Kotaku
The doorbell just rang, and it was a tip. From a LEGO AMBASSADOR. From LEGOLAND. I felt honoured just to be in his presence. Anyway, he was popping round to drop off a couple of bits of concept art for NetDevil's upcoming Lego MMO, Lego Universe, as well as a few morsels of info on the game/life-consumer. Info below, art in the gallery at the bottom.
- Seems the gameplay elements, Lego-building and social networking will all be taking place on the same screen.
- The game's being developed in very, very close consultation with Lego fans, who test out every aspect of the game as NetDevil are implementing it.
- They're hoping to have the game rolled out by mid-2008.
- There's one more point of info, but the translation's a tad confusing, so i'll just post it raw: "Ultimately the LEGO Group want to offer the unique experience to play with the LEGO brick both virtually and physically together with your friends from all over the world, and you can even change from the physically to the virtual play as you like - "You are in control"."
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No idea what that last one means. But it certainly sounds exciting.
News: Details Released for "LEGO Universe" MMOG [Brothers Brick, Thanks Andrew, Ambassador of Legoland!]
