LEGO Dimensions Coming This September

LEGO games are a commonality lately, with every popular franchise getting the LEGO adapted treatment; and they are oddly addicting games at that. LEGO Lord of the Rings was a blast to play with my brothers; a simple, enjoyable adventure game.

Now LEGO is looking to take the direction of Disney Infinity and Skylanders, by announcing LEGO Dimensions. This new game will feature the scan pad that has the ability to scan your legos into an open world game.

The official press release according to Kotaku [1] :

For the first time in any LEGO videogame, characters from iconic entertainment franchises join forces and battle in worlds outside of their own. In addition to the game, the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack will include the LEGO Toy Pad, which allows players to transport special LEGO minifigures and other LEGO objects into the game, bricks to build the LEGO Gateway, three LEGO Minifigures, including LEGO Batman^TM from DC Comics, LEGO Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie, plus the LEGO Batmobile^TM.

In addition to the three minifigure heroes used to start the experience, LEGO Dimensions will allow gamers to customize their experience with additional expansion packs. Highly collectible Level Packs, Team Packs and Fun Packs will provide new buildable characters, vehicles, tools and gadgets, as well as compelling game content with new mission-based levels and unique in-game abilities. All expansion packs will feature well-known properties and provide gamers the opportunity to use everything interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game – with no limitations.

A small sample of packs available in 2015 include the Back to the Future Level Pack with a LEGO Marty McFly minifigure, a LEGO Ninjago Team Pack with Kai and Cole minifigures, three Ninjago Fun Packs with Jay, Nya and Zane minifigures, two DC Comics Fun Packs with Wonder Woman and Cyborg minifigures, three The Lord of the Rings Fun Packs with LEGO Gollum, LEGO Gimli and LEGO Legolas minifigures, four The LEGO Movie Fun packs with Emmet, Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty characters, and a The Wizard of Oz Fun Pack with a LEGO Wicked Witch of the West minifigure. Additional packs to round out the 2015 assortment will be announced in the months leading to launch. Further waves of expansion packs will be released regularly following the launch of the game and into 2016.

Lego Dimensions will be out this September 29th for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Wii U.

[1] Kotaku - Lego Dimensions Announced, Uses Actual Lego Toys - http://kotaku.com/new-lego-game-leaks-1696710755