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There’re just a few precious hours left to play LEGO Universe before the short-lived MMO closes down forever today.

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Gazillion Entertainment president David BreviK has told Joystiq that The Lego Group has acquired the MMO Lego Universe along with most of the NetDevil developers who part of the project.

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Codemasters has filed a lawsuit against NetDevil and its parent company Gazillion Entertainment for the continued delay of the MMO Jumpgate Evolution.

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NetDevil has released the E3 trailer for LEGO Universe, and it’s posted below.

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The subscription plan for LEGO Universe has been revealed on the MMO’s official website, and the pricing seems to be about the norm.

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Those who fancy trying their hand at battling the dark forces of Maelstrom in LEGO Universe, can now sign up for Beta testing of the MMO.

Who knows, you may get a key.

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NetDevil has released a trailer for LEGO Universe, which was shown to the public for the first time during CES this week, and it looks extremely fun.

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Loads of stuff happened this week in MMO land, and some of it is posted for you after the break.

Should you choose to click on through, you will find why Turine is suing Atari, get caught up on The Green Lantern and DC Universe’s Beta status, hear about new goodies coming to EQII, lament the collapse of the bank in EVE Online, and there’s loads of other stuff along with news on a couple of MMOs you may have never even heard of.

Go on, hit the link. You know you want to.

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Loads of Beta news this week in MMO round-up.

IncGamers made good on its promise, and has posted part-two of its Aion Beta preview, Mortal Online’s second stage of Beta testing begins soon, CrimeCraft started its Beta and Alganon is prepping for one.

Loads of MMO are going to be coming out soon, and there will be more than just fantasy offerings on the table. Sci-fi, apocalyptic, modern, and steampunk are all heading our way.

Hit the jump for more on the week in MMOs.

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NetDevil has revealed that its upcoming MMO, LEGO Universe, could bridge the generation gap between parents and their children.

“I talk a lot about the visual divide between generations, and I feel it quite acutely between, say my mother and my son,” the game’s creative director, Ryan Seabury, told Eurogamer.

“His grandmother I can’t drag onto email kicking and screaming. I’ve tried three times. But he’s going to grow up with email as just part of his vocabulary – it’s not like a new concept or anything. So how are they going to communicate? How are they going to have a relevant conversation?

“I look at LEGO as a language, as an idea. She understands it: she bought it for me when I was a kid. My son likes it, I like it. So even though she may not be playing LEGO Universe, I’ll be playing LEGO Universe, he’ll be playing LEGO Universe and there’s a relevant connection there.

“Good games are fun to play, no matter what. There’s a lot of depth that we can offer that will be there. Obviously it’s family-friendly so it’s going to be in a different context to some of the more adult-themed games. But if you like LEGO and if you like playing MMOs or connecting with your friends and playing games then you’re probably going to like LEGO Universe.”

Jonathan Smith, head of Traveller’s Tales agreeed, stating that LEGO creates a world where parents can come together with their children.

“Online games and the online communications experience are very accessible and children are ready for that, immersed in that, and parents are not,” he said. “So this is where the children can actually lead the parents by the hand and show them what to do, and that can be a really powerful experience together.”

A Beta test is expected for the game in 2010. More through the link.

Codemasters Online and NetDevil announced today that Jumpgate: Evolution has reached 250,000 Beta sign ups in North America and Europe.

“This is a fantastic achievement for everyone involved with Jumpgate: Evolution,” said Codemasters VP David Solari.

“We have received overwhelming support for the game since the commencement of its Beta sign up last year and our fans have been clamoring for the Beta. We expect our fans to agree that it was well worth the wait.”

The MMO is set in space and promises loads of combat with an ever-expanding universe.

For more information on Jumpgate or to sign up for Beta, hit the link.

Whoops. NetDevil’s delayed Jumpgate Evolution, offering no new time-scale for the MMO’s release.

“Jumpgate Evolution is nearly feature complete, but since entering the Friends & Family phase of testing we’ve been able to bring new eyes onto the game and get solid, crucial feedback from actual players and fans,” said a rep in this forum post.

“Based on these results, it is clear that the product needs more time to meet its objectives.”

Space will have to wait, clearly. Full thing through the link. Thanks, Massively.

NetDevil MMO Jumpgate Evolution will probably run on your computer, if the game’s minimum specs are to be believed.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Minimum Specifications:

Windows XP/Vista, Intel P4 1.4GHz or better (2GHz if using Vista), 512MB RAM (1GB if using Vista), 64MB Graphics Card, Direct X® 9.0c, Broadband connection, 2x DVD ROM Drive, 8GB free hard disk space

• Recommended Specifications:

Windows XP/Vista, Dual-core Intel Pentium D, 2GB RAM, 256MB Graphics card with vertex and pixel shader capability.

Sign up for the beta here. There’s no date on it as yet.

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Last movie from the Codemaster US event yesterday, this one being for MMO Jumpgate Evolution.

There’s tons of gameplay footage in there, and some of it’s absolutely beautiful.

The space-based effort’s now confirmed for June. Get the new shots from Eurogamer.

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Lego Universe has been delayed, and will not be released this year as expected.

Lego is also unsure if the MMO will arrive in 2010.

“Within the company we have made a strategic decision within LEGO to make a delay of LEGO Universe. It will not be coming out in 2009,” said business development bossman, Mark Hansen.

“The reason is, we have a luxury right now, the business is going good. We have products launching that are not digital, the physical products, with them going so well we don’t want to take focus away from them.”

Lego Group’s annual earnings report will be released on Monday.

Talking to Massively, Lego Universe project lead Mark Hansen has said that other IPs such as Indiana and Star Wars may be included in the MMO, although if anything is to happen it’ll be as an addition to the launch game.

“I think that IPs would be great to see in the game,” he said. “It’s not for the first launch.”

There’s still no date for this, but if there was ever an online game with “promise,” here it is.

Full thing through the link.

After the break. The Space-based NetDevil MMO doesn’t have a release date as yet, but seems pretty solid from the look of this. The footage was shot at PAX. Have a look.

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Codemasters Online has inked a deal that will see Game Factory Interactive publish NetDevil MMO Jumpgate Evolution in Russia.

No release date’s been given. Read the press release after the break to check we’re not lying.

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Kotaku’s carrying the first trailer of NetDevil’s upcoming Lego Universe, the MMO based on everyone’s favourite Scandinavian toy brick.

There’s not much to go on in there aside from some on-screen art, but you do get to see what’s going on with the game’s development team, which is better than nothing.

No date as yet. Have a look.

There are two videos after the break of associate product manager Tim Hodges demoing the NetDevil’s space-based MMO, Jumpgate Evolutiuon, at E3.

The footage shows the first real look at the title being played, and fluid combat is the name of the game. Hodges says in the second movie that Jumpgate’s playable with a joystick, which should give you some idea of how “immediate” control is.

The game’s out next spring. You can sign up for the beta here. Thanks, Massively.

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