The way traditional Lego games have seemingly vanished has come as a surprise to me. We recently saw the launch of Lego Fortnite from Epic, and Lego Horizon Adventures is on the way this fall from Guerrilla, but Traveler's Tales made more than 30 Lego games between 2005 and 2022. However, it's been more than two years since the studio released a Lego game, and with no announcement of what's next, there's no guarantee it'll be another Lego project. This follows reports that making the most recent game in the franchise, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, demanded "extensive crunch."
That's troubling for the studio's staff, but it also means there's a void to fill for families and players who enjoy the way Lego games routinely reimagine pop culture through a kid-friendly lens. Funko Fusion could comfortably fill that role when it arrives later this year.
I recently played several hours of Funko Fusion, spanning levels that re-imagined Jurassic World and Hot Fuzz, which do a great job expressing how varied the IP involved in this game will be. Even if you aren't a fan of the recent movies, Jurassic World is massive, which makes the addition of Hot Fuzz cool and unexpected. It's a cult classic, not a blockbuster, which means that in this way, Funko Fusion fulfills a role the Lego games never could, as they were always focused exclusively on top-tier franchises.
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