Lego Video Game Latest News and Update: Toy Company Launches Rival To "Minecraft"

Danish toy company, Lego has launched a rival, Lego Worlds, to popular video game Minecraft. The game is available now at £11.99, via the Steam gaming platform. The final release of the game, that would feature classic and modern playsets and popular mini-figures is expected in 2016.

Tom Stone, managing director of TT Games, which will release Lego Worlds, said it "embodies the physical, Lego brick-building fun that consumers have enjoyed for decades, on a digital platform that delivers an entirely new type of experience with the beloved bricks".

"From the brick-by-brick editor, to discovering an expansive range of items, characters and creatures to populate your worlds - the creative possibilities are endless," he added.

Lego already sells Minecraft playsets, so gamers can physically build their virtual creations and now the new game by Lego will invite fans to do the same, but in reverse.

 "I was surprised that it has taken them so long," said Daniel Goldberg, who has written a book about the growth of Minecraft.

"Minecraft is exactly what Lego should have done 10 years ago," he said.

Minecraft was bought by Microsoft last year.