Lego makes plans to launch its own metavselnaya – Bits Media

The Danish giant Lego presented plans to create a virtual world with the support of Epic Games, one of the influential companies in the gaming industry, Creator of online games Fortnite.

They promised LEGO, that its users will be able to create sets in the metavsa.

“We are very We know well, how to immerse buyers in the LEGO universe in their stores. We work very hard, To create a feeling of immersion in the universe of the Lego brand in digital form ", - said Lego Director General Niels Christiansen (Niels Christiansen).

Epic Games General Tim Suini(Tim Sweeney) He assured, that the Lego brand "perfectly consists with the vision of the metavselnaya Epic". LEGO metavselnaya will be built using Epic Games Unreal Engine, on which many popular video games work.

In 2021, LEGO invested $2 billion dollars in Epic Games to develop a metavselnaya. The company previously announced possible cooperation with this developer.

Now, the most popular metavselnits are considered decentraled (300 000 Users monthly), The Sandbox (30 000 users) и Cryptovoxels (less 25 000 users).

In July, Epic Games said, What will not follow the example of Steam and Mojang, And it will not forbid games with support for NFT and blockchain on its site.