![]() This super popular console game grants the player the ability to create warp doors from one place to another, often with mind-bending results. On the game side one big franchise that looks likely is Portal. There’s continuing speculation of Doctor Who also appearing in the game but nothing solid on that. Through a blurry image on the retail packaging and a leaked product listing on Walmart we already know the game will include toys and characters from Oz, Jurassic World, Back to the Future, The Simpsons and Scooby Doo. While some of the Lego franchises clash with Disney Infinity (being owned by the House of Mouse) published Warner Bros can call upon a super strong line-up of new and retro titles. Lego Dimensions is the first time Lego have entered this arms race, many have been surprised it’s taken so long. If you’ve not encountered these games before, like Skylanders and Disney Infinity ( 3.0 Star Wars version just announced) they not only use the toys to unlock content but also save progress wirelessly back to the figures via a USB peripheral plugged in to your video-game console. This means we know roughly how it will play, but not exactly how it will use the smart Lego minifigures to leverage content. It’s the new “Toys to Life” game from the people behind the other Lego video-games. ![]() In this light Lego Dimensions is sitting pretty. Also you need a clutch of big movie tie-ins. You can’t release a kids video-game these days without having a related line of small collectable plastic figurines. ![]()
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