LEGO Media International
.svg){kind=logo} LEGO Media logo used until 2000 | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Defunct | 2004 |
| Headquarters | 100 Hammersmith Road, , England |
| Parent | LEGO A/S[1]: 53 |
| Website | |
LEGO Media International Limited was a British publishing company that was part of the LEGO Group. It published media, primarily video games, under several different names: first LEGO Media, then LEGO Software, and finally LEGO Interactive; under the third label the company worked with Electronic Arts and THQ.
History
LEGO Media International was established in the spring of 1996 in Hammersmith, London.[2][3] 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.[4]
Websites
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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.
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 (GBC) | High Voltage Software Climax Studios (GBC) |
Windows | Nintendo 64, PlayStation | Game Boy Color | |
| LEGO Rock Raiders (PS) | Data Design Interactive | Windows | PlayStation | — | |
| 2000 | LEGOLAND | Krisalis Software | Windows | — | — |
| LEGO Alpha Team (GBC) | Digital Domain Climax Studios (GBC) |
Windows | — | Game Boy Color | |
| LEGO My Style: Preschool | Stormfront Studios | Windows, Macintosh | — | — | |
| LEGO My Style: Kindergarten | Windows, Macintosh | — | — | ||
| LEGO Stunt Rally (GBC) | Intelligent Games Graphic State (GBC) |
Windows | — | 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 (GBA, GBC) | Silicon Dreams Studio Crawfish Interactive (GBC) |
Windows | PlayStation | Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color | |
| LEGO Creator: Harry Potter | Superscape | Windows | — | — | |
| LEGO Racers 2 (GBA) | Attention to Detail Pocket Studios (GBA) |
Windows | PlayStation 2 | 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, PlayStation 2 | — | |
| Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension | Tiertex Design Studios | — | — | Game Boy Advance | |
| Football Mania (GBA) | Silicon Dreams Studio Tiertex Design Studios (GBA) |
Windows | PlayStation 2 | Game Boy Advance | |
| Island Xtreme Stunts (GBA) | Silicon Dreams Studio | Windows | PlayStation 2 | Game Boy Advance | |
| 2003 | Bionicle | Argonaut Games | Windows | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox | — |
| as LEGO Interactive, with THQ | |||||
| 2003 | Bionicle | Möbius Entertainment | — | — | Game Boy Advance |
| Drome Racers | — | — | 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 | ? | ? |
References
- ↑ Annual Report 2004 – LEGO Group (PDF). Stakeholder Relations. 14 March 2005. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "LEGO Racers". LEGO Media Press Room (Press release). London. May 1999. Archived from the original on 27 October 2000.
- ↑ "Digital LEGO products". LEGO World Wide Web Press Info. The LEGO Group. March 22, 1996. Archived from the original on 10 January 1997.
