HELO1{"id":141002,"date":"2021-08-26T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/?p=141002"},"modified":"2021-08-26T15:47:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:47:49","slug":"tt-games-blasts-lego-star-wars-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/tt-games-blasts-lego-star-wars-transparency","title":{"rendered":"Ex-TT Games dev calls out LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga over &#8216;lack of transparency&#8217;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A former developer at TT Games has called out a \u2018lack of transparency\u2019 surrounding <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a>: <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga\" data-shortcode=\"true\">The Skywalker Saga<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpysharps\/status\/1430791734318018561\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpysharps\/status\/1430791734318018561\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Sharples<\/a> \u2013 who left the studio last week after 14 years as a game designer \u2013 attempted to combat negativity around <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a>: <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga\" data-shortcode=\"true\">The Skywalker Saga<\/a> following its latest delay, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpysharps\/status\/1430791734318018561\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpysharps\/status\/1430791734318018561\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeting<\/a> praise for the development team currently working on finalising the ambitious title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then went on to criticise communication around the game, however, which has been almost completely absent over the past 12 months. \u201cThe lack of transparency from elsewhere surrounding the delay with the game is unacceptable,\u201d Stephen wrote. \u201cPeople are so hyped for this game. Embrace that&#8230; be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But the lack of transparency from elsewhere surrounding the delay with the game is unacceptable. People are so hyped for this game. Embrace that&#8230;. be better ?<\/p>&mdash; Stephen Sharples (@sharpysharps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpysharps\/status\/1430793086620389379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook at what Horizon did last night with getting someone on camera to actually talk to the fan base. People appreciate that extra bit of courtesy. Y\u2019all need to start acting like this game is the best, [because] the devs making it certainly are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice actors, producers and game designers showed up on stage for Saints Row, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Horizon Forbidden West, to name just a few, with extended gameplay demos and more on show at yesterday&#8217;s Opening Night Live event at Gamescom 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By comparison, Warner Bros. only premiered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/lego-star-wars-skywalker-saga-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/lego-star-wars-skywalker-saga-trailer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">single, short gameplay trailer<\/a> for <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a>: <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga\" data-shortcode=\"true\">The Skywalker Saga<\/a>, coupled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/lego-star-wars-skywalker-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/lego-star-wars-skywalker-release-date\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">yet another delay announcement<\/a> (this time to spring 2022). While Stephen&#8217;s tweet didn&#8217;t mention any brands or companies specifically, it&#8217;s fair to assume he could be talking about any one of Warner Bros., WB Games and the <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of publication, at least three current and two former TT Games staff have also liked Stephen&#8217;s tweet. Whether Warner Bros. and the <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> Group ramp up marketing and communication for the game as we approach what might not yet be its final release date remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support the work that\u00a0<em>Brick Fanatics<\/em>\u00a0does by purchasing your\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\">LEGO<\/a>\u00a0through our\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\">affiliate links<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former developer at TT Games has called out a \u2018lack of transparency\u2019 surrounding LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1199,"featured_media":141003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11178,2715,10956,11179,22,326,5639,6710,190,11169,11177,59,142,264,742,177,176],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}