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| [[LEGO Racers (video game)|''LEGO Racers'']] <small>([[LEGO Racers (Game Boy Color video game)|GBC version]])</small>
| ''[[LEGO Racers (video game)|LEGO Racers]]''
| [[High Voltage Software]]<br>[[Climax Studios]] <small>(GBC)</small>
| [[High Voltage Software]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
| [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
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| [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']] <small>([[LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)|PlayStation version]])</small>
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| [[Data Design Interactive]]
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| ''[[LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders]]'' <small>(PlayStation)</small>
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| [[LEGOLAND (video game)|''LEGOLAND'']]
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| [[LEGO Alpha Team (video game)|''LEGO Alpha Team'']] <small>([[LEGO Alpha Team (Game Boy Color video game)|GBC version]])</small>
| ''[[LEGO Alpha Team (video game)|LEGO Alpha Team]]''
| [[Digital Domain]]<br>Climax Studios <small>(GBC)</small>
| [[Digital Domain]]
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| Game Boy Color
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| ''[[LEGO Alpha Team (Game Boy Color video game)|LEGO Alpha Team]]'' <small>(GBC)</small>
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| ''[[LEGO My Style: Preschool]]''
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| ''[[LEGO Stunt Rally]]'' <small>([[LEGO Stunt Rally (Game Boy Color video game)|GBC version]])</small>
| ''[[LEGO Racers (Game Boy Color video game)|LEGO Racers]]'' <small>(GBC)</small>
| Intelligent Games<br>[[Graphic State]] <small>(GBC)</small>
| Climax Studios
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| Game Boy Color{{efn|The Game Boy Color version of ''LEGO Racers'' was released on 29 December 2000 in Europe and in January 2001 in North America, barely avoiding being a 2001 game.}}
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| ''[[LEGO Stunt Rally]]''
| Intelligent Games
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| [[LEGO Bionicle (video game)|''LEGO Bionicle'']]
| ''[[LEGO Bionicle (video game)|LEGO Bionicle]]''
| [[Saffire]]
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| ''[[LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge]]'' <small>([[LEGO Island 2 (Game Boy Advance video game)|GBA version]], [[LEGO Island 2 (Game Boy Color video game)|GBC version]])</small>
| ''[[LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge]]''
| [[Silicon Dreams Studio]]<br>[[Crawfish Interactive]] <small>(GBC)</small>
| rowspan="2" | [[Silicon Dreams Studio]]
| Windows
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| PlayStation
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| ''[[LEGO Island 2 (Game Boy Advance video game)|LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge]]'' <small>(GBA)</small>
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| ''[[LEGO Island 2 (Game Boy Color video game)|LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge]]'' <small>(GBC)</small>
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| ''[[LEGO Creator: Harry Potter]]''
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| [[Attention to Detail]]<br>[[Pocket Studios]] <small>(GBA)</small>
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| [[Wikipedia:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]]
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| ''[[Bionicle: Matoran Adventures]]''
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| ''[[Football Mania]]'' <small>([[Football Mania (Game Boy Advance video game)|GBA version]])</small>
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| Silicon Dreams Studio<br>Tiertex Design Studios <small>(GBA)</small>
| Silicon Dreams Studio
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| Windows
| PlayStation 2
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| ''[[Island Xtreme Stunts]]'' <small>([[Island Xtreme Stunts (Game Boy Advance video game)|GBA version]])</small>
| ''[[Island Xtreme Stunts]]''
| Silicon Dreams Studio
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| [[Bionicle (Game Boy Advance video game)|''Bionicle'']]
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Revision as of 20:44, 9 June 2024

LEGO Media International Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Defunct2004; 20 years ago (2004)
FateDissolved
Headquarters100 Hammersmith Road,
London
,
England[1]
ParentLEGO A/S[2]: 53 
Website

LEGO Media International Limited was a British video game and entertainment company headquartered in London. It was a subsidiary of the LEGO Group created to develop and publish media, primarily software for children. An American branch, LEGO Media International, Inc., operated out of LEGO's United States headquarters in Enfield, Connecticut until 2001.

LEGO Media International was established in 1996 in response to the growing dominance of video games and the threat they posed to the toy industry. At the time LEGO was working with Mindscape and High Voltage Software to develop LEGO Island and LEGO Racers respectively, and had already released LEGO Fun to Build in Japan the previous year. The company published media under several different brand names: first LEGO Media until 2000, then LEGO Software from 2000 to 2002, and finally LEGO Interactive from 2002 until its closure. Each name change came with a narrowing of the types of media published by the company, from all types to software to exclusively video games. Under the LEGO Interactive brand, the company co-published games with Electronic Art and THQ. In 2004 LMI was shut down as part of a cost-cutting initiative in response to massive losses the previous year. Managers from LMI formed a new company, Giant Interactive Entertainment, which was soon purchased by Traveller's Tales and became TT Games Publishing.

History

Background[3]: 1 

LEGO Media International was established in the spring of 1996 in Hammersmith, London.[4][5] Its formation was announced on 22 March 1996 (the launch date of the then-new LEGO World Wide Web) as one of two new software departments being established by the LEGO Group, the other being Strategic Project Unit Darwin. The new British company was planned to develop and market LEGO software through alliances with various software company partners.[6] A separate American branch was established in Enfield, Connecticut, at the location of LEGO Systems, Inc.[7]


Websites

Around 1999, LEGO Media International published an English website, www.legomedia.com, through which fans could learn about LEGO games, send email postcards to friends, or find customer support.[8] The website was also available in Hebrew at www.legomedia.co.il.[9]

  • legomedia.com in November 1999

    legomedia.com in November 1999

  • legomedia.com in March 2000

    legomedia.com in March 2000

  • January 2005

    January 2005

Media published

The following tables list the software and books published by LEGO Media International. The list only includes the initial releases of each product; many were re-released at various points by this company, as well as by third-party distributors. Additionally, LEGO Island is not included in this list, as it was initially published by Mindscape.

