GamesRadar - LEGO Universe

LEGO Universe – first look (Preview)

Sep 29, 2009

A LEGO game lacking the franchise affiliations of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Batman could have ended up feeling generic. Instead, Jumpgate developer NetDevil has delivered a massively multiplayer world where you get to bash ninjas, astronauts, pirates and medieval knights, all while platforming through castles and spaceships. ...

LEGO Universe (Screenshots)

Aug 20, 2009

LEGO MMO will break generational divide (News)

Jul 30, 2009

Robert Purchese from Eurogamer writes:

"NetDevil believes MMO LEGO Universe can break apart the generational divide that exists between technologically adept children and their Neanderthal parents.

"I talk a lot about the visual divide between generations, and I feel it quite acutely between say my mother and my son," Ryan Seabury, creative director of LEGO Universe, told Eurogamer."

What 'LEGO Universe' Learned From TT Games (News)

Apr 2, 2009

The creative director of upcoming MMO "LEGO Universe" talked about finding the "secret sauce" of TT Games' titles and how they're talking about working collaboratively in the future.

LEGO Universe Won't Arrive This Year (News)

Feb 17, 2009

Brian Crecente of Kotaku writes:

"Online multiplayer game LEGO Universe won't be coming out this year as planned, the LEGO Group told Kotaku this morning.

"Within the company we have made a strategic decision within LEGO to make a delay of LEGO Universe. It will not be coming out in 2009," said Mark Hansen, director of business development for the LEGO Group. "The reason is, we have a luxury right now, the business is going good. We have products launching that are not digital, the physical products, with them going so well we don't want to take focus away from them.""

Lego Universe could eventually include Star Wars, Indiana Jones (News)

Oct 6, 2008

From Massively:

We recently had the chance to speak with Ryan Seabury, Producer for Netdevil's in-development Lego Universe. Along with Project Lead Mark Hansen, Seabury gave us an insider's look at the exciting create/play/explore world of Legos online. The two men were extremely confident in their vision for the project, and we couldn't help but be impressed by their passion for bringing this millions-of-kids strong product to the world of MMO gaming.

NetDevil Talks Merits, Precautions Of Early Focus Testing (News)

Sep 24, 2008

When it comes to focus testing, the recent climate has favored evaluating the process closely to ensure it's done at the right time - beginning focus testing too early can compromise a developer's vision and clutter the pipeline with too much feedback too early.

But working on LEGO Universe, NetDevil's bucking the trend - it's been focus testing the online world for two and a half years, using the same group of 19 kids and families from day one.

LEGO Universe - Leipzig trailer (Video)

Aug 25, 2008

This LEGO MMO is of course all about character customization and building things, but other than that, not much is known yet.

LEGO Universe MMO: First Details and Screens (News)

Aug 22, 2008

DailyGame.net reports: "World of Warcraft, watch out: LEGO has its eyes on your MMO prize. The LEGO Group today debuted new artwork and details about LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game."

LEGO Universe: 'LEGO Star Wars Multiplied By A Million' (News)

Feb 21, 2008

LEGO Universe, the upcoming LEGO-branded MMO, can best be described as "LEGO Star Wars multiplied by a million," according to Mark Hansen, the Director of Business Development for the LEGO Group.

Tentatively set for release in 2009, LEGO Universe seeks to provide gamers with "a virtual extension of the real-world LEGO" gameplay, by allowing MMO fans a chance to virtually live among each of the thousands of LEGO sets that have been created over the years.

Most impressive in this quest is LEGO's plan to integrate fabrication of objects directly into the title.

First trailer from LEGO MMO (News)

Jun 25, 2007

The first trailer from LEGO Universe, the brick-powered MMO in development at NetDevil, has hit the internet. Running for a minute and a half, the trailer - viewable here - shows the Workshop, where a racing car is constructed, the LEGO City where you can spot a homage to King Kong in the background and finally the Darkling Battle, where a LEGO man with a sword fights a darkling with a massive two-handed hammer. LEGO Universe was first revealed in March this year and is due to release at the ...

LEGO MMO Gets Named and Dated (News)

Jun 7, 2007

The LEGO massively multiplayer online game in development by NetDevil is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2008 as LEGO Universe, LEGO Group announced today.

LEGO Universe : exclusive first pics? (News)

Jun 1, 2007

If the Internet isn't the melting pot of lies that some would have you believe, then the guys over at iBricks.org have something new to show us in the form of an exclusive screen shot of the game in action, as well as what appears to be some conceptual art of the upcoming MMO from the house that Ronald LEGO built. Follow the link for the rest of the article, the two pictures are located below.