Yesterday, we reported that a new trailer for the LEGO Minifigure Online game was live and there were new details about it. Today, Funcom has released an official press release of the game as well as the same trailer video that we’ve shown.
TAKE A GRAND TOUR OF LEGO® MINIFIGURES ONLINE
– Funcom provides fans with massive amounts of information about the upcoming game through a brand new video and website –
Oslo, Norway – December 18th, 2013 – What is ‘LEGO® Minifigures Online’ all about? Now is your chance to find out! Funcom announced today the launch of the ‘LEGO Minifigures Online’ website. With this launch, fans can learn more about the game without needing access to the beta testing. A new video has also launched in conjunction with the new site.
The new ‘This is LEGO Minifigures Online’ video offers a narrated tour of some of the exciting things fans will be able to do and places they can visit when the game launches next year. The video also showcases brand new, never-before-seen content such as the Pirate World, the Treasure Island dungeon and the terrifying Crikey the Kraken!
Visit http://www.playminifigures.com to explore the site and see the video!
“We have an amazing cast of characters and worlds in ‘LEGO Minifigures Online’, and the new video and website are a great opportunity for everyone to discover that,” says Executive Producer Lawrence Poe. “This is a game with tremendous amount of variety and there is just so much to see and experience here. Our goal is to combine accessibility with depth to make sure we make a LEGO Minifigures game that can appeal to kids of all ages.”
Visitors to the website can go even more in-depth and get a detailed look at the specific minifigures, and learn more about their abilities and their personalities. ‘LEGO Minifigures Online’ is set to release with almost one hundred different minifigures, and the website will reveal more details in the coming months!
‘LEGO Minifigures Online’ is based on the hugely popular LEGO Minifigures collection. The minifigures are the charming characters that inhabit LEGO creations , whether it’s on a childhood bedroom floor or inside a virtual world, and over 340 million of them were sold in 2012 alone. In Funcom’s upcoming online game, the player must collect these minifigures, discover their unique abilities and bring them out on grand adventures through wonderful worlds of bricks and pixels together with thousands of other players from all over the world.
Those interested in joining the Closed Beta for ‘LEGO Minifigures Online’ can register a user account on the official website. More testers will be invited to join throughout development.
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ABOUT FUNCOM – Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC and consoles. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its trac k-record of more than twenty released games. Recent titles include ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’, ‘The Longest Journey’, ‘Anarchy Online’ and ‘Dreamfall: The Longest Journey’. For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. For information about Funcom games visit www.anarchy-online.com, www.dreamfall.com, www.thesecretworld.com or www.ageofconan.com. Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker FUNCOM.
ABOUT THE LEGO GROUP – The LEGO Group is a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family who founded it in 1932.
The LEGO Group is engaged in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning. Based on the world-famous LEGO® brick, the company today provides toys, experiences and teaching materials for children in more than 130 countries. The LEGO Group has approximately 10,000 employees, and it is the world’s third largest manufacturer of play materials.
Our head office is in Billund, Denmark but we have subsidiaries and branches throughout the world, and LEGO products are sold in more than 130 countries.
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