Original story follows. Original Story: Warner Bros. and TT Games have officially announced LEGO Dimensions for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Wii U.
The game is reported to blend together several universes, namely, DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago, Back to the Future, and others. You can see the full range of start packs and expansions in the gallery below:The starter pack comes with the LEGO Toy Pad, which is used to transport LEGO minifigures and objects into the game, bricks to build a LEGO Gateway, a LEGO Batmobile, and three minifigs, Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle.
“Now for the first time in a videogame, LEGO fans can play in the virtual world and in the real world – combining everything without restrictions,” says Jon Burton, Founder and Creative Director, TT Games. “Imagine putting LEGO Gollum from The Lord of the Rings behind the wheel of the LEGO Delorean in New Ninjago City - the creative play is endless.”Also mentioned were a few details about how expansions work. Level Packs, Team Packs, and Fun Packs, offer users new buildable characters, vehicles, tools and gadgets, as well as new game content, mission-based levels, and in-game abilities.Some of the packs scheduled for a 2015 release are the Back to the Future Level Pack, which comes with a Marty McFly minifigure, a Ninjago Team pack with Kai and Cole minifigs, three Ninjago Fun Packs, and two DC Comics Fun Packs, complete with Wonder Woman and Cyborg figures.
On top that, there’s three other fun packs themed around the Lord of the Rings Fun Packs, the LEGO Movie, and The Wizard of Oz.
LEGO Dimensions is due for release on September 29. For all your latest LEGO news, keep it right here on IGN. Wesley Copeland is a freelance news writer, but you probably already guessed that. For more obvious statements, you should probably follow him on Twitter.