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Travellers Tales (UK) Ltd is a British video game developer and a subsidiary of TT Games.
Traveller's Tales was founded in 1989 by Jon Burton. Initially a small company focused on its own content, it grew in profile through developing games with larger companies such as Sega and Disney Interactive Studios. In 2004, development on Lego Star Wars: The Video Game started with publisher Giant Interactive Entertainment, and, the following year Traveller's Tales purchased and merged with Giant Interactive Entertainment, forming TT Games. From that point, Traveller's Tales served as the company's development branch, while Giant Interactive Entertainment became TT Games Publishing, the publishing branch.[1][2] In 2007, the company acquired another developer and an animation studio, which became TT Fusion and TT Animation.[3][4]
On 8 November 2007, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that they had purchased TT Games for an undisclosed amount as part of their expansion into the video game industry.[5]
History
Logo of Traveller's Tales from 1990 to 2005.
Traveller's Tales started developing games with Psygnosis, which were most notable for creating 3D effects, possibly in order to add minor realism. Their first game was Leander, also known as The Legend of Galahad. With Psygnosis they also did a video game adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well as other original productions like Puggsy. And thanks to an agreement between Psygnosis, Sony Imagesoft and Disney Interactive Studios, Traveller's Tales could produce several games based on Disney's properties, such as the Mickey Mouse game Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse and other games based on Pixar movies like Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue and Finding Nemo (the latter two thanks to agreements with Activision and THQ).
However, Traveller's Tales was best known in the 1990s for their second-party collaboration with Sega to develop games based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, resulting in Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic R, which were produced in close effort with Sega's Sonic Team. Both games were regarded as technical achievements in the 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.
In recent years, they have achieved recognition based on their work on the hugely successful Lego Star Wars: The Video Game as well as its many follow-ups. Outside of the Lego games, their work includes the popular franchise Crash Bandicoot, The Chronicles of Narnia, Super Monkey Ball Adventure, and World Rally Championship and F1 Grand Prix for the PlayStation Portable.
The company was purchased by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment at the end of 8 November 2007,[6] but continued to operate independently with the development of Lego Batman: The Videogame, which was released in September 2008. Thereafter they continued their work on licensed titles such as Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7, Lego The Lord of the Rings, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and Lego Marvel Super Heroes. It was also announced during the Star Wars Celebration VI that a Lego Star Wars IV was in production, though no in-game image or released date were shown.
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The company has also produced games based on existing and new Lego properties such as a trilogy of Lego games based on the Chima universe and Lego City Undercover, the first Lego game to be published by Nintendo for Wii U. A Lego game entitled The Lego Movie Videogame was released on 7 February 2014, together with a Lego movie entitled The Lego Movie.
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.
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The company was originally located in a small office in Southport, Lancashire, but later moved to larger offices in Knutsford, in Cheshire.
Games developed
Canon
| Name | Year | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Leander | 1991 | Psygnosis |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1993 | Sony Imagesoft |
| Puggsy | 1993 | Psygnosis |
| Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse | 1994 | Sony Imagesoft |
| Toy Story | 1995 | Disney Interactive Studios/Sega |
| Sonic 3D Blast | 1996 | Sega |
| Sonic R | 1997 | Sega |
| Rascal | 1998 | Psygnosis |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | Sony Computer Entertainment/Disney Interactive Studios/Activision |
| Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue | 1999 | Activision/Disney Interactive Studios |
| Muppet RaceMania | 2000 | Midway Games/Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | 2000 | Activision/Disney Interactive Studios |
| Toy Story Racer | 2001 | Activision |
| Weakest Link | 2001 | Activision |
| Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex | 2001 | Universal Interactive |
| Haven: Call of the King | 2002 | Midway Games |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | THQ |
| Crash Twinsanity | 2004 | Vivendi Universal Games/Sierra Entertainment |
| Lego Star Wars: The Video Game | 2005 | LucasArts |
| F1 Grand Prix | 2005 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Buena Vista Games |
| World Rally Championship | 2005 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Super Monkey Ball Adventure | 2006 | Sega |
| Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy | 2006 | LucasArts |
| Bionicle Heroes | 2006 | Eidos Interactive |
| Transformers: The Game | 2007 | Activision |
| Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga | 2007 | LucasArts |
| Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures | 2008 | LucasArts |
| Lego Batman: The Videogame | 2008 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | 2008 | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues | 2009 | LucasArts |
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 | 2010 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | 2011 | LucasArts |
| Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game | 2011 | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 | 2011 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | 2012 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego The Lord of the Rings | 2012 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | 2013 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego The Hobbit | 2014 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | 2014 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Dimensions | 2015 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Marvel's Avengers | 2016 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Lego Worlds | 2016 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
Fanon
| Name | Theme | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LEGO Doctor Who: The Videogame | Doctor Who | |
| LEGO Island Remastered | LEGO Island Trilogy | First remake based on an obscure LEGO Game |
| LEGO Regular Show: The Complete Series | Regular Show | |
| LEGO The Matrix | The Matrix | First LEGO Game to be based on a mature property but lighter and softerized; also the first LEGO game to be rated PEGI 12 |
| LEGO Steven Universe: The Videogame | Steven Universe | First LEGO Game to include Quick Real Time sequences |
| LEGO Red Dwarf: The Video Game | Red Dwarf | |
| The LEGO Ultimate Videogame | Various | |
References
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External links
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