Minecraft fans will be able to experience blocky terrains in real life as the bestselling video game of all time is getting made into theme park form.

Microsoft, owner of the Minecraft (download safely here) franchise since it paid $2.5 billion for Mojang in 2014, has signed a deal with Merlin Entertainments to

Merlin Entertainments, the giant that operates the likes of Alton Towers, has revealed plans to open a Minecraft theme park in the UK. The London-listed group is to invest more than £85m in the first two attractions,

It will be built brick by brick. Minecraft will soon be a theme park attraction at a to-be-announced location in the United States. Microsoft-owned Mojang, creators of the best-selling video game, will partner with British amusement giant Merlin Entertainments,