A hodgepodge of mixed media shows more of Hellbent Games' Nintendo DS real-time strategy Lego Battles, out now in North America and on June 26 in Europe.

First up, new screenshots showing of the Lego Pirates and Lego Space portions of the game, which look excellently like Warcraft and StarCraft with little Lego men.

While the various Lego sets are segregated in singleplayer, Lego Battles' multiplayer lets players mix and match units as they please, pairing seafarers with spaceships.

If you can't get enough of those wacky little Lego folk, we have character renders showing fierce pirates and folorn aliens, and a cut scene trailer... Read more

I'm not sure how excited I am about the actual game, but this trailer for LEGO Battles is refreshing in its use of classic generic LEGO genres.

The squad-based strategy title hits the Nintendo DS this summer.

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Building off the earlier artwork, publisher Warner Bros. has released a new batch of screenshots from Hellbent's upcoming Nintendo DS strategy game LEGO Battles. Encompassing "three classic LEGO toy themes"--Space, Castle, and Pirates--and now packing 90 different squad-based levels across six storylines, the Hellbent-developed, TT Games-produced effort will be pieced together in time for a summer 2009 release.

The next entry in the LEGO videogame series will be a Nintendo DS-exclusive one, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and series creator TT Games.The squad-based game LEGO Battles will be based on the LEGO Castle, LEGO Pirates and LEGO Space series of toys, mixing together all three themes. As such, expect to see pirates, aliens, ninjas and dragons battling side-by-side during the game's 70 levels. The game will also be more strategic in nature than previous entries in the series, as players will be able to build bases.

Multiplayer is also supported through wireless DS multi-card play.

LEGO Battles will be developed by Hellbent Games, and is expected this summer.