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"Demo" Lego The Lord Of The Rings 360 Discs Are Actually The Full Game

Update: A demo-disc mixup with the newly released Xbox 360 version of Lego The Lord of The Rings is only affecting certain shipments and these discs are really the full retail game Warner Bros. relayed in a statement.

Read the full statement below:

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is recalling a small number of LEGO The Lord of the Rings video games that were released for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to Walmart, Target and Toys ‘R’ Us in the United States with a disc labeling error. The discs in question are incorrectly labeled as demo discs, but those discs do contain the full game content and are fully functional. This error does not affect any other formats of the game. We are in the process of remanufacturing the discs and will get them to the stores as soon as possible.

Consumers who purchased a copy of the Xbox 360 version of the game with the disc labeling error can contact customer support via email at support@wbgames.com or phone at 410-568-3680 for a replacement disc. 

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Original story: If you're picking up Lego The Lord of the Rings today for the Xbox 360, you're going to want to open the case before you leave the store. It appears that some of the game boxes contain a demo disc for the game instead of the actual game.

Our own Andrew Reiner went to buy the game this morning, and he was told by the clerk that it had been recalled. He headed to another store, and the case did indeed contain the demo disc. The clerk there then opened the cases for the entire shipment and they were all the same.

The issue doesn't seem to be affecting the PS3 version of Lego The Lord of the Rings.

We've reached out to Warner Bros. Interactive to see if this issue affects the entire pressing, or if it was caught before then. In the meantime, be sure to crack open the box and check before you head home.

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Comments
  • HAHAHAHA lol

  • FFFFFFAIL!!!!!!!

  • thats just so wrong lol

  • Wow, pathetic.

  • whoops.

  • Omg.  That is awesome.  But sucks for the poor saps who bought the game.  Buhahahaha.

  • Somebody in the QA department is going to need a new job.

  • Does it actually contain a demo, or is it just an advance or press copy?

  • The thing I find most interesting is that only PS3 was checked besides this. No one cares if the Wii gamers get a demo disc?
  • They had to get rid of those Demo Discs somehow or another.

  • LMAO!

  • I have a question... Is the problem that the disc is labeled incorrectly as DEMO VERSION or that it is the DEMO instead of the full game? 'cause the article explains that they saw the game but doesn't mention about putting it on a console to confirm it is a demo....
  • Mod
    They still make demo discs?
  • Okay, so who spilled coffee on their desk?

  • Peter Jackson has struck again!

  • Fail...

  • How does that even happen?..

  • Now, just to clarify, IS the disc the demo, or does it just have the demo sticker on it?

  • I bet gamestop or any other company wouldnt believe the person if they brought it back. They say it was false and those people would probably be screwed out of money.
  • Damn! Reiner blew the lid off this one.
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