According to its Chief Executive Niels Christiansen, LEGO is moving forward with growing its in-house teams for developing games. LEGO has partnered with TT Games to release over thirty games spanning two decades, which began with a LEGO Star Wars title in 2005. Since then TT Games went on to develop LEGO games based on many popular franchises including Marvel’s Avengers, Batman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, Toy Story, and many more. Now it seems that LEGO is working towards expanding its own game development teams.
Per Neils Christiansen (via Financial Times):
“We can say, as long as we’re under the Lego brand, we can cover experiences for kids of all ages, digital or physical. [Games development in-house] is something we’re building up,” said Neil Christiansen.
It was also reported in the FT article that LEGO has since 2022, tripled the number of software engineers it has with investments reaching over several hundred million dollars. The LEGO exec added that the company’s revenues reached $10 billion, double that of 2019, which led to its decision to increase its digital (software) division.
LEGO on the move
LEGO is no stranger to working with other entities to expand its IP offerings. From Epic Games’ Fortnite to 2K’s Drive, and Sony’s Horizon Adventures, LEGO has been strengthening its partnerships to offer more titles. According to VGC, the company is said to be working on another franchise-definite Harry Potter game as well as a series of sports-based games, including a football game. It remains unknown, for now, if LEGO has any other titles still in the works with TT Games but it is apparent the company is exploring other options. There have also been rumors that TT Games could be focusing on Warner Bros. IPs moving forward, a certain possibility since the studio is a part of the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment family, but those rumors have yet to be confirmed.