August 18, 2021
How the New York Game Scene Gave Birth to Everyone’s Favorite Garbage Game
When LEGO® Builder’s Journey hit Apple Arcade in 2019, it was seen as a new sort of LEGO video game, one that eschewed the…
Tag: LEGO theme sets
June 30, 2021
Rocket Racer, Veronica Voltage, and the Legend of LEGO Racers
LEGO Racers started life in a digital brick vacuum. High Voltage Software founder Kerry Ganofsky became obsessed with the idea of creating a…
April 14, 2021
LEGO Video Game Podcast Renewed for New Seasons
The popular LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks podcast was renewed for another season that will run through the rest of the year as it continues to explore the rich 25-year history…
March 31, 2021
Video Games, Digital Play, and the Future of the LEGO Group
Video games and the LEGO Group’s many other digital efforts are among the company’s chief focuses for the year, LEGO Group CEO Niels B. Christiansen said in…
March 24, 2021
Inside the LEGO Group’s Secretive Strategic Product Unit Darwin
The LEGO Group’s biggest early exploration into the digitization of the brick was started by a group of friends and…
March 17, 2021
Overwatch’s Unusual Journey From Esport to LEGO Set
It may surprise you to learn how few video games have made the leap to physical LEGO® theme sets. Despite the…
March 10, 2021
How Music and Brick Building Come Together in LEGO VIDIYO
LEGO® VIDIYO™ was born of a desire to mash together the endlessly creative possibilities engendered by the LEGO brick with the equally…
March 3, 2021
LEGO Universe: Death of a Dream
LEGO® Universe launched after five years of development but was turned off less than two years after going live. The $125 million investment…
February 24, 2021
Exploring the soundscape of LEGO Universe
When LEGO® Universe died in 2012, it didn’t just shut off access to the imagined worlds of Avant Gardens, Gnarled Forest, and Forbidden…
February 17, 2021
The Rise and Fall of LEGO Universe: Inception
The LEGO Group’s biggest single investment in a video game cost more than $125 million and involved more than 450 contributors…