LEGO Batman 2 Now on Wii U
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and the LEGO Group Announce LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes Now Available for Wii U
Best-Selling LEGO Batman Game Makes a Heroic Leap to the Wii U GamePad
BURBANK, CA -- (May 21, 2013) - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games today announced LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes arrives for the Wii U™ system, bringing to the platform an adventure already enjoyed by millions. Widely praised as one of last year's best games for the entire family with sales reaching more than 3.5 million units worldwide, LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes recently took home the prize for best family game at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.
LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes offers a humorous and endearing journey into the DC Universe, pitting the most memorable of DC superheroes against its most vile of villains, as part of a story that is fun for all ages. The LEGO version of Gotham City delivers a sprawling playground of exciting combat, imaginative puzzles and a near-endless number of collectibles.
"LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a big hit and we are very happy to make this exciting adventure available to owners of the Wii U™," said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. "The Wii U™ GamePad offers gamers the stellar charm, humor and adventure that fans and families love about the LEGO games."
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes makes use of the Wii U™ GamePad, giving players the ability to use the touchscreen to assemble a team of powerful heroes suitable for any task, or utilize an enhanced interactive map to intuitively reach their next objective. Players can even tackle the whole experience on the GamePad's touchscreen in off-TV mode, or invite a friend to hop in on the TV without having to share screen space.
Batman must defend Gotham with the help of powerful friends like Superman and Robin, to put a stop to the diabolical plans of Lex Luthor, The Joker and their entire team of super villains, including The Penguin and Harley Quinn. Encounter many of the Dark Knight's iconic allies and enemies in a charming, hilarious, family-friendly adventure full of exciting gameplay.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, which received both the Xbox 360 Platinum Hit and PlayStation 3 Greatest Hit "Best Seller" awards, is also available for the Wii™ system, Windows PC, as well as the Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ handheld systems and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system.
LEGO Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes was developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. For more information, please visit http://www.videogames.LEGO.com.
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About TT Games
TT Games, wholly owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, is the combined publishing and development group behind the hit games LEGO® Star Wars™, LEGO® Batman™, LEGO® Indiana Jones™, LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean™ and LEGO® Harry Potter™. Incorporating renowned UK developer Traveller's Tales, TT Games has a distinctive focus on console, handheld, mobile and PC games of the highest quality, aimed at young gamers and their families. For more information, please visit http://www.ttgames.com.
About the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group (http://www.LEGO.com) is a privately held, family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark. It was founded in 1932 and today the group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of play materials for children. The company is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities through its products, which can be purchased in more than 130 countries. Visit http://www.LEGO.com.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner divisions, launched We Can Be Heroes -- a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League super heroes -- to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
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