Lego Lord of the Rings out next month

Lego Lord of the Rings launches on Friday 23rd November 2012, Warner has announced.

That's for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Vita, the Xbox 360, the Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS.

Lego Lord of the Rings, developed by series stalwart TT Games, features an open-world Middle-earth that takes the Gotham City hub of Lego Batman 2 and expands on it.

All your favourite Lord of the Rings locales are in the game, as well a a billion characters. Well, not quite a billion, but loads.

And there's crafting, too. Someone's played Skyrim.