Today, the LEGO The Hobbit video game was officially launched! If you are in the market, you can buy the game here. Over the next few weeks look for us to push out our gameplay videos for each of the levels from the LEGO Hobbit game. If you pre-ordered the game through GameStop, you would have gotten the exclusive Good Morning Bilbo Baggins minifigure. As of now, this is selling for around $30 on eBay.
In case you missed it, this latest LEGO-inspired video game also coincides with the release of the Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug on Blu-ray/DVD. If you buy the film on Blu-ray through Target (online or in-store) you will be able to get the Legolas Greenleaf (30215) polybag.
Here is the launch trailer for the game:
Join your favorite characters from The Hobbit in an amazing LEGO adventure through Middle-earth! Go on epic quests and a variety of adventures based on the first two films in the trilogy — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug. And if you want more, additional adventures will be available in the future for The Hobbit: There and Back Again!
Additionally, here’s LEGO’s official press release as well”
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released the key art for LEGO The Hobbit, available this Spring for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita, the Wii U™, Nintendo 3DS™, as well as Windows PC. Join Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin Oakenshield and Company, as they set out on an unforgettable journey filled with both splendor and peril, on their quest to take back the Lonely Mountain from Smaug The Magnificent.
In LEGO The Hobbit, kids and families will take on the form of their favorite Hobbit characters and follow the storyline of Peter Jackson’s first two films. Players will embark on quests throughout Middle-earth, joining Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and Thorin Oakenshield and Company in their exciting adventures toward the Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor. Along the way, players will solve countless puzzles, partake in Treasure Quests and battle with Orcs, Trolls, Goblins and fouler things.