LEGO Dimensions, the toys-to-life franchise from Warner Bros., is expanding with some rather popular intellectual properties. The new expansion packs bring the total of offerings available to 30 brands and the game has been updated with local four-player, split-screen competitive Battle Arenas and Story Packs. TT Games has made the 16 new packs compatible with the existing game and previous offerings so players can mix and match the various franchises. Here’s the list of new properties to be made available for the game: Warner also provided information on how the Battle Arenas work: “The LEGO minifigures included in the wave 6-9 expansion packs will come with special, golden Toy Tags which unlock a Battle Arena within the Free Play Adventure World of the corresponding entertainment brand. “Each Battle Arena has four different gameplay modes and comes with its own traps, special powers and interactive environments that make every battle arena unique.”
The aforementioned LEGO Dimensions packs will begin launching on September 30, with Ghostbusters, Adventure Time, Mission: Impossible, The A-Team and the Harry Potter and Adventure Time Team Packs. Consumers can expect the rest of the packs to have a scattered release between September and summer 2017.Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that comedic sandbox-style action-adventure game ‘Lego City: Undercover’ will come to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC (via Steam), and PS4 in Spring 2017. The game was first launched for Wii U in March 2013.LEGO CITY Undercover is looking for new recruits on PlayStation®4, Xbox One® and Nintendo Switch™ in Spring 2017. /wiFcW0cNcp— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) November 22, 2016The game, which features a vast open city for players to explore, puts players in control of an undercover detective named Chase McCain, who must stop the criminal efforts of Rex Fury in LEGO City. This version of the game was advertised as both a ‘re-release’ and a ‘remaster’ of the original, without much more information.
You can check out the Wii U description and trailer below:For the first time, the fan-favorite LEGO City vehicles and play sets come to life in LEGO® City Undercover, exclusively for the new Wii U console. Players assume the identity of Chase McCain, an undercover detective armed with clever disguises. The mission is to put a stop to the fiendish Rex Fury and end his crime wave in LEGO City.Nintendo Switch Pre-Orders REVEALED: Nintendo release info on how to buy new console NINTENDO has revealed when gamers can start pre-ordering their new Switch Console (formally NX) and the good news is you won't have to wait long. NINTENDO SWITCH PRE-ORDER UPDATEAmazon will apparently start taking Nintendo Switch Pre-Order's from tomorrow, according to a recent discovery by former Videogamer News Editor David Scammell."Set your keyboards to F5: Amazon's taking Nintendo Switch pre-orders from tomorrow" Scammell joked on Twitter with a screengrab taken from the Amazon website, which you can see below.
We would anticipate that most retailers will go live with their pre-order pages Friday morning, following the Nintendo presentation and the reveal of the console's price, release date and specs. Original StoryNintendo Switch pre-orders start FRIDAY following the conclusion of the special Presentation Thursday morning (4AM Friday in the UK).The news was delivered by a Nintendo official twitter account, which told fans last night that the Nintendo New York City retail store will have "A limited quantity of pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch."These will begin on 1/13 at 9 AM "while supplies last" at Nintendo NYC. The store is located at 10 Rockefeller Plaza.There's no indication of how limited these quantities will be and if the recent problems with the NES Classic Mini are anything to go by, it could be an extremely limited number, possibly with some special extras for being one of the first customers to pre-order.As for pre-orders on the web, it's possible that retailers such as Amazon, Curry's, Tesco and more could go live with their own pre-order pages following the conclusion of the Nintendo Switch presentation.
It seems likely, given Nintendo will likely reveal key details about Switch, including its price, specs, and game lineup during a livestream. Nintendo Switch Leaked Hori Accessories The Nintendo Switch is scheduled to release sometime this March, although a precise date has so far not been released.Several recent reports have suggested that the unit will cost anything in the region of £200 for just the console and £250+ for bundles.A Nintendo Switch leak yesterday via Neogaf seemed to highlight that US retailer Target is primed to sell up to 15 games for the Nintendo Switch, though no game titles were given.In a separate report from a leaked internal GameStop schedule, it looks as though there are at least 12 Nintendo Switch titles, including a new Monster Hunter game as well as Mario Kart 8.Here's the list in full:Dragon Quest XIThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildSplatoonMario Kart 8NBAElder Scrolls 5: SkyrimMarioSonicMonster HunterLEGO City UndercoverJust Dance 2017Project Sonic
Equally, a number of Nintendo Switch accessories from third-party peripheral company Hori also made their way onto the web before the Nintendo Presentation.It included a £130 arcade stick and a host of other accessories which will no doubt tie into the Nintendo Switch games and presentation.Other accessories from Hori include a dock for charging two sets of joy-con controllers, analogue stick grips, trigger attachments, a stand, an ethernet adapter, and a car charger.Last but not least there's also a Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild skin set for decorating the joy-con grip and system dock and no doubt we'll see plenty more of these for Nintendo's several big name games and characters.Take a look at all the accessories in the gallery above and let us know what you're looking forward to seeing from Nintendo's new console in the comments below.Sign in to follow this DJROE95, June 9, 2016 16 posts in this topic Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment