{"id":132591,"date":"2023-03-20T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146766"},"modified":"2023-03-20T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:30:00","slug":"rumour-2k-games-is-looking-to-take-on-mario-kart-with-lego-2k-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/20\/rumour-2k-games-is-looking-to-take-on-mario-kart-with-lego-2k-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: 2K Games Is Looking To Take On Mario Kart With &#8216;LEGO 2K Drive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4309552d8f33\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4309552d8f33\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"LEGO Forza\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4309552d8f33\/lego-forza.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f4309552d8f33\/lego-forza.900x.jpg\" alt=\"LEGO Forza\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: LEGO \/ Microsoft Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new rumour is making the rounds that suggests a new Lego racing game called <strong>&#8216;LEGO 2K Drive&#8217;<\/strong> might soon be making its way to consoles.<\/p>\n<p>Following reports last year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/02\/rumour-2k-is-creating-a-series-of-lego-sports-games\">Lego had joined forces with publisher 2K to create a series of sports titles<\/a>, the latest development comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wjr6M859jis&amp;t=6096s\">XboxEra Podcast<\/a> (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/lego-2k-drive\/\">Insider Gaming<\/a>) that seemingly corroborates the previously rumoured information that the game will feature open-world mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>Lego 2K Drive is supposedly currently undergoing a closed beta test, though there&#8217;s no information on when the game will release or indeed on which consoles it will launch. However, screenshots of the game have also seemingly leaked and you can view these on <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/lego-2k-drive\/\">Insider Gaming&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be sure to provide an update on Lego 2K Drive should any official information be made available, but it definitely sounds intriguing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> could certainly do with some solid competition, and we&#8217;re sure Lego and 2K will be up to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:145804 @ 2023-03-21T00:43:20+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Would you be up for a new Lego racing game on Switch? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: LEGO \/ Microsoft Studios A new rumour is making the rounds that suggests a new Lego racing game called &#8216;LEGO 2K Drive&#8217; might soon be making its way to consoles. Following reports last year that Lego had joined forces with publisher 2K to create a series of sports titles, the latest development comes from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}