Rumor: 2K Could Be Making LEGO Sports Games
LEGO is known to have partnered with several major franchises for major video game releases over the years, including Harry Potter, Star Wars, DC Comics, and more. Despite the diversity of LEGO partnerships, its games have largely focused on a similar style of action and adventure. Given the kind of creativity associated with the LEGO brand, it's surprising it hasn't branched out. That may be changing soon, however. A rumor is hinting that LEGO may soon be partnering with 2K Games for racing and sports games.
A report published by Video Games Chronicle claims that anonymous sources have confirmed LEGO is partnering with 2K for multiple upcoming games. The first of those games will be a sports game, a soccer game to be more specific. The game will be developed by Tencent-owned Sumo Digital, which has made Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Team Sonic Racing. The LEGO soccer game is tentatively planned for release in 2022 to coincide with the FIFA World Cup.
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The second game that the report claims is in production is a LEGO racing game. This isn't a cart racer like some would expect, however. Rather, it's an open-world racing game, though that could fit into any number of sub-genres. The LEGO racing game is said to be in development at 2K subsidiary Visual Concepts, the team behind this year's WWE 2K22. Visual Concepts has a long history of sports games includingWWE 2K and NBA 2K games, but no racing projects.
That's not all that 2K is apparently working on with LEGO. At least one more LEGO sports game is said to be in development, though VGC was unable to confirm any specific details about it. All it says is that it's based on a «major sports franchise.» Given the NBA is 2K's biggest sports partner right
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