LEGO Videogame Tie-Ins - Rumors & Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

Not sure about that “leak”, doesn’t look real to me and the subject matter is baffling.

That’s one of the drawbacks to that survey leak: now people can stamp confidential watermarks over their creations and claim it’s from another survey like that  The idea of forging prelims itself is not new, but the survey leak gives them more cover since those are A) unfinished too, B)  harder to disprove by actual trusted leakers since they could be from a different year, and C) if the fake set never gets released, the “leakers” can just claim it was cancelled

I think that leak opened Pandora’s box in a way

[AstroFalcon]

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Not sure about that “leak”, doesn’t look real to me and the subject matter is baffling.

 That’s one of the drawbacks to that survey leak: now people can stamp confidential watermarks over their creations and claim it’s from another survey like that  The idea of forging prelims itself is not new, but the survey leak gives them more cover since those are A) unfinished too, B)  harder to disprove by actual trusted leakers since they could be from a different year, and C) if the fake set never gets released, the “leakers” can just claim it was cancelled

 I think that leak opened Pandora’s box in a way

Obviously there's no way of telling, but how does it look fake? What's the likelihood someone went out of their way to make a fairly accurate and detailed MOC of an object nobody would expect to be a set, then send it to a leaker? I'd be more sceptical if it was something that was already heavily desired by the community (like an Avengers Tower or large Star Wars set) but it seems so bizarre that anyone would do this thing in particular.

This looks like a Lego set not aimed at primarily Lego fans, and that's why the subject matter might seem bizarre, but the recent BTS set shows that they're not afraid to push larger sets to specific markets.
 

Spoiler

I'm secretly really rooting for it, in the vain hope that it opens the door for real sets based on the universe of the game. 

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 minutes ago, AstroFalcon said:

Obviously there's no way of telling, but how does it look fake?

Something‘s just off. I think the watermark stamp is different from the survey leaks, but I can‘t put my finger on it.

[Portal Out]

13 hours ago, AstroFalcon said:

What's the likelihood someone went out of their way to make a fairly accurate and detailed MOC of an object nobody would expect to be a set, then send it to a leaker? 

Haha I did exactly that a few times when I was a kid. I learned how to use the old LDD to POV Ray rendering engine, blur it in gimp, add the watermark, then lower the quality and send it off to leakers on Reddit (back when that was allowed).

League of Legends already has a comparatively small audience compared to the kinds of licenses Lego usually goes for, and fans of the E-Sports aspect of the series are an even smaller segment. Not saying it's impossible, but I think the more likely scenario is that someone had a fun weekend in stud.io and photoshop then decided to try their hand as a "leaker". 

[Agent Kallus]

On 2/7/2023 at 11:33 PM, Agent Kallus said:

Maybe if there's a dedicated Zelda direct at some point before the TotK release?

Well rumour is that there will be a dedicated TotK/Zelda direct and it will officially reveal the already leaked TotK Switch oled. Now if it's a dedicated Zelda direct, we could get some Zelda merch revealed so I'm still gonna hope this gets revealed there or around the time of release of TotK by Lego.

[PsychoBuilder]

So, potentially good news for those of us who want OW to return and to be able to buy stuff from Blizzard without supporting scumbags, the Microsoft buyout is looking a little more likely again. Apparently it seems to be going through in the EU, which I suppose makes it a little more possible that it'll go through in America as well. 

[Meaf]

6 hours ago, Brickroll said:

So, potentially good news for those of us who want OW to return and to be able to buy stuff from Blizzard without supporting scumbags, the Microsoft buyout is looking a little more likely again. Apparently it seems to be going through in the EU, which I suppose makes it a little more possible that it'll go through in America as well. 

I'll be curious to see if it makes a comeback. I could see Lego dropping it even after Microsoft has acquired Activision-Blizzard since there's just so much bad press around them. It also doesn't help that the sets never seemed like they were incredibly popular either, though that's just anecdotal so I could be mistaken there. The game (and theme) clearly has some fans though and did make for some cool sets, so I wouldn't mind seeing it return (preferably once the merger is done).

[PsychoBuilder]

19 hours ago, Meadius said:

I'll be curious to see if it makes a comeback. I could see Lego dropping it even after Microsoft has acquired Activision-Blizzard since there's just so much bad press around them. It also doesn't help that the sets never seemed like they were incredibly popular either, though that's just anecdotal so I could be mistaken there. The game (and theme) clearly has some fans though and did make for some cool sets, so I wouldn't mind seeing it return (preferably once the merger is done).

