You'll soon be able to play Minecraft on your phone. As long as you live in certain countries, that is. Mojang announced at Minecon that the early access of will start rolling out in October. Which is exciting, except we don't really know much more than that. Will it be early October, as in next week? Or mid-late October, as in weeks away? Also, what select countries? It seems all we can do is wait and find o🍨ut.
Minecraft Earth is the blocky brand's answer to Pokémon GO. Only you're not really catching wild critters so much as building and playing mini-games near real-world landmarks. The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:closed beta 𒁏has been going on for some time, albeit only in London, Mexico City, Seattle, Stockholm, and Tokyo. Th🎉e October early access announcement mentions "select countries," so expect to see those previous five be given priority.
The closed beta gave users a sense of what to expect when the game fully launches. There will be three main components: Tapables, Adventures, and Build Plates. Tapables seem like they'll be the equivalent of Pokéstops in Pokémon GO or the Inns of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. They 💃give you items when you tap on them. Adventures give you a more hands-on task like shooting monsters with a bow. Those will be found at real-world landmarks, most likely parks and museums just like Pokémon gyms.
The last element of the Minecraft Earth, the thing that makes it Minecraft, is the Build Plate. Build Plates are scattered around the world and act as a blank canvas for you to create on. Or you can buy them using Rubies, the game's micꦯrotransaction currency. The caveat is that you need to gather bricks to build with. You can get bricks from Tapables or earn them through Adventures.
Minecraft Earth continues to look both promising and vague. The appeal of building Minecraft in the real world cannot be denied, but the secrecy of th♑e beta and now early access release is frustrating. Hopefully, once whatever kinks are troubling Mojang get worked out, we'll have an actual release date for the game.