10 Popular Video Games Developers Abandoned

There are few things more enjoyable for children than LEGO, and few things more painful for adults than stepping on said LEGO. What better way to remove this risk to life than by making the LEGO virtual?

For decades there have been a wide range of LEGO titles on the gaming scene, from 1999's LEGO Racers to the upcoming Skywalker Saga. One thing that had always been absent, until 2010, was an MMO. Enter NetDevil's World of LEGOcraft, a game which allowed players to create their own minifigures and venture out into the unknown brick world. Cue massively multiplayer racing, animal rearing and, of course, building.

One thing NetDevil had not apparently factored in was the innate immaturity of many of its players. The overwhelming amount of phallic constructions led to the developers paying exorbitant amounts to maintain a moderating team with the primary purpose of censoring out those penises. The cost of such an ordeal, plus other upkeep fees, far outweighed the game's income, and after just two years LEGO Universe, and its many penises, was dismantled and sent to the LEGO graveyard by its developer.