
You can contact the author at or on Twitter. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. First demoed at WWDC 2019 before launching in November the same year, 'Minecraft Earth' gained plaudits for its use of AR to superimpose the games collaborative creations onto the real world.

After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012.
MINECRAFT EARTH SHUT DOWN ON FREE
Minecraft Earth was designed around free movement and collaborative play two things that have become near impossible in the current global situation. Called Minecraft Earth, they finally opened it up to everyone in November of 2019. That said, with it being a location-based experience, it was always going to struggle in a time such as this. Throughout 2019, Microsoft experimented with building a real-world, augmented reality Minecraft game designed in the same vein as Pokmon GO. The augmented reality title tasks you with getting creative while exploring your surroundings in an entirely new way. Minecraft Earth players have until June 30th, 2021, to play. Minecraft Earth will shut down and be removed from stores on June 30.
MINECRAFT EARTH SHUT DOWN ON UPDATE
Read an overview of the changes in the update below: One final update for Minecraft Earth has been released today that makes some changes. If you’ve made a purchase in Minecraft Earth, you will receive a free copy of Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

"As a result, we have made the difficult decision to re-allocate our resources to other areas that provide value to the Minecraft community and to end support for Minecraft Earth in June 2021."Īll content and service support for the game will be discontinued and on July 1 any Minecraft Earth player data unrelated to Character Creator and Minecoin entitlement will be deleted.Īnyone who still has paid ruby balances will be granted the equivalent Minecoins that can be used on the Minecraft Marketplace to purchase skins, texture packs, maps, and minigames. "Minecraft Earth was designed around free movement and collaborative play – two things that have become near impossible in the current global situation," reads the blog post from Mojang. Mojang announced it will be shutting down Minecraft Earth on June 30. Minecraft Earth is an intriguing study on the classic block-building game, and players will certainly miss it.By William D'Angelo, posted on 02 June 2021 / 2,564 Views

Hopefully by the time the game is set to shut down, we've seen a drastic reduction in COVID-19 cases and life will somewhat be back to normal. If you never had a chance to check out the game but still want to jump in, there's still time to do so. Originally announced in 2019, it's had some time to get to the same level Pokemon Go had reached, but it seems players are still very much playing that instead. With COVID-19 plaguing the world, the game never did quite hit its stride. It's not difficult to see why Minecraft Earth is making a swift exit.

