Lego shut down a Bionicle fangame 8 years in the making—1 year later, its developers are back with something legally distinct and arguably cooler

Lego reportedly forced the closure of a fan-made Bionicle game after eight years of development, but the team has returned a year later with a new project designed to avoid using Lego’s intellectual property. The case highlights how fan developers can lose long-running projects to trademark and copy