EIDOS ANNOUNCES
LEGO STAR WARS
Eidos,
one of the world's leading publishers and
developers of entertainment software, announces
it has secured the distribution rights to
LEGO Star Wars with Giant Interactive Entertainment
Ltd for all countries except Japan. The
game will be released in April 2005 for
the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment
system, Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft,
PC and Game Boy(R) Advance.
LEGO
Star Wars combines two childhood favourites,
LEGO and Star Wars(R), to create an innovative
and exciting action-adventure title designed
for young gamers. The game is based on The
Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and
the eagerly awaited Star Wars(R): Episode
III Revenge of the Sith(TM), slated for
worldwide release in May 2005.
Under
an agreement between LucasArts and Giant
Interactive Ltd, LEGO Star Wars is currently
being developed by Traveller's Tales for
the PlayStation2, Xbox and PC. Amaze Entertainment
is developing the Game Boy Advance version.
Mike McGarvey, CEO of Eidos says: "This
signing of a title with such wide spread
appeal and recognition is a major coup for
Eidos. We look forward to working with Giant
on maximising the game's potential."
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