For PS4, there’s Far Cry 4, LEGO The Hobbit, and LEGO The Incredibles. Titles available for both platforms include Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6, Monster Hunter Rise and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. PlayStation VR2 owners can also play Kayak: VR Mirage for free.

As for the Classics Catalog, Ghosthunter from the PS2 era is being added, alongside Daxter (a spin-off from the Jak and Daxter series) and LEGO Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy from the PlayStation Portable era. All three titles will be playable on PS4 and PS5. Stay tuned for titles that will leave the Game Catalog in the coming weeks, and check out the latest monthly titles available for all tiers here.

Jesse Moerkerk – Longest Game Session In Freefall

Some might say that Super Mario Galaxy 2 and the gravity mechanics within are out of this world, but gamer Jesse Moerkerk took that a bit more seriously than Nintendo intended when in 2011, he spent 18 minutes and 52 seconds within an indoor sky dive playing the game mid free fall. The 6’5” man was said to be very graceful while remaining suspended, though I imagine the waggling of the Wii Remote could have easily sent him into a tailspin.

The campaign itself is spread over 16 levels, lasts around six hours and takes all the best scenes from these first two films. As ever, even completion leaves you with a staggering amount of exploration and collecting to do; the freeplay levels and characters that unlock will absorb many more hours of your time.

"Although only a few companions set off on their epic journey, the character roster quickly grows as you progress, with over 90 crammed into the game. Each has their own set of skills and abilities to help you in your quest."

There’s the usual humour, which combines well with the rudimentary puzzles and nugget collecting, as well as the occasional bit of QTE thrown in for good measure. Beyond the fairly lengthy campaign – there are plenty of side missions and objectives to complete too, as well as a smattering of mini games. None of the conundrums will have you racking your brains for the solution but some are suitably tricky to get you thinking, so it’s ideal for the younger audience.

The game closely follows key scenes from the film, adding LEGO’s inimitable charm to the proceedings. In fact, after playing for a while, I’d occasionally pause and watch some of the film to compare the scenes… right from the impressive dragon attack at the start, it’s clear that Travellers Tales’ version had been lovingly recreated block by coloured block.

Although only a few companions set off on their epic journey, the character roster quickly grows as you progress, with over 90 crammed into the game. Each has their own set of skills and abilities to help you in your quest. Some wield huge hammers to shift boulders, others have spades to discover treasures or sling shots for range attacks and to activate otherwise hard-to-reach buttons.

"Although it’s easy to switch between the many controllable characters using the pop up radial dial, it can be tricky to differentiate between them and know who has the skill you require."

Having a band of dwarves at your side is quite handy too – by “buddying up” they can combine to smash otherwise immovable obstacles, defeat larger enemies or you can stack the little fellows on top of one another and shimmy up them to out-of-reach areas.

Although it’s easy to switch between the many controllable characters using the pop up radial dial, it can be tricky to differentiate between them and know who has the skill you require. Unlike the recent Marvel game, which featured the likes of Hulk, Captain and America – all very recognisable figures – it can be tough to distinguish between the Hobbit’s many characters who look largely the same.

Collecting objects dotted about the levels takes on a new meaning this time round, thanks to the ability to craft new items. Making collecting a more important facet of the game is a nice idea but it can occasionally be frustrating. To forge some objects you need a certain amount of loot – come up short and you won’t be able to proceed. What this means in practice is that you may have to traipse around looking for the final few collectibles, which can be a little annoying.

Anyways, find the required number of items objects and a mini-game pops up. You then watch as a number of LEGO blocks fall down the screen to build the item, occasionally pausing to highlight the next brick that’s needed. Simply find the matching block before the timer ticks down and you’ll complete the task, earning yourself some extra nuggets for your efforts. There’s not much to it – but it does feel like you’re actually building something – and children will enjoy it.

"This is a true family-friendly title and accessible to all ages, especially with its local co-op gameplay. As a grizzled aging gamer, I certainly enjoyed playing a part in a story I’ve read many times over the years, whereas my children loved exploring, coin collecting and the many construction-set mini games."

