Lego Worlds

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Lego Worlds
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Developer(s) Traveller's Tales
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [1]
Director(s)
  • John Hodskinson
  • Arthur Parsons
  • James McLoughlin
Designer(s)
  • Toby Everett
  • Georgina Cronshaw
  • Jack Chapman
  • James Anwyll
Artist(s) Leon Warren
Composer(s)
  • Rob Westwood
  • Tess Tyler
Platform(s)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • WW: 7 March 2017
Nintendo Switch
  • NA: 5 September 2017
  • EU: 8 September 2017
Genre(s) Sandbox
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Lego Worlds is a Lego-themed sandbox game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game allows players to build constructions in a 3D procedurally generated world. A beta version of the game was released on 1 June 2015 on Steam Early Access. It was released on 7 March 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. A version for Nintendo Switch was released on 5 September 2017 in North America and 8 September 2017 in Europe.

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Gameplay

Lego Worlds is a sandbox video game which allows players to build a world made up of Lego bricks. [2] [3] The player is rewarded for collecting objects spread across the map with studs, an in-game currency. The player can build using the items they have encountered. Players can create their own world by using predefined Lego structures or using the "brick-by-brick editor tool". Players' appearances and outfits are customizable in the game. Terrain and environment can be modified via landscaping tools. A variety of vehicles, such as helicopters, and creatures are featured in the game. A multiplayer option and features for world-sharing have been added to the game through later updates. [4]

Development

Prior to the game's official release, it was teased in the back of a Lego set's construction manual. [5] It was formally announced on 1 June 2015 with a simultaneous early access release on Steam to allow the gaming community to provide feedback for continual improvements and the integration of additional content over time. [6] The game left early access and Warner Bros. released the game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 8 March 2017. [7] The Nintendo Switch version was released in September 2017. [8] In March 2023 it was reported by Nintendo Life that a mobile version codenamed Project Lego X was in development by Playdemic and later moved to TT Games after they were bought by Electronic Arts (EA). [9]

Reception

Reception was generally positive, though players had mixed opinions in some cases. Metacritic gave the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions a score of 59/100, [10] 71/100, [11] 66/100, [12] and 69/100 [13] respectively. The game was nominated for "Family Game" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards. [15] [16]

Downloadable content

Two add-ons were released for the game. One, titled the Classic Space Pack, added a new biome, several characters, various creatures, vehicles and 2 brick builds: the Space Scooter Base and the Mineral Detector Base. The second pack, titled the Monsters Pack, added a new biome, a few characters, and three brick builds.

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