Lego MMORPG – whatever

Lego brickJust when you thought no one would get a decent idea to challenge World of Warcraft and its terrificly succesful launch of the Burning Crusade expansion pack, some Danish toy company (hint hint) announced they are going to release a MMORPG some time in 2008.

Now don’t get me wrong, the whole Lego/Star Wars video games series was great but we all know what happened to Star Wars: Galaxies…

I have to be honest, I’m curious about the premise and implementation thereof, especially in terms of player interaction, class system, trade, and *shiver* player vs. player combat.

On the bright side, rendering 3D lego bricks should not be difficult technically 😀

Discuss.

Link : http://www.lego.com/mmog/press/

Lord of the Rings Online – First Impressions

From Digg:

The most exciting MMO news in recent memory for many of us was a Lord of the Rings themed MMORPG. Of course, no MMORPG can be discussed without pointing out the massive World of Warcraft currently shadowing over all games in the genre. Can Tolkien’s hobbits slay the beast that is WoW? Or will they be quickly disposed of by Blizzard’s fierce orcs?

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