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For the last eighteen months, Sax Persson has been sitting on the biggest secret in the gaming industry. On the fourth floor of a drab, red-brick office block in the centre of Redmond, Washington ...

Minecraft Earth is an augmented reality game that brings the endless sandbox of the iconic title to the real world. Originally launching for mobile devices back in 2019, the game was developed by ...

Augmented reality (AR) technology has come a long way since Pokémon Go launched in 2016, and now one of the biggest games of the last decade is joining the ranks. Microsoft has announced Minecraft ...

Microsoft says it is shutting down augmented reality game "Minecraft Earth" in June 2021 due to the restricted movement and lack of social mingling brought about by the global health crisis. First ...

Update, January 5, 2021 (03:34 PM ET): Today, the Minecraft Earth staff announced that, starting in June 2021, the game will no longer see support. This means that on July 1 of this year, the game ...