{"id":76600,"date":"2015-06-02T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76600"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T10:37:28","slug":"lego-unveils-its-minecraft-competitor-lego-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/76600-lego-unveils-its-minecraft-competitor-lego-worlds","title":{"rendered":"LEGO unveils its Minecraft competitor: LEGO Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your <em>Minecraft<\/em> addiction needs a little bit of a pick-me-up, then there&#8217;s another game on the market that&#8217;s going to consume all your time &#8211; and it&#8217;s from the <em>original<\/em>\u00a0block-builders themselves.<\/p>\n<p>LEGO has announced <em>LEGO Worlds<\/em>, a new sandbox game that not only allows you to build structures and fight off critters, but also alter terrain on a large scale and access ready-made drivable vehicles (including 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src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LEGO-Worlds-Steam-Early-Access-Screenshot-7-110x110.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"LEGO Worlds\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-76618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LEGO-Worlds-Steam-Early-Access-Screenshot-7-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LEGO-Worlds-Steam-Early-Access-Screenshot-7-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-76618'>\n\t\t\t\tLEGO Worlds \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It looks a heck of a lot like <em>Minecraft <\/em>if we&#8217;re honest. The digger and dragon are pretty freaking awesome though. And no, there is no better way to describe those modes of travel.<\/p>\n<p>The game is available on Steam&#8217;s Early Access, and while there are only a few LEGO sets available as of this moment, there&#8217;s no doubt that hundreds will be added over the course of the game&#8217;s life (and they&#8217;ll probably make us pay for them).<\/p>\n<p><em>LEGO Worlds<\/em> is also set to get multiplayer, which will only arrive \u00a0at a later stage too.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/332310\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>LEGO Worlds<\/em> Beta on Steam Early Access<\/a> and the announcement trailer below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6wK-jYUYOM?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So far, the feedback from Steam&#8217;s user base has been rather good. That said, it&#8217;s early days for <em>LEGO Worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on LEGO gaming:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to LEGO Jurassic World\u2019s new trailer and details\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/75512-lego-jurassic-worlds-new-trailer-and-details.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">LEGO Jurassic World\u2019s new trailer and details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Minecraft gets full-scale Lego set\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/68022-sat-1000-minecraft-gets-full-scale-lego-set.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Minecraft gets full-scale LEGO set<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to LEGO Jurassic World gets some new screenshots; it\u2019s LEGO alright\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/74452-lego-jurassic-world-gets-some-new-screenshots-it-lego-alright.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">LEGO Jurassic World gets some new screenshots; it\u2019s LEGO alright<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kings of construction, LEGO themselves, are back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":76602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14224,1445,14222,333,1969,15397,9330,4402,4943],"class_list":["post-76600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-building","tag-lego","tag-lego-worlds","tag-minecraft","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-pc-game","tag-travellers-tales","tag-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76604,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76600\/revisions\/76604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}