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LEGO Marvel Games Reportedly Paused as the Next LEGO Game Bets on DC

A LEGO leaker claims TT Games has shelved its Marvel series and is building its next title around a Warner Bros. property.

A LEGO leaker claims TT Games has shelved its Marvel series and is building its next title around a Warner Bros. property.

TT Games, the studio behind the long-running LEGO superhero titles, has reportedly parked its Marvel series and is steering its next project toward a Warner Bros. property instead. The claim points to DC returning to the center of LEGO’s superhero output, while a new Marvel game slips off the schedule for the foreseeable future.

Quick answer: A LEGO leaker says all LEGO Marvel games are on hold indefinitely, and the next LEGO game will be a major Warner Bros. IP that is not Harry Potter, not Dune, and reportedly not Batman. Nothing has been officially announced.


LEGO Marvel games put on hold indefinitely

The Marvel side of the LEGO catalog, home to titles like LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, has been benched. The report describes the pause as open-ended, meaning anyone waiting for a new Marvel brick adventure should expect a long gap rather than a near-term release.

The reasoning is corporate. Warner Bros. is putting more weight behind universes it owns outright, and it always sat a little awkwardly for a Warner-published studio to keep making games around Marvel, DC’s direct rival. That arrangement worked when LEGO movie games were produced quickly and cheaply, but modern entries take far longer, which changes the math on licensing IP the publisher doesn’t own.

X post about LEGO Marvel Games being benched

What the next LEGO game is reportedly not

The strongest part of the leak is what it removes from contention. A long-rumored LEGO Harry Potter is off the table for now, and a LEGO Dune game, which many assumed was unlikely anyway, has also been dismissed. The report adds that the next title reportedly won’t be a Batman game either, even though it comes from the Warner Bros. stable.

CandidateStatus per the report
Harry PotterRuled out for now
DuneRuled out for now
BatmanReportedly not the next game
A major Warner Bros. IPConfirmed direction in the leak

Note: This information comes from a LEGO-focused leaker rather than an official Warner Bros. announcement, so treat the specifics as unconfirmed until the publisher speaks.


Why DC is the most likely direction

With Marvel shelved and Batman set aside, the field opens to the rest of Warner Bros.’ properties. DC remains the obvious fit, since Warner owns it directly and has a deep bench beyond the Dark Knight. Superman, Wonder Woman, and a Justice League ensemble all sit in the frame, and a follow-up to LEGO DC Super-Villains would keep the studio inside a universe it controls.

Warner’s wider catalog leaves room for wildcards too. The company owns Game of Thrones, which has been floated as a possibility, though nothing about it has been confirmed. The recent success of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, described as the most critically acclaimed LEGO movie game to date, signals that Warner remains interested in more LEGO projects built around its own brands.


When the next LEGO game could arrive

Timing is the sobering part. LEGO movie games used to ship two or three times a year during the Xbox 360 era, but production now stretches across several years. Before LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, the last new entry was LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in 2022, and that four-year cadence points to roughly 2030 for whatever comes next.

That long runway is worth keeping in mind before reading too much into any single guess. No official next title, IP, or release window has been confirmed, so the shift away from Marvel and toward a Warner Bros. property remains a report rather than a firm plan. Until the studio or publisher confirms details, the DC angle stands as the leading expectation and nothing more.