Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts might be interested in purchasing Warner Bros. Interactive if its parent company makes the sale official, but they'd be facing some stiff green competition from Microsoft along the way.
Announced earlier in the year, LEGO Super Mario is exactly what it sounds like: A chance to create your own Super Mario levels, bringing the mustachioed plumber from his 2D origins and into a more three-dimensional setting. So how much will it cost you?
Looks like LEGO Hobbit meat is back on the menu tonight!
Warner Bros. film rights for the LEGO franchise have expired, leaving Universal to swoop in and grab the franchise.
It’s so clever, how did no one think of this before? You take Super Mario Bros, which in its most recognisable form is still that of a 2D game wherein you inflict massive brain trauma on Mario by directing his skull through solid bricks, and you combine that with LEGO to capture that aesthetic and give it a more creative approach in our plane of existence.
How has this never been done before? On the one hand, you have LEGO. The premier name in creativity and construction, literal building blocks for the imagination. On the other hand you have Super Mario, Nintendo’s most famous mascot who made a name for himself by stomping on turtles and busting blocks for a living. Put the two together, and you’ve got LEGO Mario, a match made in heaven between franchises.
The announcement came as a teaser revealed to celebrate Mario Day…and that’s about all we know so far.
Given enough LEGO, there’s nothing that cannot be built. Want to construct an actual home while swearing at neighbourhood kids to stop pinching four-stud bricks from your property? It is doable! Want to make a car chassis from LEGO because you have a death wish? Probably also doable you mad person you. If the Danish blocks were capable of sealing …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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