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Minecraft Earth is closing in June

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Minecraft Earth is an AR spinoff that, rather like Pokémon Go, brings the beasts and blocks of Minecraft into the real world by way of your mobile device. It was announced in May 2019 and a month later made an impressive appearance at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, which showcased its scalability and co-op gameplay elements. Although, as Fraser said at the time, the presentation had the benefit of taking place on "a massive, empty stage in a dark room," rather than in the real world.

Now the need to function in the real world has become an insurmountable obstacle for the game, although maybe not in the way you'd expect.

"Minecraft Earth was designed around free movement and collaborative play—two things that have become near impossible in the current global situation," Mojang announced today. "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."

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