Unreleased LEGO software

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The LEGO Group has cancelled numerous software projects and concepts over the years, with a majority of the known cancelled projects being games. Their state of completion ranges from being completely finished to simply being a concept that never took shape.

Timeline of unreleased LEGO games (NOT FINISHED)

Year Title(s) Developer Planned platform(s) Notes
1986 Untitled Jim Spaceborn game — Arcade? In 1986 Jakob Stegelmann and Jeffrey James Varab were leading early production on an animated film based on the Jim Spaceborn comics for LEGO Publishing. The two also planned a tie-in LaserDisc game inspired by Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair. The game never left concept stage, and the film was cancelled due to LEGO Publishing shutting down.[1][2]
1997 LEGO Sea Challenge Mindscape Windows Project cancelled after Mindscape fired LEGO Island development team.[citation needed]
LEGO Dig Windows
1997? Untitled LEGO Space/Mars? racing game Manic Media Windows? Mentioned in leaked emails.[citation needed]
1998 LEGO Soccer 2000 Data Design Interactive Windows LEGO halted their relationship with DDI. (in 1998?) Project was passed to Silicon Dreams and became Football Mania.[citation needed]
LEGO Fantasy Krisalis Software Windows, PlayStation? Tie-in game for cancelled Adventures in Legoworld TV series. Project was passed to Silicon Dreams and became LEGO Island 2.[citation needed]
2000 LEGO My Style: Parade Brainchild Studios Windows, Macintosh? A third LEGO My Style game following Preschool and Kindergarten; also called Duplo: Learning 3 during development.[3][4]
2001 LEGO Stunt Rally Intelligent Games, Asylum Entertainment PlayStation Work on the PlayStation port fell behind; Intelligent Games hired additional programmers to compensate, but LEGO Media rejected their work. The project was passed to Asylum Entertainment, where programmer Manel Sort completed it. LEGO Media rejected it again and cancelled the port.[5][6]
LEGO Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui Saffire Windows, GameCube Development fell behind over the course of 2001, and there were concerns over the game's compatibility with 3D graphics cards. Additionally, Saffire was facing financial difficulties during later development, and LEGO demanded the removal of any violence in the game following the September 11 attacks. Despite being close to completion, the game was cancelled in October 2001 for uncertain reasons. Two builds of the Windows version surfaced in 2018.[7][8]
2002 Academy of Flight / LEGO Flight Eurocom Entertainment Software GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Announced in 2001 and planned for release in 2003 alongside a "centenary of flight" LEGO theme. Eurocom cancelled it during its concept stage to focus on 007: Nightfire.[9]
2003 LEGO Soccer Adventure / Football Mania 2 Blitz Games PlayStation 2 Also called Football Mania 2 maybe? Economical differences. (what does this mean?)[citation needed]
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension Asylum Entertainment Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2 Cancelled, but mostly-finished Windows version was later released in value packs starting in 2004.[citation needed]
Drome Racers Attention to Detail Xbox An Xbox port of Drome Racers was developed by programmer Rob Baker, based on the enhanced GameCube version released in 2003. Despite being completed, it was never released due to Attention to Detail's closure a few months after its completion.[10][11]
Drome Racers 2 / LEGO Racers 4 — A project that experimented in streaming the game's entire world from a DVD, allowing for much larger environments. It was cancelled during pre-production, prior to Attention to Detail's closure.[10][11]
2004 LEGO Racers CC Bizarre Creations PlayStation 2, Xbox Internally nicknamed "Drome Racers 2". Advertised in 2004 catalogues with December release planned.[citation needed]
Bionicle: City of Legends Argonaut Games PlayStation 2, Xbox A sequel to the 2003 Bionicle game based on the 2004 Metru Nui Bionicle sets.[12] It was cancelled due to Argonaut's closure in 2004,[13][14] which was partially caused by the 2003 game's poor sales.[15]
2005 Untitled James Bond game Traveller's Tales — Following the success of LEGO Star Wars, Traveller's Tales wanted to create LEGO games for more licenses. Test animations were created that featured minifigure versions of James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Lara Croft. Traveller's Tales secured the approval of the James Bond franchise's rights holders; however, after the release of Casino Royale in 2006, LEGO felt the franchise was too violent for younger audiences.[16]
Untitled Tomb Raider game/crossover — TT Games had already worked with Tomb Raider publisher Eidos Interactive to publish LEGO Star Wars; however, the Tomb Raider brand was not perceived as being popular enough to justify developing a stand-alone LEGO Tomb Raider game. Traveller's Tales approached Lucasfilm to propose a crossover game starring both Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. Lucasfilm shot the idea down, believing that Tomb Raider had stolen ideas from Indiana Jones.[16]
2008 LEGO Castle: The Videogame Hellbent Games Nintendo DS The two titles were advertised on LEGO set boxes in 2009, the former on LEGO Castle sets and the latter on Space Police sets. Both games, as well as a LEGO Pirates game that was not advertised, were ultimately merged into LEGO Battles.[17][18]
LEGO Space: The Videogame
2009 LEGO Racers: The Video Game Firebrand Games Nintendo DS, Wii The DS version was advertised on LEGO Racers set boxes in 2009, alongside the aforementioned LEGO Space and LEGO Castle video games. Unlike the other two, LEGO Racers was never released.[17]
2014 LEGO The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies DLC Traveller's Tales Windows, OSX, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS DLC for the third entry in The Hobbit film series, The Battle of the Five Armies (then titled There and Back Again), was announced in January 2014 for release by the end of that year.[19] Although no cancellation was ever announced, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment stated in March 2015 that there were no plans for any DLC or sequel based on the third The Hobbit film.[20]
2018 LEGO Worlds Survivor DLC Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch LEGO Worlds Survivor was announced at E3 2017 as free DLC to be released in autumn 2017.[21] In April 2018 TT Games announced that Survivor was on hold while the developers "focused on enhancing the LEGO Worlds experience in other areas."[22][23] The final update for LEGO Worlds was released in July 2019, with Survivor having been quietly cancelled.[24]

