LEGO Universe offers $15,000 US in prizes in the Nexus Force Championships

by Brendan Drain on Oct 13th 2011 8:00PM

Events (In-Game), News Items, Free-to-Play, LEGO Universe, Kids

Given the age of the average MMO gamer, it's safe to say most of us grew up with the amazing creative freedom of LEGO. The LEGO franchise has given rise to countless computer games over the years, including kid-friendly MMORPG LEGO Universe. The game recently went free-to-play, and now a huge contest has been released to encourage people to give the game a try.

The eight-week-long Nexus Force Championships start today, challenging players to win as many in-game events and contests as possible before December 8th. Participants will collect points for winning contests and events in a bid to win some truly massive prizes. The single player with the highest number of points at the end of the eight weeks will win around $5,000 US worth of LEGO sets and a new laptop. In total, over $15,000 US of prizes will be given out during the event.

[Source: LEGO Universe Press Release]

Source: Press Release
More coverage: Official LEGO Universe website

Tags: contest, contests, event, events, lego, lego-universe, news, nexus-force-championships, prizes

Reader Comments (2)

It would be nice to se an mmo have a competition that DID NOT rely on a player being the biggest loser to win.

Lets take a guess who will win? umm, the person with no life, who plays 20hrs a day!What a suprise.

Hell, if I didnt have a job, didnt have friends, didnt have a fiance or commitments, then I would play 20hrs a day to make 5grand for 2mos of playing lol.

I hope an mmo has a competition one day where SKILL trumps TIME.

I guess they're hoping that a few thousand players come back to the game and subscribe for the 8 weeks (2 months). At least that'd pay for the expense of the contest.