Lego The Hobbit

Lego The Hobbit
Cover art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Jon Burton
James McLoughlin
Producer(s)Randhir Jutley
Designer(s)Jon Burton
Programmer(s)Steve Harding
Artist(s)Leon Warren
Composer(s)Ian Livingstone
Rob Westwood
Original music composed by Howard Shore
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: 8 April 2014
  • EU: 11 April 2014
  • AU: 17 April 2014
Wii U
OS X
  • WW: 18 December 2014[3]
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Lego The Hobbit is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales. The game was released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on 8 April 2014 in North America, and 11 April in Europe. The game is a follow-up to Lego The Lord of the Rings based on the first two Hobbit films; An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug.[4] It was released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, OS X and Microsoft Windows.[5]

On 1 January 2019, all digital sales of the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of the game were halted. This was confirmed a few days later by publisher Warner Bros. Interactive.[6] The game was later re-added to Steam on 27 April 2020 and on console stores on 6 May 2020.[7]

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  2. ^ Brian (8 April 2014). "LEGO The Hobbit officially pushed back a couple of weeks on Wii U". Nintendo Everything. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ LEGO The Hobbit™ for Mac Launch Trailer, retrieved 23 May 2023
  4. ^ Karmali, Luke (26 February 2014). "Lego The Hobbit Release Date Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ^ Kubba, Sinan (25 November 2013). "Lego: The Hobbit Announced". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ^ Phillips, Tom (3 January 2019). "Lego Lord of the Rings games removed from Steam, Xbox and PS4 stores". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ Talbot, Carrie (27 April 2020). "The Lego Lord of the Rings games are back on Steam". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.