Minecraft Earth, Microsoft's take on Pokemon Go, looks... actually amazing
Collect, battle, andౠ build with Minecraft elemen🍸ts in the real world
That 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Minecraft AR teaser we got earlier this month has just been revealed in full as , a free-to-play augmented reality game for your phone that's like a blockier version of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Go. Not only will you see Minecraft collectibles and creatures out in the real world - you'll be able to build structures in the app and view them in life-size scale. You can get a sense for the surreal Minecraft 🌳adventures in the full ♕reveal trailer above.
When you first view the world through the Minecraft Earth app on iOS and Android, you'll start small, aiming to collect resources through clusters of blocks, or mobs called Tappables, that dot the landscape. As you explore, you'll also run into Adventures, which act like mini-encounters with a group of hostile creatures or a breakable bit of env𝓰ironment. But the real draw of Minecraft Earth is the creative element, which is made possible through Build Plates. Using a Build Plate, you can construct a blocky scene that's then proj♕ected onto something as small as a table or as giant as a life-size castle construction outdoors.
As with Pokemon Go, Minecraft Earth is made to be a social multiplayer game, with easy-to-join sessions for any nearby players. You'll a🔯lso be able to view other players' Block Plates while venturing out into the world, as they can be permanently placed i꧟n your neighborhood. For those who want to get out there and vanquish enemies in the pursuit of experience points, you'll be glad to know that Minecraft Earth features plenty of familiar enemy types and a few, yet-to-be-revealed new mobs.
Minecraft Earth will be free-to-play, and will surely involve microtransactions - but the firmly states that there aren't any loot boxes. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft and Mojang are powering this AR adventure using fancy-pants tech like and the PlayFab integration they unveiled with Xbox Live on mobile platforms 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:back in March. Anyone who's eager to see Minecraft elements in their everyday life should sign up to take part in the slated for summer, which unlocks a limited-time skin in Minecraft Earth and the existing Bedrock versions as an addꦜed bonus. Until then, all we can do is eagerly await more news on how Minecraft Earth will work, which will surely be a huge part of this year's Minecon event in September.
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