Signposting is great and it’s easy to navigate the vast fantasy world. A mini map in the bottom left of the screen shows your objectives and route, while a trail of light blue coins steers you in the right direction too. There were some slight niggles with the camera angles that can occasionally be a little obstructive but it’s certainly nothing major.

Visually, it looks superb. The many locations are perfectly replicated in building block form too, from Moriaand Erebor all the way to the Lonely Mountain. Hobbiton, for example, is lush and green, with plenty of hustle and bustle around the village and loads to see and do. Many of the dwellings can be accessed and explored, hiding numerous challenges and tasks for the opportune adventurer. I spent ages exploring the rolling hills and trying to track down some stray goats who had wondered from their pen, for example.

The voice acting and narration is equally polished, making it instantly accessible to those familiar or new to Tolkien’s epic. This tale of Trolls and Orcs is fantastically well-scripted and the set pieces and scenes are faithful to the films. As if roaming Middle-earth to find those elusive blocks and treasures wasn’t enough to keep you coming back for more indefinitely, there should also be extra content released to coincide with the third and final film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, at some point in the future.

This is a true family-friendly title and accessible to all ages, especially with its local co-op gameplay. As a grizzled aging gamer, I certainly enjoyed playing a part in a story I’ve read many times over the years, whereas my children loved exploring, coin collecting and the many construction-set mini games. It’s not a patch on the recent Marvel game but a decent addition to your collection nonetheless.

This game was reviewed on Xbox One.

Using this guide you will be able to find locations of red bricks, mithril design schematic pieces, mithril bricks and blacksmith designs. Furthermore you will also be able to unlock all characters, find red brick: minikit detector, minikits, treasure items and unlock the ‘Stone Giant Stomp’ bonus level. Finally, you will also be able to unlock trophies/achievements as well.

Red Brick Locations Guide:

There are 32 Red Bricks and you can find all of them using the video guide below. These are basically divided into x2, x4, x6, x8, x10 Studs, Invincibility & More.

Mithril Design schematic pieces locations:

There are 32 Mithril Design schematic pieces which you can find using the video guide below. Using these schematics you can craft them at the Blacksmith in Bree.

Mithril Bricks Locations:

There are a total of 250 Mithril Bricks in Lego The Hobbit. Here are some tips to find all the Mithril Bricks:

• There are 16 levels in the game and completing them will unlock Mithril Brick for each level. This will give you 16 Mithril Bricks.
• The player needs to complete a level’s “Master Burglar” minimum stud requirement. This needs to be done once per level so that is another 16 Mithril Bricks.
• You need to collect 10 mini kits from each level. This will again give you a Mithril Brick. So that’s another 16.
• Final all the treasure items in each of the 16 levels. This is yet another 16 Mithril Bricks.
• You can earn more Mithril Bricks by exploring more of the Middle-Earth and smashing groups of Lego objects.
• Find each Blacksmith Design. There are a total of 32 in the game.

Blacksmith Designs Locations Guide:

There are 32 Blacksmith Designs in the game. 16 are present in the story missions and the other 16 can be found in overworld. The thing is if you need the item itself, you would need to approach blacksmith in the town of Bree and select the required item. This will cost you Mithril Bricks.

It’s also best to find “Fetch Quest Finder” Red Brick first. We have already described 32 Mithril Design schematics so that should cover the Blacksmith Designs for the story mode. Below you will find the locations of the other 16 in the overworld.

Unlocking all characters in the game:

Lego The Hobbit consists of 98 characters. Below you will find the complete video guide that will show you how one can unlock all the characters in the game.

And here is the list of all the characters that you can unlock.

Red Brick: Minikit Detector Location:

The Minikit detector, as the name indicates will help you find all the minikits in the game. Here is the video which shows its exact location.

Minikits Locations Guide:

There are 160 minikits in the game and we have a handy video guide that shows how you can find each one of them.

