The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, South Hall #2047
In The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, preparations are underway in Hobbiton for a great party to welcome Aragorn, King of Gondor, and honour Samwise Gamgee for his service during the War of the Ring. The children of the town are eager to learn more of this great man and so Samwise, now Mayor, embarks on a tale of the revered warrior, Strider—as Aragorn is known in his Ranger days—and his most valiant battles. Players assume the role of Aragorn and embark on his greatest quests from The Lord of the Rings trilogy as they wield his sword, bow or spear on foot and on horseback through an action-packed gameplay experience.
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is being developed for Wii™ by Headstrong Games and for Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system by TT Fusion and will be released in spring 2009.
LEGO Rock Band
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
LEGO® Rock Band® merges two of the most popular videogame franchises to create the unique family-friendly music experience that will allow families, tweens and teens to experience a wild journey to rock stardom where they can “Build a Band and Rock the Universe.” LEGO Rock Band combines the multiplayer music experience of Rock Band® with the fun, customization and humour of the LEGO videogame franchise and is packed with chart-topping songs and classic favourites suitable for younger audiences.
Scheduled for release Q4 2009 for Xbox 360®, PLAYSTATION®3, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™, the game is being developed by TT Games in partnership with Harmonix and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Scribblenauts
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
Scribblenauts is a revolutionary new game for the Nintendo DS™ that will deliver all-age fun with two styles of gameplay and more than 200 levels. Using the Nintendo DS touch-screen, the player helps their character, Maxwell, acquire the starite in each level by solving a series of puzzles. The twist is, in order to solve the puzzle, the player uses the stylus and notepad to write down the word for any object that comes to mind in order to reach the goal. Every object behaves as it would in the real world, and players can combine countless objects together to create completely new behaviours. Every level has more than one written object to use as a solution, opening up the game to unlimited replay.
Available in spring 2009, the game, created and developed by 5TH Cell, is being published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
LEGO Battles
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
LEGO® Battles offers a new RTS option for young games on the Nintendo DS. With trademark LEGO fun and charm, LEGO® Battles combines three classic LEGO themes: LEGO Space, LEGO Castle, and LEGO Pirates to create a unique extension of the LEGO build-and-play experience that stays true to the customization and humour that are the foundation of LEGO videogames. Through six distinct story lines, players build their own LEGO bases and battle teams as they engage in 90 different levels. Players can then mix and match units to create the ultimate customized LEGO squad. LEGO® Battles is an action-packed adventure for young gamers where swordsmen clash with pirates and ninjas face off against alien spaceships with multiple opportunities for customization and un-lockable treasures. Players can also challenge friends on the battlefield in multiplayer mode through wireless DS multi-card play.
Produced by TT Games, developed by Hellbent Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment LEGO® Battles is available exclusively on the Nintendo DS™ on June 17, 2009.
Scooby-Doo! First Frights
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
Scooby-Doo! First Frights is an action-adventure game perfect for the whole family as players take on the role of young Scooby-Doo and teenage versions of the newly formed Mystery, Inc. crew to solve their very first cases.
Fans will be able to explore spooky environments as Scooby, Shaggy or any of the super-cool teen Mystery, Inc. team. The action-adventure game features co-op play allowing two members of Mystery, Inc. to work together to solve puzzles, combat enemies, and collect clues before unmasking each episode’s mysterious villain – all while gaining prestige as world famous sleuths! The game is the complement to the upcoming live-action and CGI Warner Bros. DVD release Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins.
Developed by Torus Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Scooby-Doo! First Frights will be released on the Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in spring 2009.
Queen Teen: The Clique
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
Queen Teen: The Clique, a new videogame based on the best-selling young adult book series by author Lisi Harrison, promises fans new adventures with several of their favourite characters as they work up the social ladder to join the ultimate clique. Queen Teen: The Clique, allows fans to play as a new student in school attempting to make friends and increase their popularity in an effort to join the ultimate clique, the Pretty Committee.
Players take on a variety of challenges and experience tricky situations as they interact with characters from the book as well as the game. Players can increase their social standing by playing a variety of mini-games to earn money for the latest clothing and accessories.
Developed by Gorilla Systems and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Nintendo DS™ in spring 2009.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part II
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, is the second of two long-form, episodic action games based on the Watchmen film and takes place over a decade before the film’s main story, delving into the partnership of urban vigilantes Rorschach and Nite Owl before the hero-banning Keene Act.
The game features a split screen co-op multiplayer option in addition to a single-player experience with an A.I. partner. Staying true to the tone of the film on which it’s based, Watchmen: The End is Nigh features stunning graphics in moody settings mixed with brutal combat.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, is rated “MA15+” and will be available for download on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and for PlayStation® Network and Windows PC, as well as available with Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 1 playable on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin – New Downloadable Content
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
In F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin a routine assignment to locate the president of Armacham Technology Corporation turns into a desperate battle for survival after an explosion decimates the city and unleashes Alma Wade. As Alma’s power swells out of control, special forces Sgt. Michael Becket begins to suspect that he’s somehow linked to the crisis and may be the only one capable of averting total disaster. Becket and his squad must battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her.
At E3 2009, gamers can continue the mechanized mayhem within the Armoured Front Map Pack. Put your skill to the test in a full-scale training ground for Replica soldiers, or push your way out of a train yard into the vast and open-ended junction station built around a turntable. Elite Powered Armours (EPAs) will battle their way through the ground floor as infantry can choose to either support from below, or scale the heights of the station and engage in long-range combat.
F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin is rated “MA 15+” and is available now for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and Games for Windows®.
Terminator Salvation
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Booth, South Hall #2047
Terminator Salvation the videogame is a third-person action game with concentrated armed combat against all of the Skynet enemies from the Terminator Salvation film, while encountering new enemies specifically designed for the game.
Taking place two years before the events of the Terminator Salvation film from Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures, players assume the role of John Connor, a soldier in the Resistance. The game takes the battle for humanity to the next level with iconic enemies, cinematic fight sequences and weaponry, drawn directly from the film, as well as a multi-layered cover mechanic.
Available in stores now on Xbox 360®, PLAYSTATION®3 and PC, the game was developed by GRIN, published by Equity Games Production, Evolved Games, licensed by Halcyon Games and distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.