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LEGO® Signs 3-Year Deal With Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies announced today that it had signed a three-year deal with the
LEGO Group, according to which the plastic brick company will standardize on
Unity-authored materials for 3D content on LEGO.com.
Unity has has been used for a variety of full-fledged virtual worlds and MMOs,
including Cartoon Network’s FusionFall and the upcoming Marvel MMO, but the
press release makes no mention of the upcoming LEGO Universe. LEGO Universe
will be sold via download or on disc at retail, though FusionFall(1) did the
same.
It sounds like Unity might have more to do with the casual games on LEGO.com
than the Universe--it’s already the platform for two LEGO games--but the
browser-based Unity client could offer a lightweight window to the massive
world.
“We’ve invested a great deal of time evaluating technology for the next phase of
www.LEGO.com,” said Claus Toftegaard Matthiesen, Technology Manager of the LEGO
Group. “We believe that Unity’s flexibility, strength and power will give us
scope to create world leading content for our consumers and are looking forward
to the cooperation.”
Virtual World News
Unity Technologies
(1) Fusion Fall is part of Cartoon Network.
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