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LEGO Universe Creation, In-Game Screenshots
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | The premise of LEGO Universe, an MMO set in the… LEGO universe has always sounded appealing. But never looked appealing, because until now, we haven’t had a chance to see what it’ll look like from the consumer end of things. More »
News
LEGO Universe Won’t Arrive This Year
1:18AM Brian Crecente | Online multiplayer game LEGO Universe won’t be coming out this year as planned, the LEGO Group told Kotaku this morning. More »A Visit To NetDevil: Hands On With Jumpgate Evolution
2:20PM Adam Barenblat | Following up on where we left off, the guys at NetDevil were merciful and — even though they caught Crecente trying to get a sneak peak at Lego Universe — kind enough to give us some hands on time with a build of Jumpgate Evolution. Lead Designer Hermann Peterscheck gave us the grand tour of Jumpgate on a monster triple 24 inch monitor setup, sporting a resolution near 5000×1080. He explained to us some of the goals the team had been trying to achieve with the title since the last time Crecente gave it a try. More »
Lego Universe To Feature Star Wars & Other Lego Game IP?
3:00PM Stuart Houghton | The Lego Universe MMO is shaping up nicely, with what the developers told us would be “really core LEGO play” – building stuff, in other words. More »New Expanded Lego Universe Behind the Scenes Video
5:00AM Adam Barenblat | Last Month we got a sneak peak at how Lego Universe was coming along and today we get another ticket behind the scenes. In this expanded video we take a look at Net Devil’s 2nd LUP or (LEGO Universe Partners) event where 49 adult fans got together and focused on making worlds in the game. I don’t know about you guys, but that actually sounds like it would be a great experience. The game will be available for PC sometime next year. More »
Exclusive Lego Universe Video Offers First Game Glimpse
2:20AM Jesus Diaz | Lego Universe developer NetDevil has given us an exclusive peek into Lego Universe, the massive multiplayer online game where you can use bricks to collaboratively “build in real time”, having adventures through maps that span across all Lego themes: from Space to City to Pirates to Ninjas to Underwater, everything will be in there. After creating the game tools, the game is now in the world design stage, where advanced Lego users are helping NetDevil to create the actual worlds. This video was recorded in NetDevil’s second Lego Universe Project event. According to Scott Brown, NetDevil’s president, in the first LUP event they asked these Lego users to give them an idea of what the game should be like, which of course resulted in them building hundreds of actual Lego models of monsters, places, and all kinds of devices, machinery, and vehicles. After that session, NetDevil started to program the software tools and the models needed to design Lego Universe terrains and structures. Now, in the second LUP event, they have trained those Lego people on the tools themselves, which they are using to create the virtual worlds. Apparently, NetDevil is very impressed by how fast these people–who in their day jobs are mostly engineers–got into the tools after just a three-hour class. Hopefuly that means things are progressing fast and we will see this game–which seems to have great potential–sooner than later. More »The Handy New Lego Universe Logo
3:40AM Mike Fahey | Behold the official logo for NetDevil’s massively-multiplayer Lego Universe. The logo features the classic Lego logo surrounded by the U-shaped hand of a Lego minifig – the principle characters in the game – symbolizing the entire Lego universe being in the hands of the players. An innovative logo design for what very well could wind up being one of the most innovative MMO titles on the market. To celebrate the launch of their new logo, the Lego Universe folks have also released a wallpaper incorporating some concept art into the design for fans to stare at longingly while they wait for the game to be finished. You’ll find the wallpaper craftily hidden after the jump, complete with innovative “click for a larger version” feature! More »
LEGO Universe’s Story and Economy Unveiled
1:00AM Brian Crecente | In the latest LEGO Universe update the Colorado-based developers spill the beans on the upcoming LEGO massively multiplayer online game’s economy and storyline. LEGO Universe design director Brian Booker says that the game will have an “overarching epic storyline about the origins of LEGO Universe and the minifigs that inhabit it.” I can’t tell everything about the game just yet, but maybe I can give you some hints… Aside from just playing games or trading and socialising, the story allows minifigs to team up—and that’s when the real adventuring begins. If the teams of little LEGO people are successful in their endeavours, they’ll uncover new zones where they can have new and different experiences… Booker also walks us through the games economy which isn’t, it turns out, based on studs. More »
NetDevil Half-heartedly Pokes At April Fool’s
1:00PM Mike Fahey | I’d like to say I saved the best April Fool’s Day post for last, but then I’d just be fooling myself. The bad news is, all Jumpgate Evolution and LEGO Universe developers NetDevil managed to pull together for this festive day was a logo swap accompanied by a brief announcement. More »
