Exciting space combat - For the first time ever, battle with Batman and his allies in outer space and the various Lantern worlds including Zamaron and Odym. Robust roster of DC Comics heroes and villains - Play and unlock more than 150 unique characters with amazing powers and abilities, including members of the Justice League, and LEGO Big Figures such as Cyborg, Solomon Grundy and more. Unique storyline with new plots and twists –Surprising disguises, Brainiac’s mind control ability, and the power of the Lantern rings bring a whole new twist to characters you thought you knew. Hack computer terminals - Enter a virtual world to escape mazes, battle in arenas, and race to find the code. Bat-tastic Gadget Wheel - With a simple press of a button, choose and upgrade select character’s suits and abilities. Variety of iconic locales - Visit the Hall of Justice, the Batcave, and the Justice League Watchtower to access shops, trophy rooms, and the hero and vehicle customizers.
Mind-blowing Zero-G gameplay adds a whole new dimension to the action. Remix combat in spectacular style by customising the action with all-new LEGO Hazard Builds! Adventure through 45 missions spanning an original storyline focusing on dynamic, fast-paced gameplay. Play as more than 105 characters from the DC Comics universeHere’s your first look at Traveller’s Tales’ third brick-based Batman. The latest in the series builds on the suits of the last installment but takes the action into space, including some very Resogun-like shooting sections - ironically with a less blocky appearance than the original source. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK.The sections I saw took place right at the start of the game as Joker and Lex coordinate an attack on the Justice League’s Watch Tower. That’s the initial cause of the threequel’s spacey setting and introduces a whole new cast including Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, the Flash among others from the ranks of the JLA.
However, while Joker and Lex kick events off with their assault they aren’t the main enemy of the game. That job ultimately falls to Brainiac, but Traveller’s Tales’ executive producer Phillip Ring isn’t saying much more than that on the villain’s role. What he will talk about though is that, “the majority of the story takes place in space”, adding, “we get to go to a whole host of cool DC locations outside of Earth.”To get there Batman obviously needs a rocket and my demo starts in the Bat Cave with some very familiar co-op exploration as Bats and the Boy Wonder assemble the parts they need to build their space ship. The suits are back and this time you can switch between them at will, the only limit now being that there’s a fuel mechanic to certain outfits. So Robin’s Illumination Suit (letting you explore dark places) needs batteries, while Batman’s Jet Suit needs fuel to get around. These suits aren’t just limited to the Dynamic Duo either. One other character I saw getting dressed up was Cyborg who has a mecha-style Giant Suit, a Demolition Suit and a ‘Stealth’ Suit.
I’ve put that in quotes because it hides him by turning him into a washing machine. Perhaps one of the more interesting change ups this time are the shooter sections where you take on flying Joker teeth and other attackers. The battle I saw took place around the Watch Tower, a structure that even looks like a Resogun level, not to mention the action rotates around it. “We wanted to do things like this,” explains Phillip, “because that kind of 2D arcade shooter feels like it’s perfect for space combat and we get to have loads of Lego bricks flying around and blowing up.” You can also collect green power ups for extras like smart bombs, lasers or shields and the whole seems to strongly channel the feel of Housemarque’s blaster. The immediate changes are obvious - the new cast, the always accessible suits, the shooter sections and the space setting but it sounds like there’s more to come. “Wanted to push the story and show new locations, show new worlds that people haven’t been to before and refine what we can do in the game,” says Phil.
He ends with a classic ‘we’re not talking about that right now’ tease: “I’m a little bit restricted about what we can say. I know we’ve got some fantastic things we’re really excited about showing but with this being the first announcement we’re not revealing it all. In particular the voice acting: there’s some really cool stuff we’re putting in place for that.” This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK, bringing you original reporting, game culture and humour with a U from the British isles. Follow them on @Kotaku_UK.Warner Bros. can’t kick its Lego addiction. The movie company’s game division is announcing Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham as its next entry in the ongoing Lego superhero franchise. TT Games, the veteran studio that has created about 25 Lego games to date in an outrageously popular series, will build the new game in cooperation with The Lego Group, which is riding high on the success of The Lego Movie. (Yes, everything is awesome!). This game, which will be playable at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) conference in June, is aimed at extending Lego’s virtual dominance of the kid-parent territory of video games.
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment will publish the game this fall on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and the Windows PC. Overall, the Lego games have sold more than 100 million units worldwide, or roughly $6 billion worth at retail. This game takes Batman and Robin outside of Gotham City into new environments like outer space. One of the battles takes place around a space station, where Batman hops into a spaceship and fights off enemies in a hybrid 2D-3D platform, akin to the Defender arcade game. Two players can join in that action. Arthur Parsons, the lead game designer at TT Games on the project, said in a press briefing that “We’re excited to get back to our favorite franchise. We haven’t seen Batman and Robin quite like this before. But it’s also going to focus on the Justice League and the Legion of Doom. We’ve imagined what it’s like to be in space as a superhero.” Lego Batman 3 comes on the heels of Lego Batman: The Videogame (2008) and Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012).
Like the others, this game seeks to appeal to all ages with cute comic book antics for the kids and insider jokes that parents will get. Parsons said the game picks up where Lego Batman 2 left off, when Brainiac offered a clue as to what would come next. In a demo, he showed a sequence with Batman and Wonder Woman together, dealing with the Legion of Doom as it attacks the Justice League Watchtower. The game has a gadget wheel that you can use to choose different capabilities and gadgets that the characters can use to solve Lego puzzles. You can put on new suits that help the characters solve problems. Robin, for instance, has an illumination suit that helps him see things that aren’t otherwise visible in the environment. You can go into the Bat Computer to try out different virtual world experiences in different places within the DC universe. It has plenty of silly parts, like turning a superhero into a washing machine so that the hero can walk past villains undetected. “We’re doing new things within this fabulous brand that you get to play with,” Parsons said.