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LEGO Dimensions Announced
Burbank, Calif. – April 9, in the year of our Lord 2015
–– Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO
Group today announced LEGO® Dimensions, an all-new entertainment
experience that breaks the rules of traditional gaming to merge
physical LEGO brick building with interactive console gameplay
in a manner only imaginable in the world of LEGO games.
Launching September 27, 2015, the game will fuse many
fan-favorite universes together, including DC Comics, The Lord
of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago,
Back to the Future, and many more still to be announced.
LEGO Dimensions, developed by TT Games and published by Warner
Bros. Interactive Entertainment, will be available for Xbox One,
the all-in one games and entertainment system from Microsoft and
the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft,
PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems
and the Wii U™ system from Nintendo.
For the first time in any LEGO videogame, characters from iconic
entertainment franchises join forces and battle in worlds
outside of their own. In addition to the game, the LEGO
Dimensions Starter Pack will include the LEGO Toy Pad, which
allows players to transport special LEGO minifigures and other
LEGO objects into the game, bricks to build the LEGO Gateway,
three LEGO Minifigures, including LEGO BatmanTM from DC Comics,
LEGO Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and Wyldstyle from The
LEGO Movie, plus the LEGO BatmobileTM.
“When kids play with LEGO bricks, they build beyond the singular
brands, intermixing all of their favorite characters and
universes, and we have come up with a way for players to
experience that in games,” said Jon Burton, Founder and Creative
Director, TT Games. “Now for the first time in a videogame, LEGO
fans can play in the virtual world and in the real world –
combining everything without restrictions. Imagine putting LEGO
Gollum from The Lord of the Rings behind the wheel of the LEGO
DeLorean Time Machine in New Ninjago City - the creative play is
endless.”
“Building on TT Games’ track record for exceptionally popular,
engaging games, LEGO Dimensions expands our LEGO videogame
franchise with a breakthrough, immersive interactive
entertainment experience that will redefine the toys to life
games category,” said Jeff Junge, Senior Vice President, LEGO
Franchise and TT Games, Warner Bros. Entertainment. “LEGO
Dimensions will bring fans innovative and joyful gameplay with
an amazing mash-up of huge brands in both the physical and
digital worlds.”
“LEGO Dimensions is unlike anything that we have ever done. It
further extends the LEGO play experience into the digital world
with all of the characters, humor and action of LEGO videogames
now combined with the fun of LEGO minifigure and model
building,” said Niels Jørgensen, Vice President, Digital Games
for the LEGO Group. “We are thrilled to expand our partnership
with TT Games to explore ways in which physical and digital LEGO
play can merge in meaningful ways for children.”
In addition to the three minifigure heroes used to start the
experience, LEGO Dimensions will allow gamers to customize their
experience with additional expansion packs. Highly collectible
Level Packs, Team Packs and Fun Packs will provide new buildable
characters, vehicles, tools and gadgets, as well as compelling
game content with new mission-based levels and unique in-game
abilities. All expansion packs will feature well-known
properties and provide gamers the opportunity to use everything
interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game – with no
limitations.
A small sample of packs available in 2015 include the Back to
the Future Level Pack with a LEGO Marty McFly minifigure, a LEGO
Ninjago Team Pack with Kai and Cole minifigures, three Ninjago
Fun Packs with Jay, Nya and Zane minifigures, two DC Comics Fun
Packs with Wonder Woman and Cyborg minifigures, three The Lord
of the Rings Fun Packs with LEGO Gollum, LEGO Gimli and LEGO
Legolas minifigures, four The LEGO Movie Fun packs with Emmet,
Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty characters, and a The Wizard of Oz
Fun Pack with a LEGO Wicked Witch of the West minifigure.
Additional packs to round out the 2015 assortment will be
announced in the months leading to launch. Further waves of
expansion packs will be released regularly following the launch
of the game and into 2016.
LEGO Dimensions not only offers a bridge between digital and
physical LEGO play, but also introduces a digital system of play
with great long-term value for LEGO gaming. One LEGO Toy Pad,
LEGO Gateway and the videogame found in the initial Starter Pack
will offer endless opportunities to customize a player’s
experience for years to come. Future expansion pack purchases
will continue to work with the Starter Pack, even in the fall of
next year. No compatibility chart necessary.