Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Video games have been an important type of media in the 20th and 21st century.
Many video games have been created depicting LEGO over the years, released over a variety of video game consoles. LEGO video games now serve as a major part of The LEGO Group's financial plan, and have seen a rise in popularity in recent years. The most recent have been developed by TT Games, now regarded as the primary developers for such games.
== History of LEGO video games ==
LEGO video games started in the form of LEGO Computer games. The first LEGO game was LEGO Island, in 1997, which was developed and published by Mindscape. Henceforth from then, all LEGO games were published by LEGO Media.
This game was followed by LEGO Chess, developed by Krisalis Software Ltd., LEGO Creator, developed by THQR Inc., Superscape, and LEGO Loco, created by Intelligent Games in 1998.
The first multi-platform LEGO game was released in 1999, named LEGO Racers, was developed by High Voltage Software. This game was significantly important to the LEGO Group for it was the first LEGO game that was released across a variety of consoles, and was the only LEGO game released on the Nintendo 64. LEGO Friends and LEGO Rock Raiders were also released that year.
In 2000, LEGO Creator Knight's Kingdom, LEGO My Style Kindergarten, LEGO Stunt Rally, and LEGO Alpha Team were all released. LEGO Rock Raiders also saw a PlayStation release.
In 2001, BIONICLE: Tales of the Tohunga, the first LEGO BIONICLE Game was released. LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge, a sequel to LEGO Island, LEGO Racers 2, a sequel to LEGO Racers, and LEGO Creator: Harry Potter , the third entry in the LEGO Creator series, were all released.
In 2002, BIONICLE: Matoran Adventures, a second BIONICLE game, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, another game in the LEGO Creator series, Drome Racers, and Island Xtreme Stunts were all released. 
In 2003, the first movie based LEGO game and one of the only multi-platform LEGO games, was released in 2003, titled BIONICLE: The Game. The game loosely tied together the story arcs of 2001, 2002 and 2003, and served to promote the BIONICLE movie that was released alongside it. It was the first LEGO game for the Nintendo Gamecube, Sony Playstation 2 and Xbox. It was the only LEGO game released in 2003, and received middling to poor reviews.
In 2004, LEGO Knights' Kingdom was released. 
2005 is considered the most important year for LEGO video games because of the revolutionary release of LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. This was the second multi-platform video game released by LEGO, but the hype and reviews of the game were much higher than that of BIONICLE: The Video Game. It was developed by Traveler's Tales. It was the first LEGO video game to gain this level of appreciation. Traveler's Tales was now given control of all LEGO video games because of its success. The hub for this game is Dexter Diner. 
BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows was also released that year.
In 2006, BIONICLE Heroes and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy were both released by Traveler's Tales, now TT games. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy gained much praise for its improvements upon its predecessor. The hub for this game is Mos Eisley Cantina.
In 2007, LEGO Digital Designer, by LEGO Media, and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (the hub is once again Mos Eisley), by TT games, were released (LEGO Star Wars The Complete Saga for all consoles except for the PC until 2010). the third LEGO Star Wars game did not gain as much praise as its two predecessors, but known simply as a "bridge" between the two games with some extra content thrown in. The hub for this game is once again Mos Eisley.
In 2008, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (hub is Barnett College) and LEGO Batman: The Video Game (hub is the Batcave for heroes and Arkham Asylum for villains, making it the only video game with two hubs.) were released by TT games. 
In 2009, LEGO Battles was released by TT Fusion, a division of TT games and LEGO Rock Band, were both released. LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (hub is warehouse) was released also that year.
LEGO Space: The Videogame was a planned video game for Nintendo DS, and was advertised on the first wave of Space Police 3 sets. However, LEGO has confirmed that the game was merged with LEGO Castle: The Video Game to become LEGO Battles.
In 2010, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4(hub is Diagon Alley) was released by TT games and LEGO Universe, the first LEGO Massively Multiplayer Online Game, was released by NetDevil, but was discontinued on January 31 2012.
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (hub is a Venator ship named the Resolute) was the fourth LEGO Star Wars game released by TT Games. It was released in March 2011. 
On November 18th 2010, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (hub is Port Royal dock) was announced and was released in May 2011.
LEGO Battles: Ninjago, a new LEGO Battles Video game, was releasied April 2011. It was released only for the Nintendo DS System. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 was released on November 11 of that same year.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes was released in Summer 2012 and LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game was released in November 2012. It was the first in the series to have full voice acting as opposed to grunts, groans, screams, cries, and random, unintelligible gibberish.
