You don't have to worry about stepping on these Legos: The upcoming online video game "Lego Minifigures Online" lets kids play as classic Lego figures and romp through pirate ships, medieval castles ...

LEGO Minifigures Online has surfaced from its long silence. LEGO Minifigures Online is a Funcom MMO first announced in August 2013. It has been in open beta for some time but clearly missed its ...

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Watching Funcom demo Lego Minifigures Online in a crowded booth to a handful of journalists at Gamescom, I started to giggle. Funcom have had a rough time of it, making hardcore MMORPGs for hardcore ...

MMORPG: What is the backstory/lore behind LEGO Minifigures Online? Oscar Lopez Lacalle: The game takes place in a number of different heavily thematic worlds. Some of them are based on existing LEGO ...

Funcom's LEGO Minifigures Online has a design challenge that's about as awkward as its name: it has to be a child-friendly MMO, but it also needs to keep the interest of older kids and parents. LEGO ...

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Brick by virtual brick, the team at Funcom has been busy building the upcoming LEGO Minifigures Online. It's been a quiet fall after the big reveal in August at Gamescom, but that doesn't mean the ...

The Secret World and Age of Conan developed Funcom is behind the LEGO brand's latest attempt to crack into the MMO space. LEGO Minifigures Online was announced in mid-2012, but has just received its ...

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We sat down with some of the team members behind Lego Minifigures Online and asked about their decision to leave microtransactions behind. It may be a slow week, but that doesn't mean there aren't any ...