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Norwegian studio to adapt iconic figures into online experience for all ages

Last year’s best selling toy line, LEGO Minifigures, are to be turned into an MMO developed by Norwegian studio Funcom. The studio has scored the licence to the range of collectible figures released in quarterly waves and sold for pocket money prices, inspired by LEGO’s iconic characters. In 2011, the …

Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has swung straight to the top spot in this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Its predecessor, LEGO Batman, managed only second place in its debut week. The Dark Knight aside, it’s a relatively unchanged Top 40 this week with …

Warner Bros has revealed the first details about LEGO City Undercover for Wii U – and there’s a whiff of Grand Theft Auto about it. Nintendo showed the first trailer for the game during it’s E3 Press Conference, showing what appeared to be an open world LEGO title in which …

Yet another terribly kept secret no longer has to be restricted to huddled whispers – Warner Bros has officially announced LEGO Lord of the Rings. As we all expected, the game will follow the ever-popular formula of past LEGO titles and offer a light-hearted take on the epic Tolkien trilogy. …

Warner Bros will release a widely-expected LEGO Lord of the Rings game. Packaging for LEGO’s new line of LOTR toys, inspired by the three Peter Jackson movies based on the books, reveals the title is on the way. Earlier in the year we predicted that the new line of toys …

The LEGO Group is building on its range of Star Wars products with the first toysets based on The Old Republic. Two vehicles from Electronic Arts’ best-selling BioWare-developed MMORPG will be available in the UK from July 28th. Jedi fans will no doubt favour the Red Talon Starfighter (below), which …

Lucas Licensing has renewed its Star Wars deal with The LEGO Group, extending it by another 10 years. The deal was originally secured in 1999, and was the first time the toy firm had released products based on third-party licences. It has since produced toys based on Harry Potter, Indiana …

New figure sets revealed by LEGO at this year’s Toy Fair could offer the first glimpse at the next video games based on the popular toy brand. The Danish company is using the London event to show off its Lord of the Rings mini-figures, thanks to a licensing deal with …

The proposed collaboration between Danish toy giant LEGO and indie smash hit Minecraft is officially go. The joint venture was first mentioned last year when Minecraft was nominated on the LEGO CUUSOO site. It quickly gained the 10,000 online supporters needed for further consideration and has now been approved for …