#MINECRAFT EARTH WILL SHUT ON UPDATE#

The post also outlines the final update to the game, which will remove all real money transactions and reduce the time and cost necessary to build structures. By Steve Watts on Januat 10:00AM PST 2 Comments The AR game Minecraft Earth will be shutting down this summer, Mojang has announced. According to the developer's blog post on Tuesday, the emphasis on collaboration and free movement in real-world environments was undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Minecraft Earth was the mobile version of the game, in which you built pixelated structures overlaid on the real world via your phone's camera. Now developed by Xbox Game Studios, it's still a wildly popular franchise.

Created by Mojang, a small, independent Swedish developer, it became a worldwide sensation and was acquired by Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion. The original Minecraft lets you build any structure you can imagine in a pixelated world. The game took on Pokemon Go and covered the world in virtual blocks for players to meet and play together, and a. The shutdown will occur on June 30, a mere two years after Minecraft Earth was. New Delhi: Microsoft will shut down its Minecraft Earth mobile game on June 30.

#MINECRAFT EARTH WILL SHUT ON DOWNLOAD#

After that date, you'll be unable to download or play the game anymore. The pandemic is causing Microsoft to pull the plug on Minecraft Earth, an augmented reality version of the hit game. The free-to-play mobile game from the same studio as the original Minecraft will close down its servers and end support on June 30, 2021. The game received its final update in January 2021 and officially shut. It was first announced in May 2019, and shown off live at Apples WWDC that year. Minecraft Earth wanted you to turn the real world into an augmented reality sandbox. The game was free-to-play, and was first released in early access on 17 October 2019. Minecraft Earth is an augmented reality game for smartphones based on the popular block-based open-world title.

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