{"id":12567,"date":"2023-12-08T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/building-blocks-of-a-new-metaverse-lego-fortnite-is-a-delight-to-play\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:37:45","slug":"building-blocks-of-a-new-metaverse-lego-fortnite-is-a-delight-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/building-blocks-of-a-new-metaverse-lego-fortnite-is-a-delight-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Building blocks of a new metaverse: Lego Fortnite is a delight to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This open-world survival sim might be Minecraft lite, but it\u2019s luscious and relaxing, with a nostalgic, surprisingly emotional charm<\/p>\n<p>Whoever had the idea to combine three titans of the modern mass entertainment universe \u2013 Lego, Fortnite and Minecraft \u2013 into one experience is surely feeling rather smug right now. Launched on Thursday, Lego Fortnite is a new mode available within Fortnite, but it\u2019s essentially a whole new game \u2013 an open-world crafting survival sim in the unmistakable style of, yes, Minecraft. Players enter a procedurally generated world, unique to them, which somehow combines the aesthetic features of Lego and Fortnite, with its luscious, bright colours and toy-like charm.<\/p>\n<p>Like Minecraft, the main draw is the survival mode, where you can explore the wilderness, build houses, grow crops, tend to animals and combat a range of beasties. You start with a very limited set of building instructions and can only make a simple hut, but as you progress, gathering resources such as wood, granite and wool, you get access to more building materials.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/dec\/08\/money-making-metaverse-lego-fornite-might-be-a-cynical-spin-off-but-its-a-delight-to-play\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6fc8119fe38fd86f7c1897293cd69bfa064fb697\/94_0_1800_1080\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7b4c0ed7b0b4d5c014fa33ba17ec73f1\" title=\"Building blocks of a new metaverse: Lego Fortnite is a delight to play\" \/>This open-world survival sim might be Minecraft lite, but it\u2019s luscious and relaxing, with a nostalgic, surprisingly emotional charm<br \/>\nWhoever had the idea to combine three titans of the modern mass entertainment universe \u2013 Lego, Fortnite and Minecraft \u2013 into one experience is surely feeling rather smug right now. Launched on Thursday, Lego Fortnite is a new mode available within Fortnite, but it\u2019s essentially a whole new game \u2013 an open-world crafting survival sim in the unmistakable style of, yes, Minecraft. Players enter a procedurally generated world, unique to them, which somehow combines the aesthetic features of Lego and Fortnite, with its luscious, bright colours and toy-like charm.<br \/>\nLike Minecraft, the main draw is the survival mode, where you can explore the wilderness, build houses, grow crops, tend to animals and combat a range of beasties. You start with a very limited set of building instructions and can only make a simple hut, but as you progress, gathering resources such as wood, granite and wool, you get access to more building materials. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This open-world survival sim might be Minecraft lite, but it\u2019s luscious and relaxing, with a nostalgic, surprisingly emotional charm Whoever had the idea to combine three titans of the modern mass entertainment universe \u2013 Lego, Fortnite and Minecraft \u2013 into one experience is surely feeling rather smug right now. Launched on Thursday, Lego Fortnite is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/building-blocks-of-a-new-metaverse-lego-fortnite-is-a-delight-to-play\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building blocks of a new metaverse: Lego Fortnite is a delight to play<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12567"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}