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    Default LEGO MMOG confirmed (Yes, the building blocks, LEGO)

    From: Gamasutra

    NetDevil Confirms Development Of LEGO MMO



    Independent game developer NetDevil has announced a partnership with major toy company The LEGO Group to develop a massively multiplayer online game based on the popular building blocks.

    The announcement confirms statements made to Gamasutra in a recent interview with NetDevil president Scott Brown and creative director Ryan Seabury, who at that time commented that the Colorado based developer had begun working on a new, as yet unannounced MMOG for a “major toy company.”

    While few details have been released regarding both the deal and the game, a brief statement released today highlights the enthusiasm that both companies seem to have for the project, which Brown described in December to Gamasutra as "a natural fit for a MMO.”

    "The LEGO brand represents construction, creativity and problem solving -- values that compliment the MMOG market,” commented Lisbeth Valther Pallesen, executive vice president, of the Community, Education and Direct Division at The LEGO Group. “By merging the online world of social interaction with physical play, the LEGO brand is providing new experiences for children, as well as fans. NetDevil's technological capability, openness to work with a large community, and their enthusiasm for the LEGO brand made them a natural partner."

    NetDevil's Scott Brown added: “Playing with LEGO bricks and developing online worlds are both creative activities. To bring them together is deeply professionally satisfying and we look forward to working with the LEGO team."

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    whats better than legos pvping the crap out of each other. just imagine it, gigantic lego robot things smashing lego soldiers then like cannons blowing them up in to a bunch of pieces. WoW better watch out lmfao

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    I'm kindof betting it's gunna turn out a lot like Blockland (Might be where these developers actually got the idea to do this from), unless.. they actually ARE making a full-world MMORPG out of it.

    Blockland used to be a free room based lego themed game and was a lot of fun and very open-ended. It recently became b2p though and changed it's theme a little bit. Heres a couple screenshots from a while ago in the older version. =3

    (This was a ***** to make)






    (This took forever, one of many racetracks. =3)




    Hurhur, fun times.

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    Blockland is awesome. I'd just keep playing blockland over a lego mmo.
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    Blockland was pretty good for a while, was quite laggy at times however.

    Should be interesting, I'm not getting it, but still, might be pretty interesting.
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    LegoLand. This will own. Big time.

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    This will be cool, if they do it right >_> .

    I remember Blockland, I used to play with that mod that made it so much better, Return to Blockland, through LAN. Made all sorts of things. I also did castle warss and things like that, where you build some kind of fort, and then after a certain amount of time, you could attack others and try to defeat them. Good times, good times.

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    Wow, that blockland game actually looks pretty nice. Hopefully this new "lego mmog" will be better though. xD

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elion View Post

    lol reminds me of CS lego maps...

    lol cs surf maps

    edit :
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    is the demo worth it?....can you play on lan?

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