LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Remember this? Well, we still don't know whether it's going to be true or not, but we can now be assured that 2009 is going to have a new Lego game that will "be a surprise" according to a source at Traveller's Tales.
And it is also said that the game won't be Harry Potter.

"It’s Tuesday, 30th December 2008 – the sixth day of Christmas. And that, of course, means it’s time for the sixth instalment in The Twelve Games of Christmas. A feature series running on each of the twelve days of Christmas here at Electronic Theatre, The Twelve Games of Christmas aims to highlight some of the industry’s top achievers of 2008, running through one month’s worth of disc-based releases everyday. Today, we look at June 2008, and give you the top-picks for those January sale barga..."

A nice quick and to the point write up from Primotech that includes all the winners from the show on top of some random news blips (such as Pearl Jam's full album Ten coming to Rock Band, Brutal Legend confirmed for 2009, GTAIV DLC trailer, Gears 2 maps coming, Fight Night Round 4 coming 2009). See quote for full list of winners, go to source to see some more news from the event.

Microsoft is really trying to make the 360 a more attractive buy for people this holiday, now they will be bundling the 360 with extra games at no extra cost. The $299 Premium and $399 Elite will come with Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, and Kung Fu Panda. And the $199 Arcade will came with Sega Superstars Tennis on top of the five Xbox Live Arcade titles that already come with it.

These holiday bundles will take effect later in the year, but take note that these bundles have ...

Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.

Games featured:

  • [WII] Klonoa ~door to phantomile~
    • Release Date: 12/4/2008, 4800 yen
    • Published and Developed by Namco Bandai
    • Remake of PSX version
    • Cel-shaded Graphics
    • Controlled by Wiimote on its side
  • [WII] Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
    • 2009 Release
    • Published by Marvelous
    • Action RPG
    • Wi-Fi Multiplayer
  • [WII] Monster ...

The-minusworld has put together a list of Lego movie video games that they want to see happen, but never will. Their pictures are pretty cool, check 'em out.

List is in the source.

"As expected Metal Gear Solid 4 has rocketed to the top of the All Formats All Prices video game chart, knocking Activision's LEGO Indiana Jones down to No.2 and GTA 4 down to No.3

1: METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
2: LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES
3: GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
4: MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
5: DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING"

"Here's the latest list of new PC releases for the next two weeks. Enjoy!

Street Gears
Release Date: June 1, 2008

Dracula: Origin
Release Date: June 2, 2008

GRID
Release Date: June 3, 2008

Stronghold Crusader Extreme
Release Date: June 2, 2008

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Release Date: June 3, 2008

Kung Fu Panda
Release Date: June 3, 2008

The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure
Release Date: June 4, 2008

The Incredible Hulk
Release Date: ..."

It's no contest to figure out what the major release this week is: Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden II for the Xbox 360. Say what you will about the love-him-or-hate-him about the studio head Tomobobu Itagaki, there are many out there waiting for this game.

However, that doesn't mean that there aren't any other good or notable games available; for DS owners, the Atlus USA-published Summon Night: Twin Age makes its way to US shores. Those looking for a racer can check out the Codemasters develop...