LEGO City Undercover had been announced in 2011 in the instructions of the City Sets and the E3 announcement. It was released for Wii U in March 2013. A prequel, LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, was released for 3DS in April 2013.
Sometime during 2013 a game called LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey was released, and in Fall 2013 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: The Videogame was released. LEGO Batman 2 was re-released on the Wii U to coincide with LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite.
In 2014, a video game based on The LEGO Movie called The LEGO Movie Video Game was released at about the same time as the film. LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game was released in April 2014, following the events of the first two films of The Hobbit trilogy. LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids was announced for the 3DS and PlayStation Vita and was released in August of 2014. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham was released on all next generation consoles in November of 2014. Also in the year, the second LEGO Massively Multiplayer Online Game was released, LEGO Minifigures Online, featuring characters from the Collectable Minifigures theme.
In 2015 LEGO Jurassic World was released after it was teased during the end credits to LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and to coincide with the Jurassic World movie. Also, LEGO Worlds became available on Steam Early Access on June 1, an open-world building game similar to Minecraft.
Also in 2015, LEGO Dimensions was released. Unlike any other LEGO video game, Dimensions includes an electronic base that reads NFC chips included in separately sold packs with physical minifigures and brick-built vehicles, causing the characters and vehicles to appear in-game, similar to the game series Skylanders and Disney Infinity. Unlike past games, Dimensions features characters, vehicles, levels and worlds from a wide variety of different themes, including themes that were never physically produced prior to the game's existence such as Portal and The Wizard of Oz.
In 2016, LEGO Marvel's Avengers was released. Unlike the previous Marvel title, this game allows players to play through iconic moments in the two Avengers films, as well as Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel's Iron Man 3, Marvel's Thor: The Dark World and Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released June 28 and will follow the events of the film along with exclusive content taking place between Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
== List of all LEGO video games ==
PC = Windows PC
Mac = Macintosh
Mob = Mobile phone
PS = PlayStation
N64 = Nintendo 64
GBC = Game Boy Color
PS2 = PlayStation 2
GBA = Game Boy Advance
GC = GameCube
Xbox = Xbox
DS = Nintendo DS
PSP = PlayStation Portable
360 = Xbox 360
Wii = Nintendo Wii
PS3 = PlayStation 3
iOS = iOS operating system
3DS = Nintendo 3DS
Vita = Playstation Vita
Wii U= Wii U
PS4= PlayStation 4
Xbox One= Xbox One
resorting consoles by chronological release
Title 	Release 	PC 	Mac 	Mob 	PS	N64	GBC	PS2	GBA	GC	Xbox	DS	PSP	360	Wii	PS3	iOS 	3DS	Vita	Wii U	PS4	Xbox One
LEGO Alpha Team 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
BIONICLE Heroes 	2006 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
BIONICLE: The Game 	2003 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
BIONICLE: Matoran Adventures 	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows 	2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
BIONICLE: Tales of the Tohunga 	2001 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension 	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Batman: The Videogame 	2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Released as LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes 	2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Battles 	2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Battles: Ninjago 	2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Chess 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO City Undercover 	2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins 	2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Creator 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Creator: Harry Potter 	2001 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Creator Knights' Kingdom 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drome Racers 	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Friends 	1999 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 	2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 	2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 	2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues 	2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Island 	1997 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge 	2001 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Island Xtreme Stunts 	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Knights' Kingdom 	2004 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGOLAND 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Loco 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 	2013 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO My Style Kindergarten 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO My Style Preschool 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Racers 	1999 	 	 	Released in 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Racers 2 	2001 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Rock Band 	2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Rock Raiders 	1999/2000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Soccer Mania/Football Mania 	2002 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Stunt Rally 	2000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game 	2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy 	2006 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 	2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga 	2007 	Released in 2009	Released in 2010/2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game 	2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Universe 	2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
The LEGO Movie Video Game 	2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game 	2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids 	2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 	2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Friends 	2013 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Jurassic World 	2015 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Worlds 	2015 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Dimensions 	2015 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Marvel's Avengers 	2016 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens 	2016 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
As the list shows, the PC is the platform with the most games, with a count of 43 LEGO video games published. The Xbox 360 is the second.
== See also ==
* Online game
== References ==