Level 1: Greatest Kingdom in Middle-earth Minikit Locations

Level 2: An Unexpected Party Minikit Locations

Level 3: Azog the Defiler Minikit Locations

Level 4: Roast Mutton Minikit Locations

Level 5: The Troll Hoard Minikit Locations

Level 6: Over Hill and Under Hill Minikit Locations

Level 7: Goblin Town Minikit Locations

Level 8: Out of the Frying Pan Minikit Locations

Level 9: Queer Lodgings Minikit Locations

Level 10: Flies and Spiders Minikit Locations

Level 11: Barrels Out of Bond Minikit Locations

Level 12: A Warm Welcome Minikit Locations

Level 13: Looking for Proof Minikit Locations

Level 14: The Necromancer Minikit Locations

Level 15: On the Doorstep Minikit Locations

Level 16: Inside Information Minikit Locations

Treasure Items Locations Guide:

There are a total of 64 treasure items in the game, 4 each in the 16 levels. Let us find all off them.

Level 1: Greatest Kingdom in Middle-earth Treasure Item Locations

Level 2: An Unexpected Party Treasure Item Locations

Level 3: Azog the Defiler Treasure Item Locations

Level 4: Roast Mutton Treasure Item Locations

Level 5: The Troll Hoard Treasure Item Locations

Level 6: Over Hill and Under Hill Treasure Item Locations

Level 7: Goblin Town Treasure Item Locations

Level 8: Out of the Frying Pan Treasure Item Locations

Level 9: Queer Lodgings Treasure Item Locations

Level 10: Flies and Spiders Treasure Item Locations

Level 11: Barrels Out of Bond Treasure Item Locations

Level 12: A Warm Welcome Treasure Item Locations

Level 13: Looking for Proof Treasure Item Locations

Level 14: The Necromancer Treasure Item Locations

Level 15: On the Doorstep Treasure Item Locations

Level 16: Inside Information Treasure Item Locations

How To Unlock The ‘Stone Giant Stomp’ Bonus Level:

• Finish the story mode i.e. all the 16 levels.
• Then you need to travel to Erebor where you will find the entrance to the bonus level.
• You need to collect 1 million studs within 5 minutes.

Below is the complete walkthrough for the same:

Achievements and Trophies Guide:

Below you will find the complete list of trophies or achievements you can unlock in the game. Most of them can be unlocked by using the guides above or by following the walkthrough here.

A city turned to ash

Complete ”Greatest Kingdom in Middle-earth”

In a hole in the ground…

Complete ”An Unexpected Party”

Slunk back from whence he came

Complete ”Azog the Defiler”

… And be stone to you!

Complete ”Roast Mutton”

More of a letter-opener, really!

Complete ”The Troll Hoard”

More than a thunderstorm!

Complete ”Over Hill and Under Hill”

That’ll do it…

Complete ”Goblin Town”

I believe the worst is behind us

Complete ”Out of the Frying Pan…”

What do you need?

Complete ”Queer Lodgings”

Attercop! Attercop!

Complete ”Flies and Spiders”

Escaped the dungeons of the King

Complete ”Barrels Out of Bond”

He is summoning his servants

Complete ”Looking for Proof”

It’s undoubtedly a trap

Complete ”The Necromancer”

Time to earn your reward

Complete ”On the Doorstep”

Think furnace, with wings

Complete ”Inside Information”

Ever ”The People’s Champion”

Complete all the quests in Middle-earth.

The greed of Dwarves

Collect all Mithril Bricks. [use the guide above]

Labouring in the villages of Men

Collect all Schematics. [use the guide above]

Doilies and your mother’s dishes

Collect all Treasure Items in levels. [use the guide above]

Objects of great beauty

Forge all the Mithril Treasure Items.

Unequalled skill of the Dwarves

Forge all the Perfect Mithril Treasure Items.

The Unassessably Wealthy

Collect 10,000,000,000 studs.

That’s why we need a burglar!

Obtain all Master Burglar titles.

Stone Giant Stomp

Complete the Bonus Level

To Be Continued…

Achieve 100% completion

Hardly burglar material

Collect 99 of any loot

Wealth lies in the Earth

Complete the mining game perfectly 50 times

Bro’s before Gold

Use 50 Buddy-Up attacks

Team Building

Use every Dwarf from Thorin’s Company in a Buddy-Up attack

Conjurer of Cheap Tricks

Use Gandalf’s startle ability to dazzle 50 enemies

Dawn of the Mushroom King

Equip Thorin with the Mithril Mushroom Crown

Master Builder

Obtain 150,000 studs from Instruction Builds bonuses.

