A preview of an unreleased Lego James Bond game has been leaked online.
While there is very little information accompanying the leak (it apparently appeared on Iinterni Gamer’s Discord server one day at 2am), it seems that at one point, TT Games was considering a Bond-based fantasy bonanza.
At the time of writing, the trailer is still active and several mirrors have been uploaded; you can see it below:
Unreleased James Bond trailer for LEGO Dimensions (direct reload because YouTube blocked it)
byu/kecskecske6 on legogaming
“This trailer was surprisingly leaked on my Discord server, and it’s an official trailer because literally everything in it looks exactly like the previous trailer but with final designs. It’s possibly [sic] on reddit but [I don’t know] Really,” the uploader wrote in the YouTube description.
Rather than being based on a particular Bond or film, the trailer features a number of iconic performances and films, including Live and Let Die and A View to a Kill. For the full minute length, a disclaimer reads: “Confidential (TT Games Studio) – Not for distribution. R&D content only – not representative of any final product.”
LEGOGameMuseum has also added a bit more context on the r/legogaming subreddit.
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“This wasn’t actually for Lego Dimensions year 3 [as described in the reddit thread]”was produced as a pitch for The Lego Group to convince them to give the go-ahead for a full game, it was made during the last year of work on Dimensions when TT knew that Dimensions would not have a third year of content.” they said.
“Once again, TLG decided that Bond was not suitable and vetoed the project. I believe this has been found in a Dimensions build data, which is where the confusion comes from.”
“This was around 2016, and LEGO specifically wasn’t happy with the violence and sexual innuendos,” they added in a follow-up comment.
“Characters called Pussy Galore and Plenty O’Tool wouldn’t really work in a Lego family game. Although I’m sure TT could make it work. TLG nowadays seems more willing to try different things in games, so it could potentially revised, the biggest barrier for TT would be if the World Bank forced them to stick to their own intellectual property.”
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