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In this episode, the guys talk about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Super Mario 3D Land, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Sonic Generations, Lord of the Rings: War in the North, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, Cave Story 3D, Toy Story 3: The Game, Family Feud & Friends, Quarrel Deluxe, Lego Harry Potter (both), and more!
"Target, Toys R Us and Best Buy are all offering deals this week meant to get shoppers to make multiple purchases. Meanwhile, K-Mart is offering a hot deal on Mafia II releasing this week and a similar deal on Red Dead Redemption."
""I will put my hands up and admit that I have avoided all “Lego” titles on the Xbox 360 for one reason alone – They looked childish. Yes, I judged a game by it’s cover and I am kicking myself for doing so as I have clearly been missing out on a highly addictive series.""
With so many Lego style games these days, it was inevitable that the ever popular Harry Potter movies was going to be turned into a Lego video game. With the release of Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, has the Lego style games taken a step forward, or is this just more of the same with a different gimmick? Read on to find out.
The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of June 2010, representing sales for the United States for the five week period of May 30 to June 3.
Hardware:
NDS: 510.7k (102.14k per week)
360: 451.7k (90.34k per week)
WII: 422.5k (84.5k per week)
PS3: 304.8k (60.96k per week)
PSP: 121.0k (24.2k per week)
Year-on-Year HW Difference
Platform: 2010 - 2009: +/- : % Change
NDS: 510,700 - 767,000: -90,500 : -11.80%
360: 451,700 - 241,000: +210,700 : +87....
"If reading the books, watching the films and playing the movie games were not enough for you, then there’s a new way to experience Harry’s first few years at Hogwarts. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 allows players to build up Harry’s repertoire and spells at his new school of wizardry brick-by-brick…literally."
"LEGOs simply never go out of style. Most people who have ever played with the little plastic building blocks will always keep a special place in their heart for the simple toys. Many fans of gaming are also fans of LEGOs, and this is more apparent now than ever before due to the hugely successfully series of LEGO video games based upon staples of pop culture such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter."
"In this inaugural episode of the TV and Lust podcast, Craig, Fran, Seth and Chris all introduce themselves to their listeners, and talk about what games they’ve all been playing recently, including LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, Metal Gear Solid and Deathsmiles. The staff also go over a few games they’re looking forward to in the coming months."
"Avada Kedavra! The killing curse incantation could’ve been cast on LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, but instead, the video game adaptation of the films in LEGO form are simply delightful for the demographics it was aimed for, even if it does little to appease teenage and college crowds. Be warned though, playing cooperative is a must to avoid the pratfalls of dumb AI."
"Traveller’s Tales has continued to pump out LEGO titles for all game platforms since LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game in 2005 to mostly uneven results. The formula has been through its up and downs through three Star Wars games, two Indiana Jones games, and one Batman game. However, it finally looks like they’ve paid attention in Snape's potion class by coming up with the perfect concoction for LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4."
Is casting spells against other drivers legal in NASCAR? For that matter, will other drivers poke fun at someone with LEGO Harry Potter on the hood? Well, with driver names like "Dick Trickle" and Viagra sponsorships, I would hope not.
A look at the hottest female video game characters of June. Every month, DEFCON:AWESOME selects a few of gaming's gorgeous gals and crowns one of them the hottest of the month. This month: LEGO Harry Potter's Hermione, the gals of Alpha Protocol, Toy Story 3's Jessie, Secret File: Tunguska's Nina Kalenkov, and the female fighter from Nexon's Dungeon Fighter Online.
"Sony has updated the Playstation Network Store and revealed the first set of special offers for Playstation Plus subscribers on top of the regular additions for non-subscribers. The first PS Plus sales are from 50% off on select Midway classic arcade titles and slight discounts but free DLC from TikGames/Creat Studios."
Red Dead: Redemption has finally been knocked off the top of the UK charts.
The Western, which has dominated the charts for five weeks, fell to new entry LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
Red Dead did, however, claim a respectable second place, in front of rival Super Mario Galaxy 2 at third. 2010 FIFA World Cup also dropped one place to fourth.
Below that, it's a radical redesign of the chart. Naughty Bear debuted at fifth, while Demon's Souls, after all the wonder over whether it would...
"Harry Potter and the rest of the Hogwart's gang make their LEGO form debut today in a demo now available on Xbox LIVE. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 - 4 recreates the series from Privett Lane all the way to the Triwizard Tournament. But the demo will give LEGO and Harry Potter fans just a taste of the 140 mini-fig characters and levels in the game."
"With Traveller's Tales and Warner Bros locking down the rights to create Lego-based video games at least until 2016 and a stable of instant hits released and upcoming titles like Harry Potter on the way, we wanted to look at the licenses we'd most like to see teleported into the popular Lego Universe."
"LEGO Systems and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced a worldwide license agreement for TT Games Publishing to continue developing the highly successful LEGO based videogames across multiple platforms. Operating as part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of WBHEG, TT Games is the publisher and developer behind the award-winning hit LEGO videogame franchises including, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman: The Videogame and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, ..."
"That’s right all you 20+ year-old Harry Potter fans out there, listen up. No longer do we have to walk down the toy isle in Target acting sad because we’re embarrassed to buy the new Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts set. Lego and Warner Bros are teaming up to bring you the first four-years of the Harry Potter world to the gaming kingdom. The game is set to hit the stores in late May, so here’s a little bit about it to get you ready for it!"
"Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers a mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will give gamers the chance to experience the Harry Potter adventure in a new and uniquely LEGO way. Playing as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as other favourite characters, gamers will have the opportunity..."
"It was going to happen sooner or later. With three Star Wars games, two Indiana Jones games and a Batman game under its belt, it was clear that developer Traveller's Tales wasn't going to suddenly stop making LEGO games. Chuck in the fact that there's already a Lego Harry Potter toy line and that most Lego games use a multiple-movie layout, the chances of a Lego Harry Potter game eventually happening were about as slim as Hagrid."
"Deep within your brain, there’s a little lobe that desperately wants you to act like a nine year-old. This little lobe is in control every time you queue up The Princess Bride on Netflix or decide to buy a candy bar to reward yourself for a trip to the dentist. In that lobe, there’s also a little box with all your favorite moments from the original Star Wars or Indiana Jones or Batman movies, along with your memories of building and smashing LEGOs together on the carpet of your living rooms o..."
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