{"id":32676,"date":"2023-12-07T20:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/lego-fortnite-excites-gamers-with-unique-concept\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:01:54","slug":"lego-fortnite-excites-gamers-with-unique-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lego-fortnite-excites-gamers-with-unique-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lego Fortnite’ excites gamers with unique concept"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toy giant Lego and videogame leader Epic Games joined forces Thursday to launch \u2018Lego Fortnite<\/em>\u2018 in a bid to grow a platform already used by hundreds of millions of people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The game, which like prior \u2018Fortnite<\/em>\u2018 offerings is free to download, features the colorful animated landscape familiar to gamers but with figures who come from the Danish company\u2019s distinct universe.<\/p>\n

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While the setting resembles that of the original Fortnite game, first launched in 2017, the playable space in the Lego version is 19 times as big.<\/p>\n

In the original \u2018Fortnite<\/em>\u2018 \u201cBattle Royale,\u201d players win by eliminating competitors and remaining the sole survivor on the island.<\/p>\n

The Lego game has two options, with the \u201csurvival\u201d mode pitting contestants against skeletons and menacing wolf-life figures and the more innocuous \u201csandbox\u201d option lacking such threats and geared towards younger users.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s announcement marks the first significant project between Lego and Epic since the company announced in April 2022 that it, along with Sony, would invest $2 billion in the North Carolina company.<\/p>\n

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The game\u2019s designers ensured that all the settings and characters who appear in the game could be built in the real world with Lego pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are starting to build a real bridge between the physical and the digital world, which in a way \u2026 has never been done before,\u201d said Julia Goldin, chief product and marketing officer at Lego.<\/p>\n

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Lego also sees an opportunity to \u201cinvite a lot more committed digital players to experience the physical world of Lego bricks,\u201d Goldin said.<\/p>\n

Adam Sussman, president of Epic Games, predicted broad interest in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really a product that is going to attract lots of kids but we also think it will attract teens and adults as well,\u201d Adam Sussman said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lego Fortnite<\/em>\u2018 will compete with massively popular videogames such as Minecraft or Animal Crossing.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the industry, it\u2019s great to have many hits, not a single hit. When something is very popular, like this particular genre, the walls are very wide, (and) there\u2019s massive opportunities for innovation,\u201d Adam Sussman said.<\/p>\n

Related \u2013 Google offered Epic Games $147 mln to launch Fortnite<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n