

Thanks to RS, we keep shouting WHOO HOO through the house. Nice one.

Warner Bros. has confirmed that LEGO Rock Band will hit the UK on November 27.

Developers by Traveller’s Tales in conjunction with Harmonix, the game has loads of songs in it with the curses removed.

Nice track list there though.

Still, Short & Sweet is a bit innuendo filled, but maybe the kiddies won’t notice.

Via CVG.

Warner Bros has just sent out the full tracklist for Lego: Rock Band.

It contains Blur, Pink, David Bowie, Ray Parker Jr, KT Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs and more.

As well as the tracklist, it was also confirmed that Rock Band DLC will be fully compatable with L:RB fom release, as will be exporting tracks from L:RB over to the main Rock Band.

Read the PR, after the break.

It’s out this holiday for PS3, 360, Wii and DS.

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Our dreams of playing as David Bowie are no longer a fantasy. They’re reality.

USA Today has the first shot of Bowie as a character in the game, also revealing that Bowie’s Let’s Dance will be in the game.

Sweetness.

More through the link.

Warner has promoted Jeff Junge to senior VP of business management in wake of its acquisition of Midway Games.

“Jeff is a tremendous asset to the studio and has been a key contributor to the success of many of the company’s major initiatives,” said Warner Home Entertainment president Kevin Tsujihara.

“He is a strategic thinker, has exceptional insight into the deal making process and is a tireless worker. Jeff’s expertise will be critical as we continue to expand our business and explore new opportunities.”

Junge was instrumental in the purchase of Traveller’s Tales back in 2007, and Warner’s investment in OnLive.

His new position will entail continued merger and acquisition suggestions and implementation.

Via Edge.

NetDevil has revealed that its upcoming MMO, LEGO Universe, could bridge the generation gap between parents and their children.

“I talk a lot about the visual divide between generations, and I feel it quite acutely between, say my mother and my son,” the game’s creative director, Ryan Seabury, told Eurogamer.

“His grandmother I can’t drag onto email kicking and screaming. I’ve tried three times. But he’s going to grow up with email as just part of his vocabulary – it’s not like a new concept or anything. So how are they going to communicate? How are they going to have a relevant conversation?

“I look at LEGO as a language, as an idea. She understands it: she bought it for me when I was a kid. My son likes it, I like it. So even though she may not be playing LEGO Universe, I’ll be playing LEGO Universe, he’ll be playing LEGO Universe and there’s a relevant connection there.

“Good games are fun to play, no matter what. There’s a lot of depth that we can offer that will be there. Obviously it’s family-friendly so it’s going to be in a different context to some of the more adult-themed games. But if you like LEGO and if you like playing MMOs or connecting with your friends and playing games then you’re probably going to like LEGO Universe.”

Jonathan Smith, head of Traveller’s Tales agreeed, stating that LEGO creates a world where parents can come together with their children.

“Online games and the online communications experience are very accessible and children are ready for that, immersed in that, and parents are not,” he said. “So this is where the children can actually lead the parents by the hand and show them what to do, and that can be a really powerful experience together.”

A Beta test is expected for the game in 2010. More through the link.

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues will allow not only level creation, but two players can create levels simultaneously.

This new feature is expected for all console versions, and of course will not be shareable between consoles.

It’s like a cross between ModNation Racers and LBP, according to Joystiq’s man on the floor at Develop.

Hit the link for the rest.

Lego Rock Band will have a Jackson 5 track, Traveller’s Tales boss Jonathan Smith told VG247 this morning.

“We have the Jackson 5′s amazing ‘I Want You Back’; “Breakout” by Foo Fighters, and ‘A-Punk’ from the brilliant Vampire Weekend,” said the developer.

These new tracks are in addition to those confirmed when the game was announced, named:

• Blur: ‘Song 2′
• Carl Douglas: ‘Kung Fu Fighting’
• Europe: ‘The Final Countdown’
• Good Charlotte: ‘Boys and Girls’
• Pink: ‘So What’

The game’s out later this year for 360, PS3, Wii and DS.

Warner just released the first movie of Lego Harry Potter, as you can see after the break.

The game will cover the first four years of Harry’s life in Hogwarts, and will release next year.

Full details here.

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Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues will hit later this year, TT and Activision said today.

The “hook” appears to be user-created levels.

Wii, DS, PSP, PS3 and 360. No PS2: the dream’s over.

PR after the break.

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Sure it’s cute – it has LEGOs in it doing all sorts of LEGO stuff.

Best part is you get to see all the space, castle and pirate toy lines from your youth battle it out together or against opponents.

Just like you did with your hands and imaginations way back when.

There’s a press release announcing the trailer posted with it after the break, courtesy of D’Toid.

It’s out for DS June 9.

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Warner’s just confirmed Lego Rock Band for 2009 release.

The game’s on the way for Wii, PS3, 360, and DS.

Songs included:

• Blur: “Song 2”
• Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
• Europe: “The Final Countdown”
• Good Charlotte: “Boys and Girls”
• Pink: “So What”

Told you. Announcement after the break.

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Harmonix designer Dan Teasdale’s confirmed on his blog that Lego Rock Band was supposed to be announced at GDC. He’s provided the slides to prove it.

There’s a PDF there of an earlier version of the designer’s GDC session – obviously, it didn’t happen. Looks like Lego Rock Band was planned to be announced prior to this year’s show.

Teasdale’s slides show that the game will hit in 2009.

Told you.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Lego game rumors are always out and about, and today is no exception, with news emerging of a Prince of Persia line of toys based on the upcoming movie in 2010.

When Disney announced that Lego would be releasing the toys, it only made sense that gaming sites would be buzzing about the possibility of a game connection.

Joystiq’s quick to point out that Warner Bros owned Traveller’s Tales has used licenses from other movie studios in the past, so it could be a possibility in the future.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Traveller’s Tales announced Lego Battles for DS today.

The game will feature three Lego toy themes, and allow you to build your own fortresses and wage battle against other teams across six storylines and over 70 different levels.

This means that your Lego pirates can battle wizards and aliens, and your dragons can knock about with ninjas while your pirate ships can accost a spacecraft. Really.

Multiplay will be a multi-card affair.

Still waiting for Lego Rock Band, obviously.

Press release after the jump.

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