Yeah, you may have a point there. The sets were kind of <insert that tiresome argument>, which was a little odd since I cannot imagine a lot of 6-8 year olds being too interested in the property, and the fact is, the game is just less popular now. I think that if the PVE is good, it could potentially revitalize the game, and it certainly still has a pretty big playerbase, but it may not have the same reach it used to. 

[Meaf]

3 hours ago, Brickroll said:

Yeah, you may have a point there. The sets were kind of <insert that tiresome argument>, which was a little odd since I cannot imagine a lot of 6-8 year olds being too interested in the property, and the fact is, the game is just less popular now. I think that if the PVE is good, it could potentially revitalize the game, and it certainly still has a pretty big playerbase, but it may not have the same reach it used to. 

I think the biggest thing that might keep it from returning is just that Lego has a lot more options now when it comes to video game themes. There are only so many designers to go around and so much shelf space to be filled, so it may end up being that Lego drops Overwatch because they believe other video game themes will perform better. With Minecraft, Sonic, Mario, and potentially a number of other Nintendo series they may not be wrong either; Overwatch is still popular, but I don't know that it appeals to kids as much as any of those other themes do. 

[PsychoBuilder]

2 hours ago, Meadius said:

I think the biggest thing that might keep it from returning is just that Lego has a lot more options now when it comes to video game themes. There are only so many designers to go around and so much shelf space to be filled, so it may end up being that Lego drops Overwatch because they believe other video game themes will perform better. With Minecraft, Sonic, Mario, and potentially a number of other Nintendo series they may not be wrong either; Overwatch is still popular, but I don't know that it appeals to kids as much as any of those other themes do. 

Yeah, I think you may be right here, I hadn’t considered that but that seems like it could be possible. I’d personally love to see a more diorama or +18 take on the theme, I can’t imagine that happening. In fact, I feel like best case scenario is that they just put out the last couple sets and kill the theme off for good, and there’s a lot that would have to happen to even get to that.

[Alegrispa]

Sorry if this has already been talked about, but I looked at the Deku Tree set again, and you can clearly see the fern piece from Rivendell in both pictures! I may be mistaken, but I think it's even there in bright green!

Idk if this means anything, I just really want them to release this that set. I reckon if they release it any time soon we'll hear about it around May? Man, I just really want it.

EDIT: Yup, I just checked and it's already been talked about. I guess I'm getting a little stir crazy waiting for Tears of the Kingdom.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Alegrispa

[NoOneOfImportance]

49 minutes ago, Alegrispa said:

Sorry if this has already been talked about, but I looked at the Deku Tree set again, and you can clearly see the fern piece from Rivendell in both pictures! I may be mistaken, but I think it's even there in bright green!

Idk if this means anything, I just really want them to release this that set. I reckon if they release it any time soon we'll hear about it around May? Man, I just really want it.

EDIT: Yup, I just checked and it's already been talked about. I guess I'm getting a little stir crazy waiting for Tears of the Kingdom.

As noted before, I wouldn't expect this set to release this year, if it does come.

Hopefully it'll show up next year though. I would love to see a Zelda set made, as much as I haven't played a ton of the games. 

[Meaf]

18 hours ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

As noted before, I wouldn't expect this set to release this year, if it does come.

Hopefully it'll show up next year though. I would love to see a Zelda set made, as much as I haven't played a ton of the games. 

It seems like a very odd decision not to release the set the year that Tears of the Kingdom comes out, given that it's all but guaranteed to be one of the biggest (if not the biggest) game of the year as far as sales and hype go. Then again, it's not like it matters too much; Zelda is one of the biggest game franchises in the world and tie-in products will always be in demand whether or not a new game just came out. 

[Agent Kallus]

I'm still going expect it this year, leakers aren't omniscient they just find out stuff before they are supposed to and sometimes they share that information.

Like with the Disney sets, this year would just make a lot more sense.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Agent Kallus

[Portal Out]

6 hours ago, Meadius said:

It seems like a very odd decision not to release the set the year that Tears of the Kingdom comes out, given that it's all but guaranteed to be one of the biggest (if not the biggest) game of the year as far as sales and hype go. Then again, it's not like it matters too much; Zelda is one of the biggest game franchises in the world and tie-in products will always be in demand whether or not a new game just came out. 

