LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack (2014) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack

New surprise characters await when you take time to explore the hidden secrets of Middle-earth! Take command of a LEGO Big Figure River Troll or Girion, a brave Lord of Dale. The noble Elk will offer you…

12 May 2014

What LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack is

LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack is an adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 2014. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

New surprise characters await when you take time to explore the hidden secrets of Middle-earth! Take command of a LEGO Big Figure River Troll or Girion, a brave Lord of Dale. The noble Elk will offer you transport wherever you desire, or you can charge into battle with the fearless Dwarf soldier.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the LEGO series

LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack is the 129th of 248 entries we hold in the LEGO series. The next entry was LEGO The Hobbit: The Big Little Character Pack in 2014.

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What it launched against

LEGO The Hobbit: Side Quest Character Pack launched on 12 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.

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