Software

Year Title Developer Platform(s)
Computer Console Handheld
as LEGO Media
1998 LEGO Chess Krisalis Software Windows — —
LEGO Creator Superscape Windows — —
LEGO Loco Intelligent Games Windows — —
1999 LEGO Friends Ivanoff Interactive Windows — —
LEGO Racers High Voltage Software Windows Nintendo 64, PlayStation —
LEGO Rock Raiders Data Design Interactive Windows — —
LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation) — PlayStation[note 1] —
2000 LEGOLAND Krisalis Software Windows — —
LEGO Alpha Team Digital Domain Windows — —
LEGO Alpha Team (GBC) Climax Studios — — Game Boy Color
LEGO My Style: Preschool Stormfront Studios Windows, Macintosh PlayStation[note 2] —
LEGO My Style: Kindergarten Windows, Macintosh — —
LEGO Racers (GBC) Climax Studios — — Game Boy Color[note 3]
LEGO Stunt Rally Intelligent Games Windows — —
LEGO Stunt Rally (GBC) Graphic State — — Game Boy Color
as LEGO Software
2000 LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom Superscape Windows — —
2001 LEGO Bionicle Saffire — — Game Boy Advance
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge Silicon Dreams Studio Windows PlayStation —
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (GBA) — — Game Boy Advance
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (GBC) Crawfish Interactive — — Game Boy Color
LEGO Creator: Harry Potter Superscape Windows — —
LEGO Racers 2 Attention to Detail Windows PlayStation 2 —
LEGO Racers 2 (GBA) Pocket Studios — — Game Boy Advance
LEGO Print Creator The Bending Spoon Windows — —
LEGO Software Demo CDs Enigma Interactive Windows — —
as LEGO Interactive, with Electronic Arts
2002 Bionicle: Matoran Adventures Argonaut Games — — Game Boy Advance
Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Qube Software Windows — —
Drome Racers Attention to Detail Windows GameCube,[note 4] PlayStation 2 —
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension Tiertex Design Studios — — Game Boy Advance
Football Mania Silicon Dreams Studio Windows PlayStation 2 —
Football Mania (GBA) Tiertex Design Studios — — Game Boy Advance
Island Xtreme Stunts Silicon Dreams Studio Windows PlayStation 2 —
Island Xtreme Stunts (GBA) — — Game Boy Advance
2003 Bionicle Argonaut Games Windows GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox —
as LEGO Interactive, with THQ
2003 Bionicle (GBA) Möbius Entertainment — — Game Boy Advance
Drome Racers (GBA) — — Game Boy Advance
2004 LEGO Knights' Kingdom Razorback Developments — — Game Boy Advance

Books

Year Title Author Illustrator Series
2000 Knights' Kingdom: Medieval Mischief and Mayhem Alan Grant Artworld UK comic strip storybook
Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground Robin Smith, LEGO Media International
Busy City Anne Marie Ryan (ed.) Lester Troughton Masterbuilders
Create N' Race Davey Moore Alexander Tomlinson, Sebastian Quigley, Jason Edwards
Mars Mission Anne Marie Ryan (ed.) Sebastian Quigley
Cool Cars ? ? Brick Tricks
Fantastic Fliers ? ?

Notes

  1. ↑ The PlayStation version of LEGO Rock Raiders was delayed until August 2000 in North America.
  2. ↑ The PlayStation version of My Style: Preschool was released exclusively in Japan in 2002, where it was titled LEGO no Sekai (レゴのせかい) and was part of the Kids Station series. Bandai published this version of the game; however, it still retains LEGO Media branding on the cover and the LEGO Software logo in-game.
  3. ↑ The Game Boy Color version of LEGO Racers was released on 29 December 2000 in Europe and in January 2001 in North America, barely avoiding being a 2001 game.
  4. ↑ The GameCube version of Drome Racers was released in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ "Work on a new level". Edge. No. 73 (UK ed.). Future Publishing. July 1999. p. 98.
  2. ↑ Annual Report 2004 – LEGO Group (PDF). Stakeholder Relations. 14 March 2005. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (30 December 2020). "Episode 4 – LEGO Island" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Scott Anderson, Michael Thompsen, Kitty O’Neill, Ben Davies, Floris Thoonen. The LEGO Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2024. Audio version via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Progress in North America, Great Britain, Benelux and Russia". The LEGO Group Annual Report 1996. The LEGO Group. 28 April 1997. Archived from the original on 1997-06-15.
  5. ↑ "LEGO Racers". LEGO Media Press Room (Press release). London. May 1999. Archived from the original on 27 October 2000.
  6. ↑ "Digital LEGO products". LEGO World Wide Web Press Info. The LEGO Group. March 22, 1996. Archived from the original on 10 January 1997.
  7. ↑ "LEGO MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC". Connecticut Business Directory. 0579539. Archived from the original on 2024-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Home". LEGO Media International (English Website). Archived from the original on 1999-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Home". LEGO Media International (Hebrew Website). Archived from the original on 1999-10-09.
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