Fortnite continues its growth into a platform for experiences beyond the Battle Royale shooter, now adding another Lego game to its roster. Could it become the default location for Lego gaming experiences? On Tuesday, Lego Group and Epic Games released a new game in their growing library of games: a space exploration adventure called Lego Smoothie Odyssey.
The name Lego Smoothie Odyssey perfectly describes the gameplay. You explore the plastic-y cosmos and gather ingredients to make smoothies that, shall we say, not of this world. Based on a description of the game, it appears to place an emphasis on exploration and will allow players to venture into various locations with sights such as ancient caves and bubbling geysers. The crazy, neon pink and purple worlds match perfectly Fortnite‘s aesthetic.
Before all Lego Fortnite games was Warner Bros. Games the main publisher of many Lego games with licensed IP. This included the most recent release, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in 2022. Now Epic Games has become a major supplier of Lego games. Sony and Lego Group invested $2 billion in Epic Games in the spring of last year. Now we’re starting to see the fruits of that investment as the catalog of Lego games progresses Fortnite grows in number and size.
It started with the Minecraft-like Lego Fortnite, which combined classic building with Lego bricks with survival gameplay. Since then, Lego Group and Epic Games have continued to expand the world in Lego Fortnite, as well as releasing a number of other games within the Fortnite launcher. Epic Games released Lego Plane Walkers on May 16 – a game in which you navigate a plane by balancing its wings. Just a few months earlier, the developers had too three additional games added: Lego Cat Island Adventure, Lego Prop Hunt and Lego Battle Arena and February brought Lego Raft Survival and Lego Obby Fun. It’s already a lot, not to mention the fact that users can create and design their own kind of Lego games on Fortnite also.
When I was little, we played Lego Star Wars games on the Nintendo GameCube. Now people can just download Fortnite for free and get a full catalog of different options with all kinds of gameplay. It’s a pretty neat arrangement if you’re a fan of all things Lego, but only time will tell if either game will ultimately resonate with fans.