Been wondering what the Portal pack might look like in Lego Dimensions? Then here's the trailer for you...
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We heard about a month ago that a Portal pack is coming to the forthcoming toys-to-life opus Lego Dimensions, though at the time we had no idea how Valve's mind-bending spacial puzzler would fit into Warner's forthcoming action-fest.
The answer is: far better than we could have predicted. All cynicism about the money-spinning properties of these post-Skylanders games aside, this really does look like a great mash-up of Portal and other pop-culture properties swept into Lego's playful maelstrom.
So what we get is a brick-built version of Portal, complete with puzzles and a cute version of GLaDOS, but with added Batman, Gandalf and Homer Simpson. It really does look like a lot of fun.
Lego Dimensions is out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U on the 29th September.
Our earlier story follows...
Update: Leaked reports that Portal, Jurassic World, Doctor Who, and The Simpsons characters are set to appear in Lego Dimensions have now been confirmed - there are pictures and everything.
On Lego's website (as discovered by Brickset), level and team packs, which will expand the scope of the forthcoming toys-to-life game Lego Dimensions, suddenly appeared, providing a first look at what the minifigures will look like. Once again, the information seems to have been leaked by accident. The images below all came from an instruction booklet, published in pdf form and then hastily taken back down again. Fortunately for us, Brickset managed to grab some images from the booklet before it was removed, and, as is the way with the internet, the news has rapidly spread (thanks, Videogamer).
Each one seems designed to get geeks in a lather n the internet; there's a minifig version of Peter Capaldi's incarnation of the Doctor, Marty McFly's DeLorean, a miniature Chris Pratt from Jurassic World, and Chell from the Portal games.
There's also Homer Simpson clutching a can of Duff, plus Shaggy, Scooby and the Mystery Machine. Take a look:
Brickset also has some images of other characters coming out for Lego Dimensions soon, including Wonder Woman, Bart Simpson and the Wicked Witch of the West out of The Wizard of Oz.
Lego Dimensions is out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U on Sept. 27.
Original story is below...
Last month, Warner Bros unveiled Lego Dimensions, a Skylanders-like toys-to-life venture which marries physical minifigures and models with a new videogame.
Characters from the likes of Lord Of The Rings, Back To The Future and The Lego Moviehave already been confirmed, as the first trailer featured such characters as Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle.
Thanks to some information accidentally published by US retail giant Walmart (and spotted by the eagle-eyed Brick Inquirer), we now know that Valve's classic puzzler Portal is also joining the Lego Dimensions universe. This backs up earlier speculation that the barely-seen protagonist of that game, Chell, was among a number of characters seen in a blurry line-up of forthcoming figures:
The listing has since been removed from Walmart's site, but the cat's portal jumped its way out of the bag; thanks to the leaked info, we now know there will be plenty more characters in the offing as well, with expansion packs adding characters from things like Jurassic World, The Simpsons, and Scooby-Doo.
Given that Valve isn't exactly rushing to get Portal 3 into shops, the game's appearance in Lego Dimensions could be a welcome stop-gap.
In fairness, the clamor over Nintendo's own toys-to-life line, amiibo, has become so over-heated that collecting a complete set of those figures could cost you a small fortune - assuming you're willing to pay the ridiculously high prices sought by sellers on eBay, that is.
While the Lego Portal expansion hasn't been formally announced as yet, that it was listed by Walmart as a "Level Pack" - which means it should come with a minifigure, two models and an add-on level for the game.
Lego Dimensions is out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U on Sept. 27.
