Travellers Tales

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today announced their acquisition of TT Games. TT Games is one of the oldest game studios around, comprised of TT Games Publishing, and development arm Traveller’s Tales - best known for the massively successful LEGO Star Wars games. Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group on why TT Games is such a great fit for them:

“TT Games is the leading video game developer for young gamers and their families. The expertise that TT Games brings to Warner Bros. is a great match with our brands as well as an opportunity to effectively leverage our existing global infrastructure.”

Traveller’s Tales managing director Jon Burton calls it a dream come true:

“After 18 years in the video games industry, the opportunity to become a meaningful part of the world’s leading entertainment company is the fulfillment of a dream. Now that we are part of Warner Bros., I think it’s safe to say we are exactly where we want to be.”

TT Games is currently working on LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman and the next Narnia game. They will maintain their relationship with LEGO, LucasArts, and Guinness World Records.

Traveller’s Tales, the team behind Lego Star Wars, has labeled their Wiimote implementation in the upcoming Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga as “brilliantly cool.” The game will be the first to allow the Wiimote to be used as a lightsaber, beating LucasArts’ own The Force Unleashed to market.

Traveller’s Tales Games’ Richard Earl had this to say on the subject:

The Wii controller offers all sorts of new, fun and accessible ways for people to play with Lego characters - and swinging away with your lightsaber is a brilliantly cool part of the Lego Jedi experience.

When asked about the predicted success of the title, Earl responded with:

Of course we hope The Complete Saga can hit the Christmas number one spot, but there are many other strong titles on the horizon. We’ll have to wait and see.

via Develop