Never underestimate Lego’s poor planning! It’s very possible they wanted to release it as a tie in and just weren’t able to get it on shelves in time (I’d be willing to bet this is why the Tallneck release six months after the Horizon sequel).

[Meaf]

2 hours ago, Portal Out said:

Never underestimate Lego’s poor planning! It’s very possible they wanted to release it as a tie in and just weren’t able to get it on shelves in time (I’d be willing to bet this is why the Tallneck release six months after the Horizon sequel).

I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to release with TotK and got delayed for one reason or another, but it'd be kinda funny if that were the case since the game itself was planned got release last year before getting delayed.

[Portal Out]

Looks like that rumored Pac-Man set is actually an arcade machine!

With 2651 pieces, I’m super excited to see what kind of functionality they’re able to pull off. Fingers crossed we’re not gonna have to deal with giant stickers for the sides though 🤞

[Agent Kallus]

On 3/15/2023 at 8:55 PM, Portal Out said:

Looks like that rumored Pac-Man set is actually an arcade machine!

With 2651 pieces, I’m super excited to see what kind of functionality they’re able to pull off. Fingers crossed we’re not gonna have to deal with giant stickers for the sides though 🤞

Shouldn't have aby stickers over multiple parts at least, they're not doing that anymore.

On 3/12/2023 at 10:13 PM, Agent Kallus said:

I'm still going expect it this year, leakers aren't omniscient they just find out stuff before they are supposed to and sometimes they share that information.

Like with the Disney sets, this year would just make a lot more sense.

I say this and yet every day that passes with no word I grow more and more unsure.

[Classic_Spaceman]

Screenshots and information about a game called "LEGO 2K Drive" have appeared. From Reddit: 

"LEGO 2K Drive PVP multiplayer gameplay is a "Mario Kart like" spin on the classic LEGO racing games we all know and love. There are many levels to choose from ranging from 2 to 5 minute races, and include lap races and sprint races, with multiple terrain and vehicle types such as on-road, off-road and water, with the vehicle changing automatically while driving.

Items/Powerups include: Jumping, Mines, Teleport, Ghost, Homing Missiles, EMP, Food Blaster, Web Crasher and Brick Wheels. You can also create custom vehicles as in other LEGO racing games." 
 

[Classic_Spaceman]

The official announcement and trailer for LEGO 2K Drive will be on March 23rd (per Twitter). 
 

[kevkipo]

The closer we get to May, the more anxious I get about the Zelda set. I'm starting to feel that it will not release this year. No leakers have said anything about it yet 

[Meaf]

18 hours ago, kevkipo said:

The closer we get to May, the more anxious I get about the Zelda set. I'm starting to feel that it will not release this year. No leakers have said anything about it yet 

The general vibe I've been getting is that it isn't gonna make it out this year. To be fair though, it could absolutely still come out in 2023 somewhere later down the line. TotK will be Nintendo's big game for the rest of the year once it's out so it isn't as though the Lego set wouldn't be relevant in November.

[Alegrispa]

On 3/22/2023 at 10:18 AM, kevkipo said:

No leakers have said anything about it yet 

There are plenty of sets being kept tightly under wraps until release. Granted not a lot, but since Nintendo is involved they might take extra care (ignoring the fact that we've already seen the set of course).

If it's a summer release then we could start hearing about it from leakers as late as Juli.

[Agent Kallus]

On 2/23/2023 at 10:59 AM, Agent Kallus said:

Well rumour is that there will be a dedicated TotK/Zelda direct and it will officially reveal the already leaked TotK Switch oled. Now if it's a dedicated Zelda direct, we could get some Zelda merch revealed so I'm still gonna hope this gets revealed there or around the time of release of TotK by Lego.

Well Zelda direct confirmed for tomorrow, maybe we'll see something there?

[Meaf]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Well Zelda direct confirmed for tomorrow, maybe we'll see something there?

It's technically not a Direct and only ten minutes long, so I don't expect it'll show up there. TotK comes out in six weeks and we've hardly seen anything from it, so I don't think they'd spend some of that ten minutes showing off merch (for the older games too). 

That said, this is Nintendo we're talking about so anything is possible.