A pitch video for a Lego James Bond online game has leaked on-line, however sadly the undertaking did not materialize.
A close to minute-long trailer shared on X/Twitter by @LEGOGameMuseum exhibits a handful of Lego-fied scenes from James Bond movies starring the likes of Daniel Craig’s 007 amongst others who’ve performed the long-lasting spy.
The trailer was confirmed to be actual by former Lego Games tech director Paul Hughes, who mentioned he noticed the trailer because it was being labored on. This was throughout the tail finish of Lego Dimensions’ improvement interval, in keeping with LEGOGameMuseum on Reddit.
Here’s the ultimate model, apparently they have been discovered inside the info of a LEGO Dimensions construct, which led people who discovered it to assume it was a cancelled degree pack reasonably than a standalone undertaking. pic.twitter.com/Rbd4kLnVg5
— The LEGO Videogame Museum (@LEGOGameMuseum) December 1, 2024
“I noticed it when it was being made,” mentioned Hughes, who’s now the pinnacle of tech at online game firm Ripstone. “As all the time there is a story behind it. Suffice to say it by no means went into manufacturing.” He added that it “may’ve been wonderful.”
“Alas NDAs (nonetheless!) stop folks speaking about what it was / may’ve been,” Hughes continued. “I all the time thought it might’ve been a complete banger if it had occurred with a lot historical past behind it… Oh effectively…”
Again in keeping with the LEGOGameMuseum, the trailer was produced as a pitch to The Lego Group that TT Games hoped would end result within the go-ahead for a full Lego James Bond sport to be developed. The Lego Group allegedly deemed the franchise not appropriate for a Lego sport, nevertheless, so handed on the chance.
Lego is predomoninantly targetted at kids, after all, and the video games observe go well with with a household pleasant method. That’s not stoped The Lego Group approving a handful of extra grown up franchises although, together with the latest launch of Lego Horizon Adventures.
In our 7/10 assessment of this launch, IGN mentioned: “Lego Horizon Adventures reimagines Horizon Zero Dawn with a playful Lego twist, simplifying the story whereas maintaining the center of its key moments and characters.”
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Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