References

  1. ↑ Sadie Meowsalot (16 February 2014). "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Varab, Jeffrey (16 February 2014). "We had planned the comics a series, feature film and game. The experimental Lego unit we worked with was really off the corporate grid." (comment on forum topic "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion"). Rock Raiders United (interview). Interviewed by Sadie Meowsalot. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ed Konyha, Creative Director". FuriousEntertainment.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2002.
  4. ↑ Dorney, Rob (27 June 2013). "1996 – 2004 Artworld Animations". Rob Dorney's bio and portfolio (robdorney.wordpress.com). Archived from the original on 16 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Mansfield, Dylan (July 15, 2020). "Lego Stunt Rally (PSX, Unreleased)". Gaming Alexandria. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Lego Stunt Rally". Manel Sort Online Portfolio. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Gerencser, Aron (September 15, 2018). "The 17 Year Long Story Behind Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui’s Creation, Cancellation And Revival". Quillstreak. Archived from the orignal on September 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Vincent, Ethan; Crecente, Brian (hosts); Hunt, Darvell; James, Jeff (guests) (23 June 2021). "Myth, Maori, and a Brain Tumor: The Bioncle Saga". Bits N' Bricks. Episode 25. The LEGO Group. pp. 27–28. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Audio version via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Matthews, Rob (25 March 2019). "Information about Academy of Flight". Rock Raiders United (interview). Interviewed by Brickome. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Goodwin, Simon (September 2010). "Drome Racers, GameCube, ATD/Lego/EA 2002". Simon N Goodwin's commercial softography (simon.mooli.org.uk). Archived from the original on 24 March 2024.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Baker, Rob (27 May 2020). "I worked at ATD during this period, on all the published Lego games." (comment on forum topic " Canceled LEGO Racers... 4?"). Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020.
  12. ↑ Hexadecimal Mantis (April 30, 2020). Pitch document and yet another PS2 build of Bionicle 2: City of Legends!". BioMedia Project. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024.
  13. ↑ Vahkiti (February 2, 2014). "BIONICLE 2: City of Legends (Xbox Beta) ISO Release". BioMedia Project. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024.
  14. ↑ Jenkins, David (November 3, 2004). "Remaining Argonaut Development Staff Laid Off". Gamasutra. CMP Media LLC. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007.
  15. ↑ Fahey, Rob (11 March 2004). "Argonaut losses mount as sales of Christmas releases disappoint". GamesIndustry.biz. Eurogamer Network Ltd. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240328164345/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/argonaut-losses-mount-as-sales-of-christmas-releases-disappoint Archived from the original on 28 March 2024.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Burton, Jon (16 April 2019). " LEGO Games that nearly got made". GameHut (via YouTube). Archived from the original on 25 December 2023.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 U64 Staff (23 May 2018). "LEGO Racers: The Video Game (DS, Wii – Cancelled)". Unseen64. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024.
  18. ↑ jamesster (20 June 2014). "The LEGO Battles Merge". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019.
  19. ↑ White, Adam (22 January 2014). "LEGO Hobbit Videogame to get There & Back Again DLC". Brick Fanatics. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  20. ↑ Crossley, Rob (March 13, 2015). "No Plans to Release LEGO The Hobbit's Five Armies DLC". GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
  21. ↑ Balanza, Albert (June 14, 2017). "LEGO Worlds Will Get A New Free Survivor DLC Update". The Brick Show. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024.
  22. ↑ "LEGO Worlds Mini Update". TT Games. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.
  23. ↑ Brian (April 21, 2018). "LEGO Worlds' Survivor DLC put on hold, dev planning many 'enhancements and features'". Nintendo Everything. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023.
  24. ↑ White, Adam (July 22, 2019). "LEGO Worlds Comes To End With Final DLC Content". Brick Fanatics. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240328185106/http://bricksfanz.com/lego-worlds-comes-to-end-with-final-dlc-content Archived from the original on March 28, 2024.
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