TT Games

the stream is still live so I can't give a timestamp

Jez Corden from Windows Central says that Warner Bros is interested in selling off NetherRealm and TT Games. Also says he has physical documents to prove it.

Of course this does not mean this is actually happening, and he doesn't know who would be buying them, but Warner Bros does not see these two studios as being "in their scope" (Warner Bros words). This could be because of the reception to the Mortal Kombat film, or the fact that they need to keep licensing the LEGO IP, which eats into their profits. These documents could easily be out of date, and Warner Bros has decided they would transition them to their new Discovery studio too, so we'll just wait and see...

I’ve worked as a game designer at TT for some 18 years, and have had great fun over the years working on a large number of our games including LEGO Dimensions most recently, but also the LEGO Batman/LEGO Marvel/LEGO Harry Potter series of games amongst many others, I eat, sleep, breath TT Games, and count myself lucky to work with so many amazing creative people. I have a keen interest in everything we do, but also love reading comics, playing videogames, and spending lots of time with my family, kids, cats and dogs! Ask me anything. AMA.

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EDIT - Apologies - after 3 hours of furiously typing my fingers are starting to dissolve... I'm going to take a break, but will come back to answer more of your questions as quickly as I can.

EDIT - Thank you to everyone in the community for taking part in the AMA, I'll drop back and answer as many questions as I can... thank you all

EDIT - I'm hoping to find a little time to come back and answer as many of the unanswered questions as I can in the next few days - don't want everyone to think I'm ignoring unanswered questions - so thanks for your patience.

I’m just curious in thinking what is next for TT games? Lego games for my information? Lego two Drive was headed off to another studio the skywalker saga the last game that they’ve made so far which was released two years ago so I was really hoping I could get some information. Do we know what’s next for the games?

After The Skywalker Saga, TT Games has not made a LEGO Game, and now 2K is making LEGO games? What happened to TT Games?

A couple months ago, a bunch of classic LEGO×TT Games were on sale on the Xbox Marketplace for 5$ or less per title. Having played and enjoyed many of the games on multiple different gaming consoles, I purchased a few of the games which I had missed along the way.

This got me thinking — how many of these old games are still playable on a modern gaming console like my Xbox Series X? It turns out, basically all of them, but with a few caveats... This led me down a deep rabbit-hole, including a lot of research here at , on , Wikipedia, and around the web.

The result of all this digging is an article I just published that tries to consolidate all of this information into an easily digestible guide for folks who want to revisit some, or all, of these classic games! I do think folks here will find it both interesting and useful, and I also want to hear your thoughts and feedback!

LINK:

In case you do not want to read the whole article, here are a few of the main highlights:

1. You really can play all the games on the latest Xbox Hardware, so long as you have the series X model that has a DVD Drive.

2. You can't play the original versions of LEGO Star Wars 1/2 or the original LEGO Harry Potter games, but you can play the remastered versions of both, which are nearly identical apart from improved graphics.

3. There are two titles which you can only play with a disk-based copy: Lord of the Rings (which I love) and LEGO Dimensions.

4. You can also play most of these games on a Windows PC or Steam Deck, but LEGO Dimensions is a console exclusive.

5. Other consoles like Playstation or Switch are great, but they have much more limited backwards compatibility.

I also geeked out on how well the LEGO×TT games give us a window into the transition periods when new gaming consoles are introduced. As you can see in this photo, there is a key period right after a new console is released where games are available for both the new and older system. This sems to be about 4 years after the new hardware is released.

I hope you found interesting and useful, and genuinely appreciate feedback of any kind! I am also working on a follow-up article that reflects on the series as a whole, offering more editorial perspective on the best and worst games in the series (acknowledging that even that is subjective).

I also hope to highlight some of the ways that the evolution of LEGO toys influenced the LEGO games, and more importantly, how the LEGO games influenced the LEGO toy products. In particular, I would love to highlight some key examples of a minifigure which appeared in video games but was later included in a physical LEGO set.

Sincerely,
—Tom Alphin,