Traveller's Tales

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Traveller's Tales
TT Games (2005–present)

Traveller's Tales is a British

Giant Interactive Entertainment, the exclusive rights holder to Lego video games. Traveller's Tales bought the company in 2005, and the two merged to create TT Games, with Traveller's Tales becoming the new company's development arm.[1][2]

History

Founding and work with Sega and Disney (1989–2007)

Traveller's Tales started developing games with

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Traveller's Tales was best known in the 1990s and early 2000s for their second-party collaboration with

Mega Drive (Sonic 3D Blast) and the Sega Saturn (Sonic R), adding to the high-tech development status they already had with games like Puggsy, Mickey Mania and Toy Story. They were also responsible for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Crash Twinsanity, under the Vivendi label.[citation needed
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They developed

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Warner Bros. acquisition and Lego titles (2007–present)

The company was purchased by

LucasArts, from 2011 Warner would also act as the studio's exclusive publisher.[5]

In 2015, Traveller's Tales entered the

Lego minifigures and Lego models into the game, as well as interact with gameplay. The game included existing Lego themes like DC Comics, The Lego Movie and The Lord of the Rings, as well as new properties such as Portal 2 and Wizard of Oz. The game was discontinued in October 2017.[6]

Traveller's Tales has won two

BAFTAs, one for Gameplay with Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, and one for Children's Videogame of the Year for Lego Batman: The Videogame.[7][8]

On 20 January 2022, a report published by

crunch that occurred at the studio during the development of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, including dozens inside the company being at odds with management, due to expressing frustration over tight development schedules, the company's crunch culture, and outdated development tools. In addition, the use of NTT (a new in-house engine that was being developed to replace Traveller's Tales' previous engine in attempt to avoid paying royalties for using a third-party engine like Unreal Engine or Unity) was controversial within the company, as many employees had been pushing to instead use Unreal Engine. NTT turned out to be difficult to use, with some animations taking hours more to produce than they would on the old engine. As a result, The Skywalker Saga would end up being the only game developed by Traveller's Tales to use NTT, with the company deciding to use Unreal Engine going forward for their future projects.[9]

Games developed

Year Title Publisher(s) Platforms
1991 Leander Psygnosis/Electronic Arts (Sega Genesis) Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Genesis
1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula Sony Imagesoft SNES, Sega Genesis
Puggsy Psygnosis Amiga, Sega Genesis, Sega CD
1994
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
Sony Imagesoft/
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, PlayStation
1995 Toy Story Disney Interactive Sega Genesis, SNES, Windows
1996 Sonic 3D Blast Sega Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn
1997 Sonic R Sega Saturn, Windows
1998 Rascal Psygnosis PlayStation
A Bug's Life Activision PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows
1999 Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue Activision PlayStation, Nintendo 64,
Mac
2000 Muppet RaceMania Midway Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe PlayStation
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Activision PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows, Game Boy Color
2001 Toy Story Racer PlayStation
Weakest Link
PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Vivendi Universal Games
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube
2002 Haven: Call of the King Midway Games PlayStation 2
2003 Finding Nemo THQ PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube
2004 Crash Twinsanity Vivendi Universal Games PlayStation 2, Xbox
2005 Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
Giant Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Windows)
Feral Interactive
(OS X)
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Windows, OS X
F1 Grand Prix Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Portable
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Buena Vista Games
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Windows
World Rally Championship Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Portable
2006 Super Monkey Ball Adventure Sega PlayStation 2, Gamecube, PlayStation Portable
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
LucasArts
(PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Windows)
Feral Interactive (OS X)
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, Windows, OS X
Bionicle Heroes Eidos Interactive PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Gamecube, Windows, Wii
2007 Transformers: The Game Activision PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga LucasArts (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii)
Feral Interactive (OS X)
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
(iOS, Android)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, OS X, Wii, iOS, Android
2008 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures LucasArts (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable)
Feral Interactive (OS X)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, OS X, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Lego Batman: The Videogame Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable)
Feral Interactive (OS X)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Disney Interactive Studios PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS
2009 Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues LucasArts PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii
2010 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii)
Feral Interactive (OS X)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, OS X, Wii
2011 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars LucasArts PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game Disney Interactive Studios PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii
2012 Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Windows, Wii
Lego The Lord of the Rings PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii
2013 Lego Marvel Super Heroes PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
2014 Lego The Hobbit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
2015 Lego Dimensions PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
2017 Lego Worlds PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
2018 Lego DC Super-Villains PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
2019 The Lego Movie 2 Videogame[10] PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
2022 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows

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