This fall, developer Traveler’s Tales will be merging their popular cooperative LEGO videogame titles with DC Comics’ Batman universe in the form of LEGO Batman: The Videogame. Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive and Traveler’s Tales had a playable demo of the game as part of their games showcase at E3 this year, and I came away more impressed than I had expected I would be.

Now don’t get me wrong — Traveler’s Tales LEGO Star Wars games were cute fun, but not particularly deep in their execution. By the time LEGO Indiana Jones hit the market, the voices in my head couldn’t help but think “Here it comes again.” So while I’m admittedly a bigger fan of the Batman universe than either the Lucas or Speilberg properties, I couldn’t quite bring myself to be excited about the idea of a LEGO Batman title.

The Xbox 360 demo I spent some time with changed all of that, proving that Traveler’s Tales have taken the time to make significant improvements to both the game’s visuals as well as providing a number of cool new play mechanics that should keep the game fresh for the promised 19 plus hours of gameplay.

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