User blog:Goggles99/Lego Minifigures MMO Update!

Some exciting progress from Funcom on their new game, Lego Minifigures Online - or LMO as I like to call it.

Funcom signed the license agreement with LEGO in June 2012, and they now apprently, are in a solid Alpha stage.

Information And Screenshot Previews
"In just six months after development began, we have gone from drawings on the whiteboard to actually being able to jump into the game to explore pirate and medieval themed worlds, discover the immensely enjoyable minifigures, battle enemies and watch it all unfold in colorful, highly animated graphics that stays true to the spirit of LEGO®" - Ole Schreiner, Funcom CEO.

"The game sets players off on a grand adventure through themed worlds that are built -- brick by brick,piece by piece - using LEGO materials. Players will visit locations such as Medieval world, Space world, Pirate world and Mythology world, where they will battle enemies, collect bricks and develop their characters. Players take control of up to several different Minifigures such as the DJ who drops sound speakers on his enemies or Grandma Visitor who can summon a forest on top of enemies and have the big, bad wolf show up to protect her! The game will be a prominent part of the LEGO Minifigures online experience which already has millions of unique visitors every month. Funcom look forward to revealing more exciting information about this exciting game in 2013." - Funcom release.

Commentary
Jamesster has made some pretty interisting observations from the screenshots above. So all credit for these goes to him.
 * In the first screenshot, the pirate shack model (far right corner of this LU image) from Lego Universe can be seen at two locations in the background.
 * In the fourth screenshot, the monorail from the LEGO Monorail Transport System set can be seen at the back.