Minecraft earth will shut down june update#

This update has been designed to make the game “as fun as possible”, which includes removing microtransactions, reducing ruby costs, reducing time requirements, and more.

The company has also announced that ahead of the game’s shutdown, they will be releasing one final update. 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.” The company says that the idea was for gamers to be able to play Minecraft in the real world, but given the pandemic, that isn’t quite as possible anymore.Īccording to Microsoft, “Minecraft Earth was designed around free movement and collaborative play – two things that have become near impossible in the current global situation. However, fast forward a little over a year later, it seems that the company has decided that it isn’t working out anymore and have announced that on the 30th of June, 2021, they will be shutting Minecraft Earth down. It seemed like a pretty fun idea and good use of the technology. For those who are unfamiliar, Minecraft Earth is basically the augmented reality version of Minecraft, where users can create Minecraft worlds in their backyard using augmented reality. Back in 2019, Microsoft launched Minecraft Earth.