LEGO Lord of the Rings Game Releasing Ahead Of The Hobbit

According to MCV and a slip up from retailers ShopTo, it looks like Warner Bros will release the widely-expected LEGO Lord of the Rings game in time for Peter Jackson's version of The Hobbit to hit the big screen. They have discovered that the packaging of LEGO's brand new line of LOTR toys reveals that the game is on the way. Back in July last year, we talked about which film franchises could be given the LEGO treatment next, and obviously TT Games listened... The game has long been rumoured to be the next title in the hugely fun LEGO movie game series from Traveller's Tales, and now a number of things have come together to seemingly confirm that the game is indeed set for release in the busy October release window. That we know the date of release is thanks to online retailer ShopTo who naughtily posted a listing for the game, featuring a 26Th October release date - you can see said listing in this handily preserved cached version of the page. Additionally, to corroborate MCV's toy packaging claim, Kotaku have posted this image of the advert featured on packs of the LOTR LEGO sets... According to ShopTo's listing, LEGO Lord of the Rings is set for release in October, and we'd wager that we'll get an official reveal soon, with even more coming at E3. Can't come quick enough as far as I'm concerned. You can read my review of the last LEGO video game - LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 here.