Ten Ton Hammer follows up
on release plans for
LEGO Universe, the LEGO-themed MMORPG that
was announced with a Q4 2008 release date. A quick check of the
calendar shows the game has suffered a delay from that plan, and the
hammer-wielders spoke with Mark Hansen of LEGO, who indicates the toy maker is
in control of the game's release schedule:
The decision has been made
within the company to wait to launch [LEGO Universe]. We're trying to align the
physical play with the virtual play. We never know what products are going to be
"hitting" or not, and we actually have a lot of products that are out there
right now that are "hitting." We want to get the feel of LEGO into this game to
match those products. We also don't want to detract from those products that are
out there that are doing very well.
A lot of our decisions have been focused around what we're going to gain and
what we're going to lose by holding this game back. We don't know how long we're
going to delay the launch of [LEGO Universe], so I can't tell you anything
specific on that. But we can say that it is going to be a delay of some time.
Not a long period of time, but we don't know exactly how much.