Epic confirms future Lego games, content gating, player safety.
Remember whenFortnitewas just about building?
Fortnite was a simpler game - you constructed a base, defended it from enemies.
And in some ways, today’s big launch ofLego Fortnitefeels a return to those simpler times.
So far, so mostly Minecraft.
There’s so much opportunity ahead there.
It’s an enormous addition to Fortnite - even by Fortnite’s own ever-chameleonic standards.
And it’s one that has prompted further changes in the game’s own suite of player safety tools.
“And along with that expansion comes a commitment to continuing our leadership, and player safety.
Looking at them again, we realised we took a radically conservative approach,” Montero conceded.
A further update in mid-December will see warning labels removed from more pickaxes and loading screens, too.
“But it’s not [always] obvious how to create that.”
“Everything is free-to-play and there is no pay-to-win, pay-to-accelerate.”
And how about physical Fortnite Lego sets?
“Clearly there’s appetite,” Goldin said.
“Anything is possible.
We plan our portfolio over the years to come - and again, it’s just the beginning.
We wouldn’t rule out physical sets in the future, but nothing concrete yet.”
“This was quite intentional,” Sussman told me.
Where will Lego Fortnite - and the other Lego games coming next year - take things next?
It’s a fascinating prospect.
For now, there’s cows to be patted and caves to explore.
And tomorrow, Rocket Racing.
And then the day after, Fortnite Festival.
Maybe not such simpler times after all.