Someone to share in an adventure

Play a level in co-op

Quite a merry gathering

Collect all characters.  [use the guide above]

Our Long Forgotten Gold

Collect all Minikits.[use the guide above]

Beorn Again

Transform to Beorn’s bear form.

Who is this horrid creature?

Create a custom character.

Note: This guide will updated once we have more information about the game. You can also check out the complete video walk-through of Lego The Hobbit here.

Lego: The Hobbit, which is the latest of a never ending line of Lego games being made these days (seriously, by my estimation, roughly 56% of all next gen games have Lego in their title), just released on the PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, and PC in the UK; however, it seems like the Wii U version of the title has been delayed by a period of one week in the region, with no reason given as to why.

Lego: The Hobbit covers the events of the first two out of the three (unnecessary) Hobbit films; presumably, Traveler Tales and Warner Bros. will release a second Lego The Hobbit game to cover the events of the third film, which releases some time later this year.

If you own a Wii U and live in the UK (so you’re about as real as the Loch Ness Monster), this might be slightly disappointing to you; however, at least the game is delayed only by a week, and not indefinitely (read: cancelled) like most Wii U versions of third party multiplatform titles.

With LEGO: The Hobbit about to come out on almost every freaking active platform in the market in two days, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and Traveller’s Tales have together released a launch trailer for the upcoming movie tie-in title, showing some key moments from the two movies released thus far shown in the game in typical, wacky, on-the-nose LEGO fashion.

Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games had this to say about the game’s launch: “The LEGO The Hobbit videogame gives LEGO and Middle-earth fans of all ages a fun, new way to experience the legendary adventures of Bilbo and Company as told in the first two films of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy. There is no better way for parents to share the beloved and classic tale told in The Hobbit films with their kids than with LEGO The Hobbit videogame, in which they can discover, explore, and build their way through Middle-earth together like never before.”

LEGO The Hobbit comes out on April 11 in the UK for the PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, 3DS and Wii U. Stay tuned for more coverage.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new trailer for the upcoming movie-based LEGO The Hobbit. The trailer, which they’ve called ‘Buddy Up’ introduces the players to the main characters of the movies and the upcoming game from Thorin’s company. Ironically, the game never gives any introduction for Bilbo and Gandalf- not that one is needed.

The video shows some moments from the game that have been translated rather well from how they were portrayed in the movies. The scenes with the company trapped in the Orc city is featured quite prominently in this video, as is the scene in which they escsape the Wood Elves’ captivity by rushing through a river in barrels.

You can have a look at the video above, it might interest you.

LEGO The Hobbit releases for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, 3DS, Wii U, PS3, PS4 and PS Vita on April 8th. Stay tuned for more updates.

Lego: The Hobbit, the Lego themed Middle-Earth adventures that sees fans reliving the exploits of a certain Mr. Bilbo Baggins, will be releasing in the UK on April 11, Warner Bros. confirmed today.

The game will launch on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and PC (including both Windows and OS X), so basically, if you want to play the game, you really kind of don’t have an excuse not to, considering that it’s releasing on anything capable of supporting its code, it seems like.

The game covers the first two movies of Jackson’s unfortunately structured Hobbit trilogy, and it allows for Bilbo to be controlled in addition to each individual dwarf in the Company, even allowing players to combine their attacks to devastating effect.

Considering the insane popularity of Lego games in the UK- nine Lego games made the All Formats Top 40 sales chart in the UK last week- we can probably expect to see these games released on a higher priority basis in that territory from now on.

TT Games Managing Director Tom Stone stated that, “We are thrilled to depict the characters and environments of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth in LEGO form with the LEGO The Hobbit videogame. Our family-friendly take on these thrilling adventures will have kids and parents playing and laughing together as they build and explore in LEGO Middle-earth.”

LEGO The Hobbit will be out in 2014 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 and Xbox One. It will also release on 3DS, Wii U, PC and Mac.