LEGO MMO announced...

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-03-07 01:09pm

One of the simplest toys of all time has found a profitable home in one of the most technologically advanced areas of entertainment. Lego building blocks have parlayed their appeal into video games, with the brand taking the spotlight in a pair of Star Wars-branded games from developer Traveller's Tales, as well as several other games over the past decade.

Now, the interlocking toys will venture into another hot avenue of gaming--the massively multiplayer online space. Lego Group today announced that it is partnering with Colorado-based NetDevil to create a "massively multiplayer online gaming experience."

Lego has not yet announced any specifics on the game, leaving the window open for speculation on what the game will entail. NetDevil previously created the vehicular MMOG Auto Assault. However, the emphasis on attracting a younger audience means the Lego MMOG is likely to go the way of Ubisoft's Puzzle Pirates, which has a very Lego-influenced visual style.

NetDevil's Web site says that the Lego MMOG is due out sometime in 2008.

Details to be announced later.

Oh. Dear

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-03-07 01:47pm

Hey... LEGO StarWars was FUN!

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-03-07 01:50pm

LadyTevar wrote:Hey... LEGO StarWars was FUN!

But a lot of earlier Lego titles were mediocre at best. If this has the charm, style and quality of LSW, it can be a great game. If it's like Lego Racers, Lego Island or - FSM help us - the Bionicle series...

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-03-07 04:05pm

Maybe it'll let me construct giant mechanical horrors out of lego blocks, and send them marching off merrily to stomp the shit out of people's lego houses.

Or maybe it's like MY legos. I have some of the Sci-Fi legos as time travellers screwing up the timeline, so there's a knight in Pirate Lego land, there's speeder bikes knocking people off the ramparts of a castle, and so on. Time travel legos! For the win!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-03-07 04:23pm

If done right, this could be a great little world with ingenuity through engineering your Lego (Legos? I think not) creations. It makes a change from Second Life or WoW.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-03-07 04:31pm

If done correctly, this could end up being an awesome game.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-03-07 04:47pm

The way I see it, you could make the basic controls like the Lego Star Wars games, for moving around and stuff.

Studs would be the currency, and could be used to buy both blocks, and abilities that can be assigned to them. Some blocks, of course, would have some abilities pre-assigned (like wing blocks), and on top of that, could have abilities that could be given to them, because we didn't always use our blocks in only one way(admit it! *pokepoke*).

Maybe blocks could be bought individually or in playsets. As in, actual representations of past and present Lego sets. Expansions could add in all their old product lines, like Space and Technic, and all that good stuff.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2007-03-07 05:03pm

Technically, they should always be refered to as LEGO bricks.

LaserRifleofDoom · Post by **LaserRifleofDoom** » 2007-03-07 08:40pm

Indescribable awesome if they pull this off. I hope it's like Garry's Mod, only better.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-03-07 08:50pm

How much farming for blocks do you think there will be?